"The fruits of life fall into the hands of those who climb the tree and pick them."

“My hairdresser in the U.K., Adam Reed, has his own line, Percy and Reed, and it's really good. And I use Moroccan Oil and Kerastase as well.”

“What politicians want to create is irreversible change because when you leave office someone changes it back again.”

Source : "Minister's second chance for stardom". Interview with Dan Milmo, www.theguardian.com. May 6, 2004.

“True happiness flows from the possession of wisdom and virtue and not from the possession of external goods.”

“In South Africa, they dig for diamonds. Tons of earth are moved to find a little pebble not as large as a little fingernail. The miners are looking for the diamonds, not the dirt. They are willing to lift all the dirt in order to find the jewels. In daily life, people forget this principle and become pessimists because there is more dirt than diamonds. When trouble comes, don’t be frightened by the negatives. Look for the positives and dig them out. They are so valuable it doesn't matter if you have to handle tons of dirt.”

“Being taken for granted is an unpleasant but sincere form of praise. Ironically, the more reliable you are and the less you complain, the more likely you are to be taken for granted.”

“Growing older is mandatory, but growing up is optional.”

“He who thinks all mankind is vile is a pessimist who mistakes his introspection for observation; he looks into his own heart and thinks he sees the world.”

Source : William George Jordan (1903). “Great truths”

“But while they prate of economic laws, men and women are starving. We must lay hold of the fact that economic laws are not made by nature. They are made by human beings.”