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.

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.

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.

They are not royal. They just happen to have me as their aunt.

The more you know, the less you need.

Buried beneath disappointment and fear, anger and pride, I just might find it in my heart to forgive.

All I want to do is be onstage. A performer needs to perform.

I rarely do masks because, if I have any extra time, I'd rather spend it with my friends than on myself.

When you're young it's easy to confuse passion for love.

We can't win at somebody else's expense. We can only fully be satisfied when the other person's needs are fulfilled as well as our own.

Culture is worth a little risk.

If you work hard the fight's easy. If you don't work hard then the fight's hard.

No! Please! I'll tell you whatever you want to know!" the man yelled. "Really?" said Vimes. "What's the orbital velocity of the moon?" "What?" "Oh, you'd like something simpler?

Relentlessly pursue perfection knowing we won't catch it, but in the process we'll achieve excellence.