39 Quotes by Quentin Bryce

We all go back to our roots. My father went to the central west, went to Ilfracombe in 1919. He was the manager of the wool scour there. And, Ilfracombe was right at the heart of Australia's great wool industry, and my mother was a teacher at Winton.

Seek out a person whom you admire and respect for the support you need - that we all need from time to time.

Graduation day was a milestone in the most important journey of all - to the centre of oneself.

Again and again, I learn how much friendship enriches my life, bringing warmth, assurance, humour, inspiration, a sense of security. It depends on honesty, trust, loyalty. It's about giving. It's for sharing the good times, but also the tough times, hurt, grief, sadness.

Begun as a girl from a little country town in central western Queensland, inspired by noble ideas of justice, about fairness, about making the world a better place.

Yes, you can have it all, but not all at the same time. Set your own priorities, trust your gut and follow your heart.

When a woman is fit and healthy, everything else falls into place. We are conditioned to put others first, that 'burnt chop syndrome' we observed in our mothers. It takes discipline to pay attention to our diets, to exercise, to leave time for refreshment of mind, body and spirit.

Graduation day was a milestone in the most important journey of all – to the centre of oneself.

Seek out a person whom you admire and respect for the support you need – that we all need from time to time.