Books were despised by the Viking Tribes, as they were seen as a horrible civilizing influence and a threat to the barbarian culture.

For a Hero cannot triumph all the time. Sometimes he will be defeated, and how he faces that defeat is a test of his character.

There's no such thing as im-POSSIBLE, Hiccup, only im-PROBABLE. The only thing that limits us are the limits to our imagination

Remember, there is nothing wrong with a healthy sense of self-respect.

But then I have always been somewhat of a square peg in a round hole.

That is a terrible plan." "Hiccup's plans are always t-terrible." "Hey! You're still here, aren't you?

The past is another land, and we cannot go to visit. So, if I say there were dragons, and men who rode upon their backs, who alive has been there and can tell me that I'm wrong?

Oh, for Thor's sake..." said Hiccup. "I thought that was just a story..." "Stories come from somewhere," said the witch. "The past haunts the present in more ways than we realise.

We're all snatching precious moments from the peaceful jaws of time.

A Chief must show no fear, no worry... A Chief is a leader first, and a man second.

I was not a natural. . . . This is the story of becoming . . . the Hard Way.

Simplicity is the beauty of all creation.

I am a man ruled by music- I live, die, fight and survive for it.

It is crucial for us to understand the origins of our low self-esteem before we can transcend it.

For the purpose of human health, it appears that it is wise to work and live below 4, 900 feet.

The worst time is always the present.

You didn't just pay lip service to the goal of overcoming the division of Europe and Germany... Rather, you put yourself at the forefront of those who encouraged us on the way to unity.

If I'm in a slump, I ask myself for advice.

It is a far, far better thing to have a firm anchor in nonsense than to put out on the troubled seas of thought.

Coming home from very lonely places, all of us go a little mad: whether from great personal success, or just an all-night drive, we are the sole survivors of a world no one else has ever seen.

I got hundreds of emails insulting me, accusing me of being some caveman. I am by no means a Luddite. I have two iPods. I have a cell phone. I have cable TV, HDTV!