Quotes - Bethany Gunn (East Lansing, MI) Showing 1-30 of 51

#1

“Keep in mind that many people have died for their beliefs; it's actually quite common. The real courage is in living and suffering for what you believe.”
― Christopher Paolini, Eragon

tags: bravery, courage, nobility

1460 likes

#2

“Books are my friends, my companions. They make me laugh and cry and find meaning in life.”
― Christopher Paolini, Eragon

tags: books, christopher-paolini, eragon, good-reads

6286 likes

#3

“People have an annoying habit of remembering things they shouldn't.”
― Christopher Paolini, Eragon

tags: history, humor, memory, recall

2000 likes

#4

“Eragon looked back at him, confused. "I don't understand."
"Of course you don't," said Brom impatiently. "That's why I'm teaching you and not the other way around.”
― Christopher Paolini, Eragon

tags: education, humor

1359 likes

#5

“The greatest enemy is one that has nothing to lose.”
― Christopher Paolini, Eragon

900 likes

#6

“It's amazing that a man who is dead can talk to people through these pages. As long as this books survives, his ideas live.”
― Christopher Paolini, Eragon

762 likes

#7

“It's better to ask forgiveness than permission.
- Brom”
― Christopher Paolini, Eragon

402 likes

#8

“Respect the past; you never know how it may affect you.”
― Christopher Paolini, Eragon

297 likes

#9

“I'll fight when needed, revel when there's an occasion, mourn when there is grief and die if my time comes...But I will not let anyone use me against my will.”
― Christopher Paolini, Eragon

tags: eragon, self-determination

235 likes

#10

“Thats the spirit-one part brave,three parts fool.”
― Christopher Paolini, Eragon

tags: adult, christopher, dragon, eragon, paolini, young

284 likes

#11

“I didn't think I would ever meet a noble who wasn't corrupt. Now that I have, I find that I prefer them when they're greedy bastards. (Brom to Eragon)”
― Christopher Paolini, Eragon

121 likes

#12

“What is the worth of anything we do?
The worth is in the act. Your worth halts when you surrender the will to change and experience life.”
― Christopher Paolini, Eragon

126 likes

#13

“Are you willing to die for what you believe in? The real courage is in living and suffering for what you believe.”
― Christopher Paolini, Eragon

78 likes

#14

“Life is pain...anyone who tells you otherwise is selling something”
― Christopher Paolini, Eragon

140 likes

#15

“Do not dwell on what once was, but rather look forward and ponder how you can make the future brighter”
― Christopher Paolini, Eragon

75 likes

#16

“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

tags: action, change, inspirational, misattributed-to-gandhi, philosophy, wish

114361 likes

#17

“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero

tags: attributed-no-source, books, simile, soul

135509 likes

#18

“You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”
― Mae West

tags: humor, life

119059 likes

#19

“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.”
― Oscar Wilde

84857 likes

#20

“Life is what happens to us while we are making other plans.”
― Allen Saunders

tags: fate, life, misattributed-john-lennon, planning, plans

43664 likes

#21

“It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.”
― Andre Gide, Autumn Leaves

tags: life, love

62176 likes

#22

“It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

tags: dreams, life

48260 likes

#23

“I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.”
― Douglas Adams, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul

tags: life, navigation

39241 likes

#24

“The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
― Mark Twain

tags: death, life

16760 likes

#25

“You can't argue with the fools in the world. It's better to let them have their way, then trick them when they're not paying attention.”
― Terry Goodkind

194 likes

#26

“Knowledge is a destination. Truth, the journey.”
― Terry Goodkind

tags: truth

188 likes

#27

“The Second Rule is that the greatest harm can result from the best intentions. It sounds a paradox, but kindness and good intentions can be an insidious path to destruction. Sometimes doing what seems right is wrong, and can cause harm. The only counter to it is knowledge, wisdom, forethought, and understanding the First Rule. Even then, that is not always enough.”
― Terry Goodkind, Stone of Tears

tags: wizard-s-rules

231 likes

#28

“Nothing gained without cost is valued. Freedom has a cost, and all will bear it so all will value and preserve it.”
― Terry Goodkind

167 likes

#29

“Admitting that you do not know something is the first step to learning.”
― Terry Goodkind

192 likes

#30

“...Wizard's Fifth Rule: Mind what people do, not only what they say, for deeds will betray a lie.”
― Terry Goodkind, Soul of the Fire

tags: fantasy, wizard-s-rules, zedd

193 likes