There is a forgotten, nay almost forbidden word, which means more to me than any other. That word is England.
A modest little person, with much to be modest about.
When I was younger I made it a rule never to take strong drink before lunch. It is now my rule never to do so before breakfast.
The day may dawn when fair play, love for one’s fellow men, respect for justice and freedom, will enable tormented generations to march forth serene and triumphant from the hideous epoch in which we have to dwell. Meanwhile, never flinch, never weary, never despair.
Sunshine is my quest.
Our dog chases people on a bike. We’ve had to take it off him.
Nature will not be admired by proxy.
There is a place for everyone, man and woman, old and young, hale and halt; service in a thousand forms is open. There is no room now for the dilettante, the weakling, for the shirker, or the sluggard. From the highest to the humblest tasks, all are of equal honor; all have their part to play.
Say what you have to say and the first time you come to a sentence with a grammatical ending – sit down.
History with its flickering lamp stumbles along the trail of the past, trying to reconstruct its scenes, to revive its echoes, and kindle with pale gleams the passion of former days.
Land monopoly is not only monopoly, but it is by far the greatest of monopolies; it is a perpetual monopoly, and it is the mother of all other forms of monopoly.
When you feel you cannot continue in your position for another minute, and all that is in human power has been done, that is the moment when the enemy is most exhausted, and when one step forward will give you the fruits of the struggle you have borne.
No hour of life is wasted that is spent in the saddle.
The question which we must ask ourselves is not whether we like or do not like what is going on, but what we are going to do about it.
Meet success like a gentleman; disaster like a man.
Democracy means that if the doorbell rings in the early hours, it is likely to be the milkman.
We have always found the Irish a bit odd. They refuse to be English.
If you find a job you love, you’ll never work again...
If Britain must choose between Europe and the open sea, she must always choose the open sea.
The Turkish Government began and ruthlessly carried out the infamous massacre and deportation of Armenians in Asia Minor. The clearance of the race from Asia Minor was about as complete as such an act, on a scale so great, could well be.