Truth, John F. Kennedy

The enemy of the truth is very often not the lie-deliberate, contrived, and dishonest-but the myth-persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic.

- John F. Kennedy (1917-1963)

Art, Anonymous

If you like a pretty girl, it's because you know and pursue beauty. That means you're a potential artist.

- An anonymous potential artist

Solitude·Self-reliance, Sarah Susanka

The world is not out there — the world is in you.

- Sarah Susanka (1957- )

Job, Sally Brown

(why she wants to be a nurse:) I like white shoes. (15 Jun 68)

- Sally Brown

Hero, Barbarella from Barbarella (1968)

The Great Tyrant: Hello, pretty pretty.
Barbarella: Hello...
The Great Tyrant: Do you want to come and play with me? For someone like you I charge nothing. You're very pretty, Pretty-Pretty.
Barbarella: My name isn't pretty-pretty, it's Barbarella.

- Jane Fonda as Barbarella from Barbarella (1968)

Money, Lao-tzu (老子)

To have little is to possess. To have plenty is to be perplexed.

- Laozi (老子, 604 BC-? )

Cat, English Proverb

A cat has nine lives.

- English Proverb

Acceptance, Edward Estlin Cummings

It takes courage to grow up and turn out to be who you really are.

- Edward Estlin Cummings

Life, Janet Leigh as Marion Crane from Psycho (1960)

Norman Bates: You know what I think? I think that we're all in our private traps, clamped in them, and none of us can ever get out. We scratch and we claw, but only at the air, only at each other, and for all of it, we never budge an inch.
Marion Crane: Sometimes, we deliberately step into those traps.
Norman Bates: I was born into mine. I don't mind it anymore.
Marion Crane: Oh, but you should. You should mind it.
Norman Bates: Oh, I do

- Janet Leigh as Marion Crane from Psycho (1960)

Endeavor, Mencius (孟子)

Sincerity is the way of Heaven.

- Mencius (孟子)

Advice, Alan Ashley-Pitt

You have two choices in life: You can dissolve into the mainstream or you can be distinct... To be distinct, you must be different, you must strive to be what no one else but you can be.

- Alan Ashley-Pitt

Pain, Taylor Cole as Sarah Blake from Supernatural

Sarah Blake: Look, I'm a big girl, Sam. And it's not your job to make decisions for me. There's always a chance of getting hurt...
Sam Winchester: I'm not talking about a broken heart and a tub of Haagen-Dazs. I'm talkin' about life and death.
Sarah Blake: And tomorrow I could get hit by a bus, that's what life is! Look, I know losing somebody you love, it's terrible. You shut yourself off, believe me, I know. But when you shut out pain, you shut out everything else, too.
Sam Winchester: Sarah, you don't understand, the pain that I went through... I can't go through it again. I can't.

- Taylor Cole as Sarah Blake from Supernatural Season 1 episode 19

Endurance, Lao-tzu (老子)

There is no calamity greater than lavish desires. There is no greater guilt than discontentment. And there is no greater disaster than greed.

- Laozi (老子, 604 BC-? )

Evil, Ethiopian Proverb

Evil enters like a needle and spreads like an oak tree.

- Ethiopian Proverb

Success, Jacques Nasser

I believe the people who are most successful are those who do what really interests them. There is no substitute for energy and enthusiasm.

- Jacques Nasser (1947- )

---

People work to make money. However, people work even harder in an attempt to find meaning in their lives. The best thing is to enjoy your line of work. People “who wake up early every morning because they can’t wait to go to work” are those who have already achieved success.

Writing·Reading, Austin Phelps

Wear the old coat and buy the new book.

- Austin Phelps (1820-1890)

Scare, Taylor Cole as Sarah Blake from Supernatural

Sarah: Look, I'm not saying that I'm not scared, cause I am scared as hell, but I'm not going to run and hide either. (walks towards the door) So, are we going or what? (exits)
Dean: [in deadly earnest] Sam, marry that girl.

- Taylor Cole as Sarah Blake from Supernatural Season 1 episode 19 (April 20, 2006)

Knowledge, Lao-tzu (老子)

People are difficult to govern because they have too much knowledge.

- Laozi (老子, 604 BC-? )

Friend, Aristotle

A friend is a second self.

- Aristotle

Behavior, Elena from Vampire Diaries

Alaric: Did you get anything?
Elena: How do you feel about a little hike through the Smoky Mountains?
Alaric: You wanna hunt down a pack of werewolves on a full moon?
Elena: We'll be out of there before the moon is full. If you don't come with me, I'm going by myself. What? You're the one who told me that I could handle things on my own now.
Alaric: Yea, I meant like frozen dinners and SATs. A-all right fine. Let's just... Let's just go. But, uh, you're driving.

- Nina Dobrev as Elena Gilbert from Vampire Diaries, Season 3, Episode 2: The Hybrid

Politics, Lao-tzu

He who loves the world as his body may be entrusted with the empire.

