"We need to teach our kids, because there is such a celebrity culture at the moment, that however rich you are, however famous you are, however glamorous you are, everyone has to live by the same rules."

"One thing I've very quickly learned is that if you wake up every morning worrying about what's in the press, you would go completely and utterly potty."

"What I hope is in five years' time, I can go to the British people in the election and say: Lots of you doubted that coalition politics worked, but it has worked."

"I didn't become leader to transform the Liberal Democrats into an enlarged form of the Electoral Reform Society. It's not the be all and end all for us. There are other very, very key ambitions in politics, not least social mobility and life chances, that I care about as passionately if not more."

"The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions. Reflect upon this whenever doubt clouds your horizon."

"In the depths of adversity, shadows are only cast by the presence of light."

"A mindful spirit recognizes that the greatest battles are fought within."

"A resilient spirit knows that the most profound truths are found in silence."