12 Most Inspiring Quotes By William Shatner AKA Captain Kirk

They say money can’t buy you happiness. So many people look down upon money as though it is some kind of evil. But the truth is that you cannot live in this world without money. You need wealth to realize your dreams or to get anything that you want.

People are profoundly different from each other. So much so that we may effectively be from different planets. Our experiences, our emotions, all of them set us apart and they eventually form different opinions. Talking to people and listening to them widens your perspective and changes you as a person.

Regret is probably one of the most dangerous human emotions. It can change in very profound ways. It eats you up from inside and makes you incapable of clear thought. Learn to be content with what you have and what you have done.

There isn’t one universal definition for success. Everybody has their own different definition of it. It depends upon what dreams and aspirations you have. Do not let anyone else tell you what you should do and what you should not.

Life is like surfing. You need to be able to catch the best wave and ride it. And sometimes, things don’t work out. Sometimes the waves hit you so hard you fall down. What matters is you get back up and go out there to ride on the next big wave.

Life has to be fun. It has to have some meaning to it, just like art does. The best kind of life is one with purpose with meaning and also, one which is beautiful.

You have to make your life what you want it to be. You have to carve it like a sculpture. You have to have the conviction to make it your masterpiece.

Age is just a number. Never let it get to your head. You are as young as you feel you are. What matters is that you still have the flare for adventure, the spark in your heart. You need to keep the flames of passion burning within you.

For all the Star Trek fans out there, maybe what we need is not a warp drive to other worlds but the means to clean our own. Our world is beautiful. It has wonders that will leave you awestruck. And if we are going to keep destroying it the way we have all this while, we’ll end up killing ourselves.

Oh what glory it will be to die in space. Illness, injuries, accidents, they’re all such lame deaths. True glory lies out there and who else will know it more than Captain Kirk.

A lot of us end up making the same mistakes over and over again. So much of our lives we waste never learning from the mistakes that we have made. Every mistake is a lesson. So learn from those as well as you can.

We’ve all been there. That sudden rush of loneliness which we feel that breaks us apart. It feels like we’re all alone in the universe with no one to rely on, except for the pet dog who never leaves our side (cats don’t count since all they do is just sleep).