Quotes from Jeffrey Archer

You can often judge the character of a person by the way he treats his fellow men.

The sign of a great man is how you handle defeat. - Old Jack

It's one of the ironies of mountaineering,' said Young, 'that grown men are happy to spend months preparing for a climb, weeks rehearsing and honing their skills, and at least a day attempting to reach the summit. And then, having achieved their goal, they spend just a few moments enjoying the experience, along with one or two equally certifiable companions who have little in common other than wanting to do it all again, but a little higher.

The worst moment of any campaign is waiting for the sun to rise on the morning of the battle

With torture ,as with making love, foreplay is the all important factor

if you take care of the pennies, the pounds will take care of themselves.

Then one morning she woke to find him sitting on the edge of the bed, staring at her. She blinked at him. 'Is something wrong, darling?' 'No. I'm just looking at my greatest asset, and making sure I never take it for granted.

Time spent on preparation is seldom wasted.

Only three things mattered about a hotel: position, position and position.

Good night, good night, parting is such sweet sorrow,' she whispered 'That I shall say good night till it be morrow,' Harry replied.

A work of art is worth what someone will pay for it.

You see, the problem with being a bully is that on the flipside of that particular coin, you'll find the imprint of a coward.

The bastard. It's bad enough knowing he's stolen our money,but it's humiliating having to watch him spend it.

only a fool blames the messenger.

I feel I have had a very interesting life, but I am rather hoping there is still more to come. I still haven't captained the England cricket team, or sung at Carnegie Hall!

Whenever you analyse anyone who has had any success and they're in the headlines, you will find they are human and make mistakes. I'm certainly that and I've made a lot of mistakes.

When I was three, I wanted to be four. When I was four, I wanted to be prime minister.

I think my attitude to human beings has changed since leaving prison.

I've been doing nineteen hours a day on London, nothing else, I mean this has been my whole life, and writing has been put on one side, and if I'm privileged enough to be the Mayor of this city, then I will not write again.

Birth is life's first lottery ticket.

Well I think after leaving prison, and having written three diaries about life in prison, it became a sort of a new challenge to write another novel, to write a new novel.

At the end of my trial, I was rather hoping the judge would send me to Australia for the rest of my life.

Exclusive will not be published in book format.

I spent my first three weeks there on a wing with 21 murderers. I met some very evil people there but also some men who'd had no upbringing, no chance in life.