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Brandon Sanderson Quotes

Total quotes: 26
“The mark of a great man is one who knows when to set aside the important things in order to accomplish the vital ones.”
— Brandon Sanderson, The Alloy of Law
Tagged: Greatness, Leadership, Priority
“Expectation wasn’t just about what people expected of you. It was about what you expected of yourself.”
— Brandon Sanderson, Words of Radiance(Stormlight Archive, The)
Tagged: Expectation
“You see, that is the sad, sorry, terrible thing about sarcasm. It’s really funny.”
— Brandon Sanderson, Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians
Tagged: Sarcasm, Funny, humor, Intellect
“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
Tagged: Storytelling, purpose, Questions, Thoughts to ponder
“It's easy to believe in something when you win all the time...The losses are what define a man's faith”
— Brandon Sanderson, The Well of Ascension
Tagged: Winner, Losing, Loss, Faith
“A man can only lead when others accept him as their leader, and he has only as much authority as his subjects give to him. All of the brilliant ideas in the world cannot save your kingdom if no one will listen to them”
— Brandon Sanderson, The Well of Ascension
Tagged: Leadership, Authority, Subjects
“To live was to be a fragment of the cosmere that was experiencing itself.”
— Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings(Stormlight Archive, The)
“Expectations were like fine pottery. The harder you held them, the more likely they were to crack.”
— Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings(Stormlight Archive, The)
Tagged: Disappointment, Expectations, Pottery
“But you can't kill me, Lord Tyrant. I represent that one thing you've never been able to kill, no matter how hard you try. I am hope.”
— Brandon Sanderson, The Final Empire
Tagged: Hope, strength, Courage
“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
Tagged: Prize, cost, victory
“If you give up what you want most for what you think you should want more, you'll end up miserable.”
— Brandon Sanderson, The Hero of Ages
Tagged: desires, Giving Up, Miserable
“Somehow, we'll find it. The balance between whom we wish to be and whom we need to be. But for now, we simply have to be satisfied with who we are.”
— Brandon Sanderson, The Hero of Ages
Tagged: Balance, Satisfaction, Truth, Finding Yourself
“Life before Death.
Strength before Weakness.
Journey before Destination”
— Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings
Tagged: Life, Death, strength, Weakness, Journey, destination, motivation
“Mocking a woman is like drinking too much wine. It may be fun for a short time, but the hangover is hell.”
— Brandon Sanderson, Warbreaker
Tagged: Woman, Wine, Drinking, Hangover
“Our belief is often strongest when it should be weakest. That is the nature of hope.”
— Brandon Sanderson, The Final Empire
Tagged: Belief, strength, Weakness, Hope
“Good men don't become legends," he said quietly.
"Good men don't need to become legends." She opened her eyes, looking up at him. "They just do what's right anyway.”
— Brandon Sanderson, The Well of Ascension
Tagged: Good Men, Legend, Honor
“Somebody has to start. Somebody has to step forward and do what is right, because it is right.”
— Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings
Tagged: Initiative, Doing Good
“I don’t talk to myself because I’m crazy.
No?
I do it because I’m awesome.”
— Brandon Sanderson, Words of Radiance(Stormlight Archive, The)
Tagged: Awesomeness, Conversations With Self
“I'm not really sure why. But... do you stop loving someone just because they betray you? I don't think so. That's what makes the betrayal hurt so much - pain, frustration, anger... and I still loved her. I still do.”
— Brandon Sanderson, The Final Empire
Tagged: Love, Pain, Betrayal, Anger, Frustration
“To lack feeling is to be dead, but to act on every feeling is to be a child.”
— Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings
Tagged: Feeling, act, Immaturity
“...A man can only stumble for so long before he either falls or stands up straight.”
— Brandon Sanderson, The Well of Ascension
Tagged: perseverance, Courage
“Cleaning the wound is often more painful
than the cut itself.”
— Brandon Sanderson, Shadows of Self (Mistborn)
Tagged: Bounce Back, Resilience, Pain, wounds, Life
“Unknowing ignorance is preferable to informed stupidity.”
— Brandon Sanderson, Warbreaker
Tagged: Ignorance, stupidity
“The only honest things I can say to you are insults.”
— Brandon Sanderson, Words of Radiance(Stormlight Archive, The)
Tagged: insults, Honesty, Truth
“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
Tagged: destination, Path, accomplishments, Journey, Experiences
“Belief isn't simply a thing for fair times and bright days...What is belief - what is faith - if you don't continue in it after failure?...Anyone can believe in someone, or something that always succeeds...But failure...ah, now, that is hard to believe in, certainly and truly. Difficult enough to have value. Sometimes we just have to wait long enough...then we find out why exactly it was that we kept believing...There's always another secret.”
— Brandon Sanderson, The Final Empire
Tagged: Belief, Failure, Secret, Faith
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