Collected
Quotes
Lines worth keeping — sources, context, and the occasional thought of my own.
The means by which we achieve victory are as important as the victory itself.
— Brandon Sanderson
The Way of Kings
I cannot live in the past. It is foolishness to do so.
— Brandon Sanderson
The Way of Kings
If you were to overthrow the lighteyes and place yourselves in power, abuses would still happen. They d just happen to other people.
— Brandon Sanderson
The Way of Kings
“I think something innate in us understands that seeking the good of society is usually best for the individual as well. Humankind is noble, when we give it the chance to be. That nobility is something that exists independent of any god’s d...
— Brandon Sanderson
The Way of Kings
Burnout isn't the number of hours you work. It's too much effort on things that are against your core interests and values.
— Sarah Drasner
Twitter
Let your actions defend you, not your words.
— Brandon Sanderson
The Way of Kings
I myself find that respect is like manure. Use it where needed, and growth will flourish. Spread it on too thick, and things just start to smell.”
— Brandon Sanderson
The Way of Kings
When so much is being thrown at you, when there is so much you could be thinking about or doing, the strength to tune it out and do the one thing that must be done is essential.
— Ryan Holiday
Daily Stoic Email, 4/16/2021
Notes
Just because a task is daunting doesn’t mean you cant deal with it.
— Unknown
Dark, s02e10
It’s idiocy to try to prove a negative. Let the Vorin believe as they wish—the wise among them will find goodness and solace in their faith; the fools would be fools no matter what they believed.”
— Brandon Sanderson
The Way of Kings
People were so easily fooled. All you had to do was give them a reason to believe something and they would almost always do so.
— Terry Brooks
The Last Druid
when weapons created to fight nightmares were turned against common soldiers, the lives of men became cheap things indeed.
— Brandon Sanderson
The Way of Kings
Whether you want to call yourself a Stoic or not, is not really the point. Actually, that is the point. Labels are _pointless._ They close your mind. They close you off to opportunities. They close you off to other people. And worst of all,...
— Ryan Holiday
Daily Stoic Email, 8/10/2021
What has been need not always be.
— The Witcher
The Witcher, s02e02
We do not find virtue in a man by the quality of his circumstances, but the quality of his actions.
— Unknown