“Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It's not a day when you lounge around doing nothing; it's a day you've had everything to do and you've done it.”

“Christmas is a day of meaning and traditions, a special day spent in the warm circle of family and friends.”

“Plan your work for today and every day, then work your plan”

“It used to be about trying to do something. Now it's about trying to be someone.”

“I think we've been through a period where too many people have been given to understand that if they have a problem, it's the government's job to cope with it. 'I have a problem, I'll get a grant.' 'I'm homeless, the government must house me.' They're casting their problem on society. And, you know, there is no such thing as society. There are individual men and women, and there are families. And no government can do anything except through people, and people must look to themselves first. It's our duty to look after ourselves and then, also to look after our neighbour. People have got the entitlements too much in mind, without the obligations. There's no such thing as entitlement, unless someone has first met an obligation.”

“If you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman.”

“In politics, If you want anything said, ask a man. If you want anything done, ask a woman.”