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“A good officer was one who accepted orders and fulfilled them, even when he disagreed. But the mark of a great officer was that he also tried to innovate and offer appropriate suggestions.” (The Way of Kings Quotes)
Brandon Sanderson
The Way of Kings
“A lot of soldiers, they think that you fight the best if you’re passionless and cold. I think that’s stormleavings. Yes, you need to be focused. Yes, emotions are dangerous. But if you don’t care about anything, what are you? An animal, driven only to kill. Our passion is what makes us human. We have to fight for a reason. So I say that it’s all right to care.”
Brandon Sanderson
The Way of Kings
“A man’s emotions are what define him, and control is the hallmark of true strength. To lack feeling is to be dead, but to act on every feeling is to be a child.”
Brandon Sanderson
The Way of Kings
“A merchant who is careless with contracts is one who finds himself with enemies instead of friends. ”
Brandon Sanderson
The Way of Kings
“A true scholar must not close her mind close on any topic, no matter how certain she may feel.”
Brandon Sanderson
The Way of Kings
“A woman’s mind is her most precious weapon. It must not be employed clumsily or prematurely. Much like the aforementioned knife in the back, a clever gibe is most effective when it is unanticipated.”
Brandon Sanderson
The Way of Kings
“All the world does as it is supposed to, except for humans. Maybe that’s why you so often want to kill each other.”
Brandon Sanderson
The Way of Kings
“All wars are games. The greatest kind, with the pieces lost real lives, the prizes captured making for real wealth! This is the life for which men exist. To fight, to kill, to win.”
Brandon Sanderson
The Way of Kings
“An excuse is what you make after the deed is done, while a justification is what you offer before.”
Brandon Sanderson
The Way of Kings
“And so, does the destination matter? Or is it the path we take? I declare that no accomplishment has substance nearly as great as the road used to achieve it. We are not creatures of destinations. It is the journey that shapes us. Our callused feet, our backs strong from carrying the weight of our travels, our eyes open with the fresh delight of experiences lived.”
Brandon Sanderson
The Way of Kings
“Art was about creation. That was its soul, its essence. Creation and order. You took something disorganized—a splash of ink, an empty page—and you built something from it. Something from nothing. The soul of creation.”
Brandon Sanderson
The Way of Kings
“At times, it seems to me that to be human is to want that which we cannot have. For some, this is power. For me, it is peace.”
Brandon Sanderson
The Way of Kings
“Battle was no time for reflection; you had to keep your mind on what you were doing.”
Brandon Sanderson
The Way of Kings
“Beards were like axehound pups. Boys dreamed of the day they’d get one, never realizing how annoying they could be.”
Brandon Sanderson
The Way of Kings
“Bitterness is repaid more often than kindness.”
Brandon Sanderson
The Way of Kings
“Books can store information better than we can—what we do that books cannot is interpret. So if one is not going to draw conclusions, then one might as well just leave the information in the texts.” (The Way of Kings Quotes)
Brandon Sanderson
The Way of Kings
“Can a woman not walk with her possessions down the street of a city?”
Brandon Sanderson
The Way of Kings
“Can’t be any harder than sitting here and having a staring contest with mortality.”
Brandon Sanderson
The Way of Kings
“Combat begins with the legs. I don’t care how fast you are with a jab, how accurate you are with a thrust. If your opponent can trip you, or make you stumble, you’ll lose. Losing means dying.”
Brandon Sanderson
The Way of Kings
“Death comes to all. But life comes first. Cherish it. Death is the destination. But the journey, that is life. That is what matters.”
Brandon Sanderson
The Way of Kings
“Does one deserve to have evil done to her by consequence of putting herself where evil can reach her?”
Brandon Sanderson
The Way of Kings
“Don’t try to stop yourself from feeling. You’ll hate who you become.”
Brandon Sanderson
The Way of Kings
“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.”
Brandon Sanderson
The Way of Kings
“Expectations were like fine pottery. The harder you held them, the more likely they were to crack.”
Brandon Sanderson
The Way of Kings
“Gotta do what you can to stay alive, son. Turn a liability into an advantage whenever you can. Remember that, if you live.”
Brandon Sanderson
The Way of Kings
“He was protecting. He was saving. Yet he was killing. How could something so terrible be so beautiful at the same time?”
Brandon Sanderson
The Way of Kings
“I always forgive curiosity. It strikes me as one of the most genuine of emotions.”
Brandon Sanderson
The Way of Kings
“I never find hunts as interesting as everyone says they’re going to be. I don’t care how big the beast is—in the end, it’s really just butchery.”
Brandon Sanderson
The Way of Kings
“I point out truths when I see them, Brightlord Sadeas. Each man has his place. Mine is to make insults. Yours is to be in-sluts.”
Brandon Sanderson
The Way of Kings
“If I should die, then I would do so having lived my life right. It is not the destination that matters, but how one arrives there.”
Brandon Sanderson
The Way of Kings
“If you must fight a man, then you have already failed. Killing is, at best, a brutish way of solving problems.”
Brandon Sanderson
The Way of Kings
“Ignorance is hardly unusual, Miss Davar. The longer I live, the more I come to realize that it is the natural state of the human mind. There are many who will strive to defend its sanctity and then expect you to be impressed with their efforts.”
Brandon Sanderson
The Way of Kings
“In the end, all men die. How you lived will be far more important to the Almighty than what you accomplished.”
Brandon Sanderson
The Way of Kings
“In the end, I must proclaim that no good can be achieved of false means. For the substance of our existence is not in the achievement, but in the method.”
