Jonathan Koan

“The longer you live, the more you fail. Failure is the mark of a life well lived. In turn the only way to live without failure is to be of no use to anyone.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Oathbringer

“You have no enemies, you say? Alas, my friend, the boast is poor. He who has mingled in the fray of duty that the brave endure, must have made foes. If you have none, small is the work that you have done. You’ve hit no traitor on the hip. You’ve dashed no cup from perjured lip. You’ve never turned the wrong to right. You’ve been a coward in the fight.”
― Charles Mackay

“Belief isn't simply a thing for fair times and bright days, I think. What is belief-what is faith-if you don't continue in it after failure?”
― Brandon Sanderson, Mistborn: The Final Empire

“Faith isn't about logic...You cannot 'disprove' the things you study, any more than we can prove to you that the Hero will save us. We simply must believe it, and accept the things Preservation has taught us.”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Hero of Ages