“It’s all to do with the training: you can do a lot if you’re properly trained.”

The world is not the most pleasant place. Eventually, your parents leave you and nobody is going to go out of their way to protect you unconditionally.

I have behind me not only the splendid traditions and the annals of more than a thousand years but the living strength and majesty of the Commonwealth and Empire; of societies old and new; of lands and races different in history and origins but all, by God’s Will, united in spirit and in aim.

For me, heaven is likely to be a bit of a come-down.

The lessons from the peace process are clear; whatever life throws at us, our individual responses will be all the stronger for working together and sharing the load.

I should like to be a horse.

I declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your service and the service of our great imperial family to which we all belong.

The upward course of a nation’s history is due in the long run to the soundness of heart of its average men and women.

You need to learn to stand up for yourself and what you believe and sometimes, pardon my language, kick some ass.

Football’s a difficult business and aren’t they prima donnas. But it’s a wonderful game.

For Christians, as for all people of faith, reflection, meditation and prayer help us to renew ourselves in God’s love, as we strive daily to become better people.

To all those who have suffered as a consequence of our troubled past I extend my sincere thoughts and deep sympathy. With the benefit of historical hindsight we can all see things which we would wish had been done differently or not at all.

The Christmas message shows us that this love is for everyone. There is no one beyond its reach.

True patriotism doesn’t exclude an understanding of the patriotism of others.

Family does not necessarily mean blood relatives but often a description of a community, organisation or nation.

Grief is the price we pay for love.

Cowards falter, but danger is often overcome by those who nobly dare.

Believe that when you come into the presence of God you can have all you came for. You can take it away, and you can use it, for all the power of God is at your disposal in response to your faith.

Nobody knows me – I’m incognito. It’s all new, all fun.

In all adversities there is always in its depth, a treasure of spiritual blessings secretly hidden.

When a person is left alone, he starts thinking of higher reality – about death, life, soul, God and the mystery of all.

Family is at the heart of everything I do.

All satanic works are performed from the outside inward; all divine works from the inside outward.

There is nothing small about our God, and when we understand God we will find out that there ought not to be anything small about us.

God is not external to anyone, but is present with all things, though they are ignorant that He is so.