Nothing is more beautiful than the loveliness of the woods before sunrise.

Be like the flower, turn your face to the sun.

We may find in the long run that tinned food is a deadlier weapon than the machine-gun.

One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.

I think you have to be willing to take a bullet for somebody if you're going to stand up there, take your vows, and be married to them for the rest of your life.

A wise ruler ought never to keep faith when by doing so it would be against his interests.

You need chaos in your soul to give birth to a dancing star.

The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind him in other men the conviction and the will to carry on.

I would say my greatest achievement in life right now - my greatest achievement period is - and I'm still trying to achieve it - is to be a wonderful father to my kids.

In the business world, everyone is paid in two coins: cash and experience. Take the experience first; the cash will come later.

Jealousy - that jumble of secret worship and ostensible aversion.

Success isn't measured by money or power or social rank. Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace.

We are never defeated unless we give up on God.

By working faithfully eight hours a day you may eventually get to be boss and work twelve hours a day.

Thanksgiving Day is a good day to recommit our energies to giving thanks and just giving.

And currently, there are four to five new works in the pipeline for upcoming celebrations such as the Sydney 2000 Olympics, Australian Federation, my 50th Birthday, and Sydney Dance Company's 25th Anniversary.

Rough diamonds may sometimes be mistaken for worthless pebbles.

Without my dad, I wouldn't be here.

If you think Independence Day is America's defining holiday, think again. Thanksgiving deserves that title, hands-down.

Faith gives you an inner strength and a sense of balance and perspective in life.

Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune.

Make big plans; aim high in hope and work, remembering that a noble, logical diagram once recorded will not die, but long after we are gone be a living thing, asserting itself with ever-growing insistence.

Man is jealous because of his amour propre; woman is jealous because of her lack of it.

Jealousy is no more than feeling alone against smiling enemies.