We lost the American colonies because we lacked the statesmanship to know the right time and the manner of yielding what is impossible to keep.

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.

Follow your passion, be prepared to work hard and sacrifice, and, above all, don't let anyone limit your dreams

People tell you to have a safe trip, as if you have some control over it.

I'm in the position to pick the cream of the crop.

To experience visually, and to transform our visual experience into plastic terms, requires the faculty of empathy.

LazyTown' is not a TV property, but a lifestyle brand for children.

Everyone's entitled to their own experience.

Nothing about contraception should be taught in schools. There is no question that it will encourage sexual activity.

Was not this ... what we spoke of as the great advantage of wisdom -- to know what is known and what is unknown to us?

Everything is about your movements and precision and timing, which is what gymnastics is about.

To be an artist at all is like living in Switzerland during a world war. To be an artist in Zurich, in 1917, implies a degree of self-absorption that would have glazed over the eyes of Narcissus.