Best quotes from Japan and beyond

TOKYO: Below is a selection of notable quotes from the recent past.

Tetsuyuki Fujita, 75, who volunteered for 40 years to watch over the safety of neighborhood children on their way to elementary schools in Ako, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, decided last month he had become too old to keep this up.

During a reception hosted by local residents to thank him for his decades of service to the community, Fujita told the gathering, "It is for me to bow to you all in gratitude. Thank you, everyone, for being alert all the time and never getting hurt in an accident."