Brandon Sanderson Quotes - Page 3

In the end, all men die. How you lived will be far more important to the Almighty than what you accomplished.

I let out a sound that was definitely not a whimper. It was something far more manly, no matter what it sounded like.

Actually, [Wax] said, we came here because we needed someplace safe to think for a few hours."Ranette: "Your mansion isn't safe?"Wax: "My butler failed to poison me, then tried to shoot me, then set off an explosive in my study"Ranette: "Huh.... You need to screen these people better, Wax.

So,” Marasi said, “you traded a dead man’s scarf for another dead man’s gun. But…the gun itself belonged to someone dead, so by the same logic—”“Don’t try,” Waxillium said. “Logic doesn’t work on Wayne.”“I bought a ward against it off a traveling fortune-teller,” Wayne explained. “It lets me add two ’n’ two and get a pickle.

Why, if you only knew the secrets to which I'm p

This is insanity!""No, this is scholarship!

I've always been very confident in my immaturity.

Most of you Mistborn are probably too proud to crawl. I'm surprised you were willing to do so your

If nobody changes the world, if nobody works to make it better, then we stagnate.

A person knows when they’re in darkness, even when they can’t see. -Nightblood

You could not stop times from changing, his mother said, no more than you could stop the surf from rolling.

The truth is, most people who do what you'd call 'wrong' do it for what they call 'right' reasons.

Never throw the first punch. If you have to throw the second, try to make sure they don't get up for a third.

Just because I do not accept the teachings of the devotaries does not mean I've discarded a belief in right and wrong." determines what is right!" right? I believe that my own morality -- which answers only to my heart -- is more sure and true than the morality of those who do right only because they fear retribution.

I can't worry about everything at once, Elend thought with determination. I just have to trust. Trust in myself and keep going.

Clothing doesn't really change a man. But it changes how others react to him.

So long as we do not depend on the facts entirely, incomplete knowledge is better than complete ignorance.--Egwene al'Vere

Never go on a date unarmed.” Words of wisdom from my father. Well, my foster father. I was an orphan, of course. The best kings always are.

light makes shadow. Truth makes lies.

If you give up what you want most for what you think you should want more, you'll end up miserable.

If you can read the book and say, ‘Space Marines, YEEEAAAHHH!’ That’s Military Science Fiction.” (Brigham Young writing lecture, March 2012)

I'm an expert on one-armed Herdazian jokes. 'Lopen,' my mother always says, 'you must learn these to laugh before others do. Then you steal the laughter from them, and have it all for yourself.

It’s not a lie,” Shallan said, “if everyone understands and knows what it means.”“Mm. Those are some of the best lies.

Magic works best for me when it aligns with scientific principles.

Pain lost it's power when other things became more important.Kahar didn't need a potion or an Aon to save him-he just needed something to do.-Brandon sanderson(Elantris)

I wish that I could know you. Not your soul, but you. I've read about you; I've seen into your heart. I've rebuilt your soul, as best I could. But that isn't the same. It isn't knowing someone, is it? That's knowing about someone.

Onward, then! To glory and some such nonsense.

Pain los[es] its power when other things bec[o]me more important.

Better to be the failure who nobly strived than the success who never really had to.

I’m good at doing things I’m not supposed to,” she said, then kicked the door open.

Vin paused. "And you have all of these religions memorized?""As much as is possible," Sazed said. "Their prayers, their beliefs, their mythologies. Many are very similar -- break-offs or sects of one another.""Even still, how can you remember all of that?""I have...methods," Sazed said."But, what's the point?"Sazed frowned. "The answer should be obvious, I think. People are valuable, Mistress Vin, and so--therefore--are their beliefs.

I hope to return. I’ll do so if I’m not killed. Probably will anyway.

Those candle flames were like the lives of men. So fragile. So deadly. Left alone, they lit and warmed. Let run rampant, they would destroy the very things they were meant to illuminate. Embryonic bonfires, each bearing a seed of destruction so potent it could tumble cities and dash kings to their knees.

People can do great things. However, there are some things they just CAN'T do. I, for instance, have not been able to transform myself into a Popsicle, despite years of effort.

What kind of woman is still able to trust people after everything she's been through? If she'd been Vin, she would have stabbed him in the back at the first opportunity, and that would have probably been the right thing to do. Yet, this girl just continued to trust. It was like finding a beautiful plant growing alone in a field of burnt ash.

It’s what happens when you shoot someone,” Wayne pointed out. “At least, usually someone has the good sense to get dead when you go to all the trouble to shoot them.

Truth is individual.”“What? No it’s not. Truth is . . . it’s Truth. Reality.”“Your truth is what you see,” Pattern said, sounding confused. “What else could it be? That is the truth that you spoke to me, the truth that brings power.

Llarimar had told him to do his best. That sounded like an awful lot of work. Unfortunately, doing nothing was beginning to seem like even MORE work.

This is not an easy time in which to live. That does not mean that it has to be a difficult time to love...

Oh, Wax has always been solemn, but when he's at his best, there's a smirk underneath.

Expectation wasn't just about what people expected of you. It was about what you expected of yourself.

Perhaps I am an insensitive rich woman. That doesn't change the fact that you can be downright mean and offensive, Kaladin Stormblessed.

A leader did not slump. A leader was in control. Even when he least felt like he controlled anything. Especially then.

Shallan’s mental image of Jasnah Kholin was of someone almost divine. It was, upon reflection, an odd way to regard a determined atheist.

We may feel in control, but we never truly are unless we understand people. Controlling our environment is no longer about blocking the wind, it's about knowing why the serving lady was crying last night, or why a particular guard always loses at cards.

To live is to have worries and uncertainties. Keep them inside, and they will destroy you for certain--leaving behind a person so callused that emotion can find no root in his heart.

The world isn't fair? What a huge revelation! Some people in power abuse those they have power over? Amazing! When did this start happening?

You want to be competent? she thought. You want to learn to be in control of what goes on around you, rather than just being pushed around? Then you’ll have to learn to deal with failure.

Everything is a contest. All dealings among men are a contest in which some will succeed and others fail. And some are failing quite spectacularly.

My life to yours. My breath become yours.

Books have great value, actions have greater value.

Control is the basis of all true power. Authority and strength are matters of perception

There's always another secret.' -Kelsier

Nice work," he said.I grinned."You look like hell, though," he noted."I doubt hell has this much Kool-Aid," I replied.

I've never understood one thing: Why do all these megalomaniac dictators, secret societies, mad scientists, and totalitarian aliens want to rule the world? I mean really? Don't they know what a pain in the neck it is to be in charge? People are always making unreasonable demands of kings. "Please save us from the invading Vandal hoards! Please make sure we have proper sanitation to prevent the spread of disease! Please stop beheading your wives so often; it's ruining the rugs!

We create things to watch them grow, Ruin, she said. To take pleasure in seeing that which we love become more than it was before.

You must love him enough to trust his wishes, even if you disagree with them. You must respect him - no matter how wrong you think he may be, no matter how poor you think his decisions, you must respect his desire to make them. Even if one of them includes loving you.

He found insanity no excuse, however, for irrational behavior.

I ain't grouchy,” Teft snapped. “I just have a low threshold for stupidity.

I think given the choice between loving Mare - betrayal included - and never knowing her, I'd chose love. I risked, and I lost, but the risk was still worth it.