If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.

There is no time for cut-and-dried monotony. There is time for work. And time for love. That leaves no other time!

Success or failure depends more upon attitude than upon capacity successful men act as though they have accomplished or are enjoying something. Soon it becomes a reality. Act, look, feel successful, conduct yourself accordingly, and you will be amazed at the positive results.

From wonder into wonder existence opens.

In marriage do thou be wise: prefer the person before money, virtue before beauty, the mind before the body; then thou hast a wife, a friend, a companion, a second self.

God, our Creator, has stored within our minds and personalities, great potential strength and ability. Prayer helps us tap and develop these powers.

Luck? I don't know anything about luck. I've never banked on it and I'm afraid of people who do. Luck to me is something else: Hard work - and realizing what is opportunity and what isn't.

When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece.

The quality of a leader is reflected in the standards they set for themselves.

The principle part of faith is patience.

No architect troubled to design houses that suited people who were to live in them, because that would have meant building a whole range of different houses. It was far cheaper and, above all, timesaving to make them identical.

The great marriages are partnerships. It can't be a great marriage without being a partnership.

They can do without architecture who have no olives nor wines in the cellar.

In France, cooking is a serious art form and a national sport.

To find out what one is fitted to do, and to secure an opportunity to do it, is the key to happiness.

I don't know if I believe in marriage. I believe in family, love and children.

In fair weather prepare for foul.

Affirmation without discipline is the beginning of delusion.

When your values are clear to you, making decisions becomes easier.

It is easy to be brave from a safe distance.

I don't even drink! I can't stand the taste of alcohol. Every New Year's Eve I try one drink and every time it makes me feel sick. So I don't touch booze - I'm always the designated driver.

Form follows function.

Thank God every morning when you get up that you have something to do that day, which must be done, whether you like it or not.

Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you who you are.