To help others to develop and succeed in life is a reward itself and only has value when nothing is expected in return.

Pain is the best instructor, but no one wants to go to his class.

Refrain from reckless and thoughtless actions. Be as calm and judicious as a mountain.

A true Grandmaster is a person who starts the arts at a very young age and continues it until their body will no longer allows it. Then they still contribute mentally to the art.

Nothing can be comparable to good health

Time waits for no man.

Opportunity knocks only once.

Who's my hero? That's a great question... Well, I think my dad is my hero, because he's someone I look up to every day.

Some people have made the argument, well, Donald Trump is bad, but Hillary Clinton may be worse, or there's really no difference. That's insane. That's completely insane.

My 'thing' is that I just lie in my immense bed and look out the window at the skyline over Virginia and the sky and the airplanes coming into Reagan. I really love doing that.

Mankind are dastardly when they meet with opposition.

My daughter wanted a new pair of trainers. I told her You're eleven, make your own!

Too often we pray to have patience, but we want it right now!

For me the stunts are so cool, they're one of my favourite things when we're doing the film.

Flying. Whatever any other organism has been able to do man should surely be able to do also, though he may go a different way about it.

An aspect of 'post-modern' approach to history is to include the mistakes and the prejudices of the era, without modernizing them or 'correcting' them according to our modern ideals.