I think Canadians want to get a feel for the people who will serve them... and, for me, I think that Canadians will trust people who trust them.

I don't read the newspapers, I don't watch the news. I figure, if something important happens, someone will tell me.

You can't run a government from one single person. What instead matters is that leadership be about gathering around extraordinary individuals and getting the best out of them.

Ultimately, being open and respectful towards each other is much more powerful as a way to diffuse hatred and anger than, you know, layering on, you know, big walls and oppressive policies.

People think that boxing is all about how hard you can hit your opponent. It's not. Boxing is about how hard a hit you can take and keep going.

I have made it clear that future candidates need to be completely understanding that they will be expected to vote pro-choice on any bills.

I was a snowboard instructor, I was a bouncer in a nightclub, I was a whitewater river guide for many years. I worked as a teacher. I make no apologies for a very varied set of life experiences.

Connecting with Canadians isn't about what you say, it's about what you're listening to. It's about what you understand.

You cannot let yourself be defined by the hopes that you will fulfill the darkest wishes of your opponents.

There's a lotta countries that do very well at dropping bombs. There are other things that Canada actually does better than most other countries. And one of them is training people on the ground.

I look at what I have as a challenge and I could list a whole bunch of different challenges. And I choose not to be daunted by any of them.

When you make ‘adjustments’ with everyone, that indeed is the highest of all religion (dharma).

If I cut you off, chances are that you gave me enough reasons to do it.

If you commit yourself to living according to His Word your potential will be unlocked, and in time, what may look small now will grow into something significant.

Rage and bitterness do not foster femininity. They harden the heart and make the body sick.

It is surprising to notice that even from the earliest age, man finds the greatest satisfaction in feeling independent. The exalting feeling of being sufficient to oneself comes as a revelation.

Some novel lovers have no interest in comics, and some comics fans would never take the time to read a novel.

Sometimes you have an idea that is so simple that you can't see how it can fail. But in learning, being right is not always the quickest way to success

To define it rudely but not ineptly, engineering is the art of doing for 10 shillings what any fool can do for a pound

Infinite striving to be the best is man's duty; it is its own reward. Everything else is in God's hands.

People say, When you have children, everything changes. But maybe things are awakened that were already there.