"In my view, the ideal prime minister is patient, hard-working, compassionate and has a clear vision, driven by the fair go."

--

Source : "Julia Gillard: 20 people, 20 questions". The Guardian Interview, www.theguardian.com. May 26, 2013.

Julia Gillard

#Hard Work Quotes #Views Quotes #Vision Quotes

“When you're living through it, though, especially when you are twelve and you think the whole world is changing until you realize it isn't the world, it's you, no piece seems little. It's all so big you think it can kill you. But it doesn't. Which is why the story goes on.”
“The fire of hell is called eternal, only because it never ends. Still, there is change in the pains of the lost...Hence in hell true eternity does not exist, but rather time.”
“I never have a realistic sense of self. I either think everything I do is terrible and I'm the worst guy on the planet, or from time to time I'll think I'm the greatest gift to music and the coolest guy who ever lived, but that happens maybe an hour out of the week. Some days I'm more concerned with how my hair looks than what my guitar sounds like.”
“Reading put perspective to any challenge I was facing and made me see that extraordinary people usually had extraordinary pain, difficulties or injustices. That's part of why they have the drive and hunger to do good in the world, to make something happen.”
“I guess love is the real suspension of disbelief.”

Source : Melissa Bank (2000). “The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing”, p.72, Penguin
“There are a million ways to lose a work day, but not even a single way to get one back.”
“Common-sense knowledge is prompt, categorical, and inexact.”
“What a man is ashamed of is always at bottom himself; and he is ashamed of himself at bottom always for being afraid.”

You may also like:

Bill Shorten
Australian Federal MP
Bob Hawke
Former Prime Minister of Australia
Gough Whitlam
Former Prime Minister of Australia
John Howard
Former Prime Minister of Australia
Kevin Rudd
Former Prime Minister of Australia
Malcolm Turnbull
Member of the Australian Parliament
Paul Keating
Former Prime Minister of Australia
Tony Abbott
Prime Minister of Australia
Wayne Swan
Former Deputy Prime Minister of Australia