- Laozi (老子, 604 BC-? )

Friend, Russian Proverb

An enemy will agree, but a friend will argue.

- Russian Proverb

Advice, William Arthur Ward

Do more than belong: participate.
Do more than care: help.
Do more than believe: practice.
Do more then be fair: be kind.
Do more than forgive: forget.
Do more than dream: work.

- William Arthur Ward (1921-1994)

Reward, Alex Udinov from Nikita

Nikita: That would be very dangerous.
Alex: No risk, no reward. Isn't that what you taught me?

- Lyndsy Fonseca as Alexandra "Alex" Udinov from Nikita, All The Way [1.11] 2010

Happiness, Lao-tzu

Seek not happiness too greedily, and be not fearful of happiness.

- Laozi (老子, 604 BC-? )

Advice, Dr. Seuss

Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened.

- Dr. Seuss (Theodor Seuss Geisel, 1904-1991)

Hero, Loki & Natasha Romanoff from Avengers (2012)

Loki: Your world in the balance and you bargain for one man?
Natasha Romanoff: Regimes fall every day. I tend not to weep over that, I'm Russian... or was.
Loki: What is it you want?
Natasha Romanoff: It's really not that complicated. I've got red in my ledger, I'd like to wipe it out.
Loki: Can you? Can you wipe out that much red? Drakov's daughter, Tugenov, the hospital fire? Yes, Barton told me everything. Your ledger is dripping, it's gushing red, and you think saving a man no more virtuous than yourself will change anything? This is the basest sentimentality. This is a child at prayer... PATHETIC! You lie and kill in the service of liars and killers. You pretend to be separate, to have your own code, something that makes up for the horrors. But they are a part of you, and they will never go away!... No, I won't touch Barton. Not until I make him kill you! Slowly, intimately, in every way he knows you fear! And when he wakes, he'll have just enough time to see the work he's done, and when he screams, I'll break his skull! This is my bargain, you mewling quim!
Natasha Romanoff: [fearfully] You're a monster!
Loki: No, you brought the monster.
Natasha Romanoff: [back in normal state] So, Banner... that's your play.
Loki: What?
Natasha Romanoff: [on intercom] Loki means to unleash the Hulk. Keep Banner in the lab, I'm on my way. Send Thor as well.
[walks out]
Natasha Romanoff: [to Loki] Thank you for your cooperation.

- Avengers (2012)

Endeavor, Confucius

Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

- Confucius (孔子, 551BC–479BC)

Failure, English Proverb

A small leak will sink a great ship.

- English Proverb

Food, Edward Grandpa Jones

If food is your best friend, it's also your worst enemy.

- Edward Grandpa Jones

Persuasion, Natasha Romanoff from Avengers (2012)

Bruce Banner: Should have got paid up front, Banner.
Natasha Romanoff: [comes up behind him] You know, for a man who's supposed to be avoiding stress, you picked a hell of a place to settle.
Bruce Banner: Avoiding stress isn't the secret.
Natasha Romanoff: Then, what is it? Yoga?
Bruce Banner: You brought me to the edge of the city, smart. I uh... assume the whole place is surrounded?
Natasha Romanoff: Just you and me.
Bruce Banner: And your actress buddy, is she a spy too? Do they start that young?
Natasha Romanoff: I did.
Bruce Banner: Who are you?
Natasha Romanoff: Natasha Romanoff.
Bruce Banner: Are you here to kill me, Miss Romanoff? Because that's not gonna work out for everyone.
Natasha Romanoff: No. No. Of course not. I'm here on behalf of SHIELD.
Bruce Banner: SHIELD. How did they find me?
Natasha Romanoff: We never lost you, doctor. We've kept our distance, even helped keep some other interested parties off your scent.
Bruce Banner: Why?
Natasha Romanoff: Nick Fury seems to trust you. But now I need you to come in.
Bruce Banner: What if I said no?

Natasha Romanoff: I'll persuade you.
Bruce Banner: And what if the... other guy says no?
Natasha Romanoff: You've been more than a year without an incident. I don't think you wanna break that streak.

Bruce Banner: I don't get always what I want.

- Natasha Romanoff & Bruce Banner, Avengers (2012)

Wisdom, Chinese Proverb

The cowl does not make the monk.

- Chinese Proverb

Friend, Elbert Hubbard

Never explain. Your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.

- Elbert Hubbard (1856-1915)

Advice, Grace PARK as Kona from Hawaii Five-0, Pilot (2010)

Det. Steve McGarrett: [to Chin Ho about Kona] You sure she's ready for this? She's got no street experience.
Kona: [to a surfer who cut her off] Ho, brah.
[Kona punches the surfer]
Kona: Think twice next time you want to drop in on someone's wave.

- Grace PARK as Kona from Hawaii Five-0, Pilot (2010)