"My view is that targets, properly constructed and applied across public services have been fundamental to past successes and will be an essential part of sustaining progress into the future"

"The tiger is a magnificent creature and one that is threatened by human activities on all fronts. It is up to us to protect this iconic species and ensure that it has a future in the wild"

"Finds progress, man's distinctive mark alone, Not God's, and not the beast's; God is, they are, Man partly is, and wholly hopes to be"

"Progress is man's ability to complicate simplicity"

"Happy is the person who knows what to remember of the past, what to enjoy in the present, and what to plan for in the future"

"Problems are the price of progress. Don't bring me anything but trouble. Good news weakens me"

"We live in an age when to be young and to be indifferent can be no longer synonymous. We must prepare for the coming hour. The claims of the Future are represented by suffering millions; and the Youth of a Nation are the trustees of Posterity"

"The youth is the hope of our future"

"I never think too far into the future. I'm too busy thinking about tomorrow's news"

"I believe that we all have a responsibility to take care of our planet and to protect the natural world for future generations"

"When you realize the value of all life, you dwell less on what is past and concentrate more on the preservation of the future"