Only those who have the courage to fail greatly achieve greatly.

Just in any job, if you want to get ahead, take shorter lunch breaks, be happy to stay later, do the work, and finish it off well.

The raw materials that Australia has in abundance will always be critical to world growth.

Do something to make more money yourself – spend less time drinking or smoking and socialising, and more time working.

If you want to help the poor and our next generation, make investment, reinvestment and businesses welcome.

The land and agricultural industry is the backbone of Australia, and we need to foster the industry that provides our country with so much.

Become one of those people who work hard, invest and build, and at the same time create employment and opportunities for others.

People say I am ruthless. I am not ruthless. And if I find the man who is calling me ruthless, I shall destroy him.

I believe that, as long as there is plenty, poverty is evil.

Send forth a tiny ripple of hope.

What has violence ever accomplished? What has it ever created? No martyr's cause has ever been stilled by an assassin's bullet...

The greatest truth must be recognition that in every man, in every child is the potential for greatness.

You're happiest while you're making the greatest contribution.

The sharpest criticism often goes hand in hand with the deepest idealism and love of country.

Every society gets the kind of criminal it deserves.

Progress is a nice word. But change is its motivator. And change has its enemies.

In your hands lies the future of your world and the fulfilment of the best qualities of your own spirit.

The natural state of a human being is dignity.

Each time a man stands up for an ideal or acts to improve the lot of others or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope.