The best Quotes from Picard

You're only as good as those around you. As long as you and your crew remain steadfast, you are never without hope.

There are some moments that haunt us all our lives. Moments upon which history turns.

I first saw you as a man who chose the stars. But after all this time, I've come to wonder, have you been seeking or running?

The true final frontier is time. Time offers so many opportunities, but never second chances.

The past is written, but we are left to write the future.

I came here to find safety. But one is never safe from the past.

One of the things that I've come to understand is that as I talk a lot about Picard, what I find is that I'm talking about myself.

I rather believe that time is a companion who goes with us on the journey and reminds us to cherish every moment because they'll never come again. What we leave behind is not as important as how we've lived.

With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censored, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably.

Seize the time... Live now! Make now always the most precious time. Now will never come again.

With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censored, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably.

Live now; make now always the most precious time. Now will never come again.

It is possible to commit no errors and still lose. That is not a weakness. That is life.

Things are only impossible until they're not.

Matthew Dougherty: "Jean-Luc, we're only moving 600 people."
Picard: "How many people does it take before it becomes wrong?"

Space, the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Its continuing mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no one has gone before!

If we're going to be damned, let's be damned for what we really are.

There is a way out of every box, a solution to every puzzle; it's just a matter of finding it.

William Shatner has one style. We have completely contrasting personalities. We're very good friends. I adore him, but we're very different people, so they were smart enough to write characters that reflected that.

Whenever the lion fish in the fish tank in the captain's ready room died it was always a sad moment.

I don't do impersonations. I can do a wounded elephant! I can do a really good cow! And because of the amount of time I spent in North Yorkshire, I do a variety of sheep. All of which I will be happy to roll out for you!

I have been, and always shall be, your friend. Live long and prosper.

No one can know the future. One can only follow one's instincts.

I've lived seven lifetimes, and I have never had a friend quite like you.

It's time you learned that freedom is never a gift. It has to be earned.

Being afraid of everything means you learn nothing.

Commander, laws change depending on who's making them. Cardassians one day, Federation the next... but justice is justice.

You can use logic to justify almost anything. That's its power. And its flaw.

Despite speaking 94 languages, there are times when words are not enough.

Running may help for a little while, but sooner or later the pain catches up with you. And the only way to get rid of it is to stand your ground and face it.

Compassion: that's the one things no machine ever had. Maybe it's the one thing that keeps men ahead of them.

To all mankind - may we never find space so vast, planets so cold, heart and mind so empty that we cannot fill them with love and warmth.

Just because we don't understand a life form doesn't mean that we can destroy it.

Improve a mechanical device and you may double productivity. But improve man, you gain a thousandfold.

Sometimes, the universe allows for the making of unexpected memories.

Lip: "Hey, whoa. You really think they deserve your hard-earned money for that service?"
Frank: "Dine and dash?"
Lip: "Bite and bolt."
Frank: "Eat it and beat it?"