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.

My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me.

The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.

You cannot push any one up a ladder unless he be willing to climb a little himself.

There is nothing more uncommon than common sense.

Every marriage tends to consist of an aristocrat and a peasant. Of a teacher and a learner.

It's an ongoing joy being a dad.

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

Success is not a good teacher, failure makes you humble.

God gives the nuts, but he does not crack them.

All lasting business is built on friendship.

When it comes to Father's Day, I will remember my dad for both being there to nurture me and also for the times he gave me on my own to cultivate my own interests and to nurture my own spirit.

The winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.

Success is falling nine times and getting up ten.

Thanksgiving dinners take eighteen hours to prepare. They are consumed in twelve minutes. Half-times take twelve minutes. This is not coincidence.

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.

We are what we believe we are.

Sometimes too much to drink is barely enough.

One friend in a lifetime is much; two are many; three are hardly possible. Friendship needs a certain parallelism of life, a community of thought, a rivalry of aim.

Marriage is like putting your hand into a bag of snakes in the hope of pulling out an eel.

I doubt if you can have a truly wild party without liquor.

A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd.

Desire is the key to motivation, but it's determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal - a commitment to excellence - that will enable you to attain the success you seek.

We invest less in our friendships and expect more of friends than any other relationship. We spend days working out where to book for a romantic dinner, weeks wondering how to celebrate a partner or parent's birthday, and seconds forgetting a friend's important anniversary.