Tempus edax rerum. Time the devourer of everything.

My hopes are not always realized, but I always hope.

A horse never runs so fast as when he has other horses to catch up and outpace.

Quarrels are the dowry which married folk bring one another.

Be patient and tough; someday this pain will be useful to you.

Make the workmanship surpass the materials.

Love is no assignment for cowards.

Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has given up worrying once and for all.

The man who has experienced shipwreck shudders even at a calm sea.

Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence.

If you want to be loved, be lovable.

People keep on saying, "Don't Think Much." Is it underrated? You can't be creative enough unless you make a thoughtful process by collaborating your conscience and consciousness

It's not that I'm ahead of my time, it's more that the world is running late

Know what you value, be willing to take a risk, and lead from the heart - lead from what you believe in.

The purpose of life is the investigation of the Sun, the Moon, and the heavens.

I show through my movies that I can do something else. But I always play strong-minded characters. I think it's maybe because I'm like that. I love being by myself.

Instead of watching the bird as it flies above our heads, we chase his shadow along the ground; and, finding we cannot grasp it, we conclude it to be nothing.

The higher a man is in grace, the lower he will be in his own esteem.

We need to strengthen Asian diplomacy.

People don't choose their careers; they are engulfed by them.

I grew up in the '80s and John Hughes was the filmmaker making serious movies for teenagers.