We have to appreciate that we are part of nature, we must work with nature; the environment is our lifeline.

Sometimes we set boundaries for ourselves in life, or even worse, we allow others to do so. In many cases, these boundaries are just in our mind and need to be pushed away.

Ordinary won't change the world.

Very few things which are really worth achieving come easily. Sometimes they do, but most of the time you really have to work hard and cleverly.

I think every child in every country, not just South Africa, every year should go to a national park, and it should be part of their basic curriculum.

I love swimming, swimming's my passion and I hope I swim until the last day of my life, so I really, really do enjoy swimming, but swimming for me is simply a way of carrying a message.

Britain has bred many great explorers, but they seem to get so little coverage compared to soccer and rugby players.

You shouldn't be able to do a swim at the North Pole, it should be frozen over.

If you've got a problem and you multiply it by 50-million people, it becomes unsolvable, but if you've got a problem and you divide it by 50-million people, it becomes solvable.

I was very, very lucky because I started swimming when most of the landmarks in the world had not been swum.

Mount Everest is a very spiritual place, it's a beautiful mountain.

The Lord God is our great helper.

The people who would praise you for living lavishly, would be the same ones to laugh at you if your were to find yourself in the pit of financial crisis.

Accept what it, forget what was.

It's only amatter of time, and God's timming never second best

Oh, where is the Fairy Godmother of explanations when you need her?

I'm not Amy the star, I'm Amy the girl with the guitar.

In activities other than purely logical thought, our minds function much faster than any computer yet devised.

President Obama’s approval ratings are so low now, Kenyans are accusing him of being born in the United States.

Sometimes, when I've been staring too hard, I've noticed that I could see the circumference of my own eye.

Acting is merely the art of keeping a large group of people from coughing.