All of us have moments in our lives that test our courage. Taking children into a house with white carpets is one of them.

It wasn't until quite late in life that I learnt to say "I don't know"

If i had known i was going to live this long i would have taken better care of myself

"Price is what you pay. Value is what you get" Warren Buffett

A lighthouse speaks to the guiding nature of hope - by equal turns it illuminates and darkens so the way forward can be chosen in the light and trusted in the dark

"Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face!" Mike Tyson

Never take a fence down until you know the reason it was put up

Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies.

Its never too late to be the person who you might have been

"If the wind will not serve then take to the oars" Latin proverb