We are indeed a nation of shopkeepers.

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.

The qualities required to be a good leader are usually incompatible with the qualities required to become a leader.

The admiration you lavish on others phenomenally reflects the respect you give yourself.

It's one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself, to forgive. Forgive everybody.

The end comes when we no longer talk with ourselves. It is the end of genuine thinking and the beginning of the final loneliness.

I'm world-famous in West Bromwich.

Show business is like Champagne. You'll appreciate it more if you don't drink it everyday

I want to live in a world where people are judged by who they are instead of what size they wear.

If someone asks me where I bought something I’m wearing, I will usually say I don’t remember.

Television is a vast wasteland.

A cheerful, intelligent face is the end of culture.