Know or listen to those who know.
Who seeks shall find.
Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.
If you can dream it, you can do it.
Leap, and the net will appear.
Either you run the day or the day runs you.
Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.
What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.
Do not weep do not wax indignant. Understand.
Always desire to learn something useful.
I think Bond the character is distinct: He's British, he has a certain code that he lives by, he's incorruptible... he's a classical hero, but he's also fallible. He has inner demons, inner conflicts, and he's a romantic.