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

I never knew a man come to greatness or eminence who lay abed late in the morning.

Success consists of getting up just one more time than you fall.

To every action there is always opposed an equal reaction.

Hunger, revenge, to sleep are petty foes, But only death the jealous eyes can close.

There is never jealousy where there is not strong regard.

I want to congratulate all the men out there who are working diligently to be good fathers whether they are stepfathers, or biological fathers or just spiritual fathers.

Sweet is the memory of distant friends! Like the mellow rays of the departing sun, it falls tenderly, yet sadly, on the heart.

We gain the strength of the temptation we resist.

My wife's jealousy is getting ridiculous. The other day she looked at my calendar and wanted to know who May was.

I have always been delighted at the prospect of a new day, a fresh try, one more start, with perhaps a bit of magic waiting somewhere behind the morning.

And now we welcome the new year. Full of things that have never been.

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.

The moment one gives close attention to anything, even a blade of grass, it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself.

Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.

The time is always right to do what is right.

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

There is nothing permanent except change.

Faith is deliberate confidence in the character of God whose ways you may not understand at the time.

Organizing is what you do before you do something, so that when you do it, it is not all mixed up.

Early morning cheerfulness can be extremely obnoxious.

The concept of two people living together for 25 years without a serious dispute suggests a lack of spirit only to be admired in sheep.

There are many things that are essential to arriving at true peace of mind, and one of the most important is faith, which cannot be acquired without prayer.

When people come to my act any time after Thanksgiving, I usually say, You shouldn't be here. You should be shopping. Our economy depends on you! You should be out there buying stuff.'