What do I think of the reverse sweep? It's like Manchester United getting a penalty and Bryan Robson taking it with his head

The finest eloquence is that which gets things done.

Don't be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated. You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.

If the people really knew [the truth] the war would be stopped tomorrow. But of course they don't know and can't know.

What is our task? To make Britain a fit country for heroes to live in.

We are fighting Germany, Austria and drink, and as far as I can see, the greatest of these three deadly foes is drink.

If you want to succeed in politics you must keep your conscience firmly under control.

The world is becoming like a lunatic asylum run by lunatics.

There is nothing so fatal to character as half finished tasks.

He has sat on the fence so long that the iron has entered his soul.

The man who tries to make the flag an object of a single party is a greater traitor to that flag than any man who fires at it.

Are you joining a conversation or taking it over? Stay aware of how you join a conversation and of your effect on a conversation.

Choose to believe the promise of God over the obstacles of man.

Also, in a funny way, if you have been happily married there are no unresolved areas, nothing to prove to yourself after the other dies.

Because everything we say and do is the length and shadow of our own souls, our influence is determined by the quality of our being.

The great put the little on the hooke.

It is impossible to found a civilization on fear and hatred and cruelty. It would never endure.' 'Why not?' 'It would have no vitality. It would disintegrate. It would commit suicide.

In many cases a dull proof can be supplemented by a geometric analogue so simple and beautiful that the truth of a theorem is almost seen at a glance.

My life is one long curve, full of turning points.

I'm the third of five children.

Life is about growing, learning, and becoming. You can not grow, learn, or become if you can not embrace the changes in your life.