Danger was the grindstone on which the swordsman whetted his spirit. Enemies were teachers in disguise.

Love was like a toothache.

The greatest happiness of life was to stand at the difficult border between success and failure.

When a woman dislikes the man who is courting her, she parries him cleverly, like a willow in the wind.

The summit is believed to be the object of the climb. But its true object--the joy of living--is not in the peak itself, but in the adversities encountered on the way up.

Not only must a warrior be strong with his bow, but he must have a heart full of pity for all living creatures.

It is easy to crush an enemy outside oneself but impossible to defeat an enemy within.

Enemies were teachers in disguise.

It's no good to want to win still more when you have already won.

Every act is an expression of one's self.

Great character is forged through hardships.

Doctors are just the same as lawyers; the only difference is that lawyers merely rob you, whereas doctors rob you and kill you too.

The point is, as death gets closer - what's so wrong with wanting someone you love to live forever?

I like the way that different people recognise me for the roles I done

My husband's the first one to say, "This is not the end of the world." We're doing what we want to do - what we have chosen to do - and we know the risks involved.

Business is a fight, a continual struggle, just as life is

I made nothing happen very slowly.

God gives not kings the stile of Gods in vaine, For on his throne his sceptre do they sway; And as their subjects ought them to obey, So kings should feare and serve their God againe.

The noblest of the elements is water

Do the unexpected. Take 20 minutes out of your day, do what young people all over the world are dying to do: vote.

I believe in God because of a personal faith, a faith that is consistent with what I know about science.