There were dragons when I was a boy.

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.

Anything in your life achieved too soon or too freely with little sacrifice is lost too quickly

I'm lucky my wife is a strong woman. She's one of the stronger people I've ever met. It's hard for me to be away, but I know my home life is fine because my wife is there.

He has a heart of gold - only harder.

I suppose with any good writing and interesting characters, you can have that awfully overused word [...] - a jouuuuuurney.

I am a work in progress Dressed in the fabric of a world unfolding Offering me intricate patterns of questions Rhythms that never come clean And strengths that you still haven't seen

My son lives in Nicaragua. My daughters live in the United States.

I like the silent church before the service begins, better than any preaching. How far off, how cool, how chaste the persons look,begirt each one with a precinct or sanctuary!

A spiritual life means: It is now or never.

I felt like a racehorse in a world without racetracks.

Initially, I felt like my duty was to just keep it positive and be positive and sometimes I crack in that. We're human. I'm imperfect at times and that was just me being imperfect at that one point.