Brandon Sanderson

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

The entire point of life is to find ways to get others to do your work for you. Don__ you know anything about basic economics?

The right belief is like a good cloak, I think. If it fits you well, it keeps you warm and safe. The wrong fit however, can suffocate.

Personally, I say, "Out of the frying pan and into the deadly pit filled with sharks who are wielding chainsaws with killer kittens stapled to them." However, that one's having a rough time catching on.

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

I've always been very confident in my immaturity.

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

Ruthlessness is the most practical of emotions, Reen's voice whispered. She ignored it.

I__ sorry that your mystical, godlike powers do not instantly work as you would like them to.

My other hand?' Lopen said. 'The one that was cut off long ago, eaten by a fearsome beast? It is making a rude gesture toward you right now. I thought you would want to know, so you can prepare to be insulted.

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?

Though most expect young men to be fools, I've noticed that just a little bit of age can make a man far more foolish than he was as a child.

Joel, lad, school is about learning to learn. If you don't practice studying things you don't like, then you'll have a very hard time in life.

Progress is learning to control your world.

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.

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

There are two kinds of people in this world, son. Those who save lives, and those who take lives.""And what of those who protect and defend? Those who save lives by taking lives?""That's like trying to stop a storm by blowing harder. Ridiculous. You can't protect by killing.

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