I have in sincerity pledged myself to your service, as so many of you are pledged to mine. Throughout all my life and with all my heart I shall strive to be worthy of your trust.

When life seems hard, the courageous do not lie down and accept defeat; instead, they are all the more determined to struggle for a better future.

Let us not take ourselves too seriously. None of us has a monopoly on wisdom.

Good memories are our second chance at happiness.

I declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your service and the service of our great imperial family to which we all belong.

Family does not necessarily mean blood relatives but often a description of a community, organisation or nation.

It has been women who have breathed gentleness and care into the hard progress of humankind.

I have to be seen to be believed.

We all need to get the balance right between action and reflection. With so many distractions, it is easy to forget to pause and take stock.

Grief is the price we pay for love.

It's all to do with the training: you can do a lot if you're properly trained.

...only in the surrender of the light could the darkness prevail.

Bad experiences in life make you really appreciate the wonderful ones we are fortunate to have. Let’s embrace this moment we’ve been given and cherish it for life.

Stuff about me dating Kim Kardashian - I have no idea where that came from and all these other rumors. I don't think I'm that type.

Fuel cell vehicles run on clean-burning hydrogen and are three times more efficient than the traditional combustible engine.

Honesty is the key to a relationship. If you can fake that, you're in.

Everybody in New York is looking for something. Once in a while, somebody finds it.

And the next thing is that every war is going to astonish you in the way it occurred, and in the way it is carried out.

When I was a kid - and I don't know why, it's the most random thing - I wanted to be a speech therapist for little kids. I knew I wanted to do something with kids.

Drawing at its best is not what your eyes see but what our mind understands.