British Quotes

They who have conquered doubt and fear have conquered failure.

In all human affairs there are efforts, and there are results, and the strength of the effort is the measure of the result.

Above all be of single aim; have a legitimate and useful purpose, and devote yourself unreservedly to it.

The more tranquil a man becomes, the greater is his success, his influence, his power for good. Calmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom.

Circumstances do not make the man, they reveal him.

Man is made or unmade by himself. By the right choice he ascends. As a being of power, intelligence, and love, and the lord of his own thoughts, he holds the key to every situation.

Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so you shall become. Your vision is the promise of what you shall one day be; your ideal is the prophecy of what you shall at last unveil.

A man is not rightly conditioned until he is a happy, healthy, and prosperous being; and happiness, health, and prosperity are the result of a harmonious adjustment of the inner with the outer of the man with his surroundings.

Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves; they therefore remain bound.

The law of harvest is to reap more than you sow. Sow an act, and you reap a habit. Sow a habit and you reap a character. Sow a character and you reap a destiny.

He who would accomplish little must sacrifice little; he who would achieve much must sacrifice much; he who would attain highly must sacrifice greatly.

The greatest achievement was at first and for a time a dream. The oak sleeps in the acorn, the bird waits in the egg, and in the highest vision of the soul a waking angel stirs. Dreams are the seedlings of realities.

A man has to learn that he cannot command things, but that he can command himself; that he cannot coerce the wills of others, but that he can mold and master his own will: and things serve him who serves Truth; people seek guidance of him who is master of himself.

A man sooner or later discovers that he is the master-gardener of his soul, the director of his life.

If you find an Australian indoors, it's a fair bet that he will have a glass in his hand.

The better the information it has, the better democracy works. Silence and secrecy are never good for it.

People always seem to assume that we have a full, back-up support team - make-up, costume and a driver - but usually, in a war zone, there's only me and the cameraman.

On the Northern Ireland question, for instance, the British and Irish governments prohibit media contact with members of the IRA, but we have always gone ahead, believing in the right to information.

Now children as young as nine carry AK47s which can kill 30 people in seconds.

No two wars are identical.

My job is to get to the heart of a story, to find out what's really going on; to get it verified and, then, to get it out to as many people as possible as fast as.

It's totally mistaken to suppose that an armed escort is going to give a journalist any protection - on the contrary, journalists who turn up surrounded by armed personnel are just turning themselves into targets and in even worse danger.

In Sierra Leone last year there was just the two of us hanging out of a helicopter and, when we were in Bosnia, I drove an armoured vehicle, thousands of miles.

I've never been one to sit around and eat my heart out. Life's too short.

I wrote in the book very specifically what I wanted to write about, period, and left it at.

I will never retire.

I was timid and frightened as a child. Yours truly did not shin up mountains or do any other kind of adventurous stuff.

I was sent to a nice Church of England girls' school and at that time, after university, a woman was expected to become a teacher, a nurse or a missionary - prior to marriage.

I sailed through my childhood with a complete lack of any drama.

I have nothing to do with the selection of stories. I'm the reporter.