Never complain and never explain.
Either you run the day or the day runs you.
Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
If you can dream it, you can do it.
After a storm comes a calm.
Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.
Who seeks shall find.
Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.
What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.
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.