Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential.

I don't like standing near the edge of a platform when an express train is passing through. I like to stand right back and if possible get a pillar between me and the train. I don't like to stand by the side of a ship and look down into the water. A second's action would end everything. A few drops of desperation.

Baldwin thought Europe was a bore, and Chamberlain thought it was only a greater Birmingham.

The gin and tonic has saved more Englishmen's lives, and minds, than all the doctors in the Empire.

The United States stands at the pinnacle of world power. This is a solemn moment for the American democracy. For with primacy in power is joined an awe-inspiring accountability for the future.

Do you know why the nose of the bull dog is sloped backwards? So it can keep on breathing without ever letting go.

You never can tell whether bad luck may not after all turn out to be good luck.