Brandon Sanderson
The Way of Kings
“It strikes me that religion—in its essence—seeks to take natural events and ascribe supernatural causes to them. I, however, seek to take supernatural events and find the natural meanings behind them. Perhaps that is the final dividing line between science and religion. Opposite sides of a card.”
Brandon Sanderson
The Way of Kings
“It’s good to care when you fight, so long as you don’t let it consume you. Don’t try to stop yourself from feeling. You’ll hate who you become.”
Brandon Sanderson
The Way of Kings
“Just because I honor the Almighty doesn’t mean I’m going to accept any explanation. It might be religion, but it still has to make sense.”
Brandon Sanderson
The Way of Kings
“Leadership is rarely about what we want, son. I think too few among the Alethi elite realize that fact.”
Brandon Sanderson
The Way of Kings
“Let your actions defend you, not your words.”
Brandon Sanderson
The Way of Kings
“Life before Death. Strength before Weakness. Journey before Destination.”
Brandon Sanderson
The Way of Kings
“Logic puzzles are intriguing. Mathematical computations can be intriguing. Political maneuvers are intriguing. But women … they should be nothing short of baffling.” (The Way of Kings Quotes)
Brandon Sanderson
The Way of Kings
“Men are unreliable in many things. But if there’s one thing you can count on, it’s their greed.”
Brandon Sanderson
The Way of Kings
“Merchants of the same type like to clump together. Seems dumb to me, but I guess merchants are like fish. Where you find one, you’ll find others.”
Brandon Sanderson
The Way of Kings
“Never apologize for being clever. It sets a bad precedent. However, one must apply one’s wit with care.”
Brandon Sanderson
The Way of Kings
“No man should try to know the future, nor lay claim to it, for it belonged only to the Almighty himself.”
Brandon Sanderson
The Way of Kings
“One cannot apply logic as an absolute where human beings are concerned. We are not beings of thought only.”
Brandon Sanderson
The Way of Kings
“Please, just remember that a woman’s mind is her most precious weapon. It must not be employed clumsily or prematurely.”
Brandon Sanderson
The Way of Kings
“Put two men together, and they will find something to argue about. Gather them into groups, and one group will find reason to oppress or attack another.”
Brandon Sanderson
The Way of Kings
“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
“Somebody has to start, son. Somebody has to step forward and do what is right, because it is right. If nobody starts, then others cannot follow.”
Brandon Sanderson
The Way of Kings
“Sometimes fashion was silly. Bold, different. There was something invigorating about dressing in a way that interested others, moving with the waves of style.”
Brandon Sanderson
The Way of Kings
“Sometimes the prize is not worth the costs. The means by which we achieve victory are as important as the victory itself.”
Brandon Sanderson
The Way of Kings
“Sometimes we find it hardest to accept in others that which we cling to in ourselves.”
Brandon Sanderson
The Way of Kings
“Strength does not make one capable of rule; it makes one capable of service.”
Brandon Sanderson
The Way of Kings
“The body needs many different foods to remain healthy. And the mind needs many different ideas to remain sharp.”
Brandon Sanderson
The Way of Kings
“The purpose of a storyteller is not to tell you how to think, but to give you questions to think upon.”
Brandon Sanderson
The Way of Kings
“The purpose of youth is to experience variety while it is still interesting.”
Brandon Sanderson
The Way of Kings
“There is honor in loss. If that loss brings learning.”
Brandon Sanderson
The Way of Kings
“There is no greater indication of youth, perhaps, than the desire for everything to be as it should.”
Brandon Sanderson
The Way of Kings
“They were the lowest in the army, and yet they bore the weight of kings.”
Brandon Sanderson
The Way of Kings
“This world, it is a tempest sometimes. But remember, the sun always rises again.”
Brandon Sanderson
The Way of Kings
“To be young is about action. To be a scholar is about informed action.”
Brandon Sanderson
The Way of Kings
“To lack feeling is to be dead, but to act on every feeling is to be a child.”
Brandon Sanderson
The Way of Kings
“Too many of us take great pains with what we ingest through our mouths, and far less with what we partake of through our ears and eyes.”
Brandon Sanderson
The Way of Kings
“We are not creatures of destinations. It is the journey that shapes us. Our callused feet, our backs strong from carrying the weight of our travels, our eyes open with the fresh delight of experiences lived.” (The Way of Kings Quotes)
Brandon Sanderson
The Way of Kings
“We follow the codes not because they bring gain, but because we loathe the people we would otherwise become.”
Brandon Sanderson
The Way of Kings
“We never lack men and women who wish to lead.” “True,” Dalinar said, “but we do lack ones who are good at it.”
Brandon Sanderson
The Way of Kings
“We remember the good times and the bad ones, forgetting that most times are neither good nor bad. They just are.”
Brandon Sanderson
The Way of Kings
“Weakness can imitate strength if bound properly, just as cowardice can imitate heroism if given nowhere to flee.”
Brandon Sanderson
The Way of Kings
“Well, 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
“What could be worse than being granted great power, yet still being too weak to save those he loved?”
Brandon Sanderson
The Way of Kings
“White to be bold. White to not blend into the night. White to give warning. For if you were going to assassinate a man, he was entitled to see you coming.”
Brandon Sanderson
The Way of Kings
“Words aren’t meant to be kept inside, you see. They are free creatures, and if locked away will unsettle the stomach.”
Brandon Sanderson
The Way of Kings
“Wrongness can be amusing. It keeps life interesting. If we were all right all the time, where would that leave us?”
Brandon Sanderson
The Way of Kings
“You do not agree with my quest. I understand that, so much as it is possible to understand someone with whom I disagree so completely.”
Brandon Sanderson
The Way of Kings
“Youthful immaturity is one of the cosmere’s great catalysts for change.”
Brandon Sanderson
The Way of Kings
