The British people, being subject to fogs, require grave statesmen.

Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth.

The secret of success is constancy of purpose.

Cleanliness and order are not matters of instinct; they are matters of education, and like most great things, you must cultivate a taste for them.

Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think.

Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.

Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.

One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.

Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time.

Never complain and never explain.

Finality is not the language of politics.

Which do I care more about - demanding my rights or displaying right choices?

I always try to remember that praise and a slap on your back is only 6 inches away from a kick up the arse!

Climbing is so fun and such a good experience, that I think it's important not to take it too seriously. It's not the end of the world - or the entire world either.

I think music, like writing, can be a mirror. Can turn back onto the listener, the viewer, the reader, an experience that they know but they don't know.

We fret about how to keep going the same old way when we should be casting around for another way that’s better.

The ball is round, make sure you pass it around

My children didn't have my advantages; I was born into abject poverty.

I'm not a sedentary person. I've always been active.

Put the Protestant flint and the Catholic steel together, and you will kindle a fire that will burn all around the world.

The goal of the first International May Day celebrations was the eight-hour working day.