When I was 20 I thought I was 30 - but I was so far from it. When you're young you want everything to happen now. As you mature you can look back and see all the great things you achieved with time and patience.

Some are born great some achieve greatness and some hire public relations officers.

Good is somebody who delivered and allowed the company to overcome obstacles without leaving a profound impact on its culture. Great is somebody who leads his company to achievements and performance and value that nobody was expecting it had.

To achieve great things two things are needed a plan and not quite enough time.

It is not by muscle speed or physical dexterity that great things are achieved but by reflection force of character and judgment.

Everyone who achieves success in a great venture solves each problem as they came to it. They helped themselves. And they were helped through powers known and unknown to them at the time they set out on their voyage. They keep going regardless of the obstacles they met.

It is only the enlightened ruler and the wise general who will use the highest intelligence of the army for the purposes of spying and thereby they achieve great results.

A constant struggle a ceaseless battle to bring success from inhospitable surroundings is the price of all great achievements.

All men who have achieved great things have been great dreamers.

The three great essentials to achieve anything worth while are: Hard work Stick-to-itiveness and Common sense.

Creativity is a great motivator because it makes people interested in what they are doing. Creativity gives hope that there can be a worthwhile idea. Creativity gives the possibility of some sort of achievement to everyone. Creativity makes life more fun and more interesting.

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

Enthusiasm is the mother of effort and without it nothing great was ever achieved.

Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice and is never the result of selfishness.

All great achievements require time.

That some achieve great success is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.

Never was anything great achieved without danger.

Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly.

Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.

Some are born great some achieve greatness and some have greatness thrust upon them.

It's become unfashionable to celebrate political achievement and Labour achievement even less so. And it's positively uncouth to be proud of something that this Labour government is doing. So slam me for saying so but I'm really proud of the NHS.

Our laws governing lobbying and campaign contributions have struck the right balance between the wishes of the people and those of private industry so why are we so quick to doubt that the same great results can be achieved by putting the government's justice-dealing branch on the same market-based course?

The world runs on individuals pursuing their self interests. The great achievements of civilization have not come from government bureaus. Einstein didn't construct his theory under order from a from a bureaucrat. Henry Ford didn't revolutionize the automobile industry that way.

The real goal should be reduced government spending rather than balanced budgets achieved by ever rising tax rates to cover ever rising spending.