Prayer should be the key of the day and the lock of the night.

A champion is afraid of losing. Everyone else is afraid of winning.

It is my belief that no matter how advanced man may become in science, technology, systems, and knowledge, he can never improve on the foundational precepts of marriage as the bedrock of social development.

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.

A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself.

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.

Let our New Year's resolution be this: we will be there for one another as fellow members of humanity, in the finest sense of the word.

The universe is full of magical things, patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.

A negative judgment gives you more satisfaction than praise, provided it smacks of jealousy.

Face your deficiencies and acknowledge them; but do not let them master you. Let them teach you patience, sweetness, insight.

A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.

If a fellow isn't thankful for what he's got, he isn't likely to be thankful for what he's going to get.

Faith in oneself is the best and safest course.

Of all duties, prayer certainly is the sweetest and most easy.

If no one shopped on Thanksgiving Day, the stores wouldn't open. End of story. I say we all take the pledge and stay home. Thanksgiving is a day to give thanks for what you have, not to save a few dollars to get more.

I want my food dead. Not sick, not dying, dead.

An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools.

Character is the ability to carry out a good resolution long after the excitement of the moment has passed.

Time is neutral and does not change things. With courage and initiative, leaders change things.

Nobody ever drowned in his own sweat.

Architecture can't fully represent the chaos and turmoil that are part of the human personality, but you need to put some of that turmoil into the architecture, or it isn't real.

Our dad was a great guy and we will never forget him.

Food, in the end, in our own tradition, is something holy. It's not about nutrients and calories. It's about sharing. It's about honesty. It's about identity.

I've said it before, but it's absolutely true: My mother gave me my drive, but my father gave me my dreams. Thanks to him, I could see a future.