The true currency of life is time, not money, and we've all got a limited stock of that.
It is perseverance, and not genius that takes a man to the top. Rome is full of unrecognized geniuses. Only perseverance enables you to move forward in the world.
Politics is never a victory, it's just the remorseless grinding forward of events.
Everyone thinks politics will just go on the way it is. I don't agree.
If one first gives himself to the Lord, all other giving is easy.
I think it's very, very hard not to go slightly crazy if you're in the top in politics, especially if you're there for a long time.