The more difficult the task, the sweeter the victory.
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| — | Cmdr. William T. Riker, Star Trek: The Next Generation (Captain’s Holiday) |
…sometimes you have to push people out of your way to get things done.
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| — | Cmdr. Chakotay, Star Trek: Voyager (Parallax) |
There comes a time when a man finds that he can’t fall in love again, he knows that it’s time to stop.
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| — | Capt. Montgomery “Scotty” Scott, Star Trek: The Next Generation (Relics) |
Imprisonment is an injury, regardless of how you justify it.
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| — | Capt. Jean-Luc Picard, Star Trek: The Next Generation (Allegiance) |
A Klingon’s honor means more to him than his life.
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| — | Kurn, Star Trek: The Next Generation (Sins of the Father) |
If being human is not simply a matter of being born flesh and blood, if it is instead a way of thinking, acting and feeling, then I am hopeful that one day I will discover my own humanity. Until then… I will continue learning, changing, growing, and trying to become more than what I am.
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| — | Lt. Cmdr. Data, Star Trek: The Next Generation (Data’s Day) |
…it is the struggle itself that is most important. We must strive to be more than we are… It does not matter that we will never reach our ultimate goal. The effort yields its own rewards.
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| — | Lt. Cmdr. Data, Star Trek: The Next Generation (The Offspring) |
