Your conscience versus the billions of lives that are at stake. You can't have everything.

Tarka

For as much as we like to bury certain emotions, perhaps it is freeing to acknowledge that we would not be who we are had we not experienced all that we did.

Saru

Hirai: Whether they worry about tomorrow or not, it'll arrive all the same. I'm not sure how we can help with their lack of perspective on that.
Rillak: While I admire your commitment to the long view, my concern is for those who are struggling right now.

Opportunities multiply as they are seized.

Ndoye

Adira: Hey, fly good.
Detmers: You got it.

We have much to convey and no idea how long it will take to do so.

Ndoye

Culber: Sometimes empathy can be uncomfortable.
Burnham: And it's the only way to connect. To find common ground for communication.

When you have to power through, nothing beats the bitter elixir of Klingon warriors.

Reno

What kind of idiot would pull a practical joke in the middle of an existential threat?

Reno

I think it's pretty safe to assume that everyone, no matter what calm veneer they present, is kind of a mess.

Reno

Fair warning, but I will always reach for you if it seems you're hurting.

Stamets

In times of crisis, people need to know that their leaders are not rattled by uncertainty or overwhelming odds. They need to know that there is a plan, that they'll be okay.

Burnham

Star Trek: Discovery Quotes

I am neither one for following orders nor giving them. The solar winds are my mistress and I follow her wherever she beckons.

Mudd

Burnham: Words aren't enough, are they? Nine hundred and thirty years.
Saru: I trust that what matters most will have endured.