The will is what matters - as long as you have that, you are safe.

Wisdom, courage, temperance, fortitude and all those qualities that can command the admiration of noble minds, is not surpassed in the history of any nation under the sun.

A man who lives right, and is right, has more power in his silence than another has by his words.

I think that's one of the first things you'd say if you met me: that I am just nice and smiley. And that's how I might appear when I'm not competing. But I'm totally different when it comes to sport. It's just something that seems to be within me. It's not external or visual. But it's within me.

You cannot build character and courage by taking away man's initiative and independence.

I've learnt to be more patient, more comfortable on the ball, and the number of goals I've scored, I'm happy.

A man's wisdom gives him patience; it is to his glory to overlook an offence' (Prov. 19:11).

The right honourable gentleman caught the Whigs bathing, and walked away with their clothes. He has left them in the full enjoyment of their liberal positions, and he is himself a strict conservative of their garments.

Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as think.

The essence of greatness is the perception that virtue is enough.

Passion, though a bad regulator, is a powerful spring.

Don't trust children with edge tools. Don't trust man, great God, with more power than he has until he has learned to use that little better. What a hell we should make of the world if we could do what we would!