We can change our lives. We can do, have, and be exactly what we wish.

The first condition of marriage between a man and a woman is that both must belong to each other totally.

The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.

I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.

Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out.

It's funny, I was talking to somebody who writes for a cop show, and he was saying how they aren't allowed to acknowledge Christmas, Thanksgiving, Valentine's Day, just because it has to be able to play forever.

In fair weather prepare for foul.

It is better to have a lion at the head of an army of sheep, than a sheep at the head of an army of lions.

The 20th anniversary of my dad David's death coincided with my 50th Test cap and for it to be my mum Janet's birthday, too, made it an emotional few days. It was not an easy week, being the Pink Test and my mum having had breast cancer twice.

Faith in oneself is the best and safest course.

There is little success where there is little laughter.

Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.

I have come to the conclusion that the most important element in human life is faith.

I'm always going to love my father.

He who is prudent and lies in wait for an enemy who is not, will be victorious.

Life is a succession of moments. To live each one is to succeed.

There is one person who sends me three cards every year. One on New Year's, one for my birthday and the third that marks the anniversary of my flight into space.

Belief is a wise wager. Granted that faith cannot be proved, what harm will come to you if you gamble on its truth and it proves false? If you gain, you gain all; if you lose, you lose nothing. Wager, then, without hesitation, that He exists.

The day before the anniversary of D-Day, we lost a man who was equaled by few and surpassed by none as a leader in the cause of freedom: Ronald Reagan.

We are twice armed if we fight with faith.

Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo.

Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.

A waffle is like a pancake with a syrup trap.

Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.