Terry Goodkind Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“If the road is easy, you're likely going the wrong way.”
-- Terry GoodkindSource : Terry Goodkind (2015). “Soul Of The Fire”, p.277, Head of Zeus
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“Never let a beautiful woman pick your path for you when there is a man in her line of sight”
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“Once you place that crown of liar on your head, you can take it off again, but it leaves a stain for all time.”
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“The Wizard's First Rule: People are stupid; given proper motivation almost anyone will believe almost anything.”
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“Knowing when to fight is just as important as knowing how.”
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“We reap a reward merely in the act of helping others. We never know how, or if, that reward will come back to us. Helping is the reward; none other is needed nor better.”
-- Terry GoodkindSource : Terry Goodkind (2018). “Debt of Bones”, p.96, Tor Fantasy
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“...you'll find that being a friend is to like a person for who they are, even the parts you don't understand. You don't have to understand, or do the same, or live their lives for them. If you truly care for them, then you want them to be who they are; that was why you liked them in the first place.”
-- Terry GoodkindSource : Terry Goodkind (2015). “Blood of the Fold”, p.465, RosettaBooks
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“I'm afraid that we all make mistakes. One of the things that defines our character is how we handle mistakes. If we lie about having made a mistake, then it can't be corrected and it festers. On the other hand, if we give up just because we made a mistake, even a big mistake, none of us would get far in life.”
-- Terry GoodkindSource : Terry Goodkind (2011). “Confessor”, p.180, Macmillan
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“If something is wrong, it matters not if a thousand men are for it; you must still oppose it. If something is just, no amount of popular outcry should stay you from your course.”
-- Terry GoodkindSource : Terry Goodkind (2015). “Naked Empire”, p.327, Head of Zeus
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“Sometimes, making the wrong choice is better than making no choice. You have the courage to go forward, that is rare. A person who stands at the fork, unable to pick, will never get anywhere.”
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“Knowledge is a weapon. I intend to be formidably armed.”
-- Terry GoodkindSource : Terry Goodkind (2015). “Temple Of The Winds”, p.141, Head of Zeus
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“Love is not about what you want. It's about finding happiness for the one you love.”
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“Your life is yours and yours alone. Rise up and live it.”
-- Terry Goodkind#Being Yourself Quotes #Individuality Quotes #Life Is Quotes
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“Knowledge is a destination. Truth, the journey.”
-- Terry GoodkindSource : "Blood of the Fold". Book by Terry Goodkind, 1996.
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“I felt like I'd been misplaced in the cosmos and I belonged in Maine.”
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“Only a fool walks into the future backwards.”
-- Terry GoodkindSource : Terry Goodkind (2015). “Stone Of Tears”, p.17, Head of Zeus
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“If you care about yourself, you should care about learning - even learning simple things. You come to have pride in yourself only by accomplishing things, even from fixing some old stairs...Others can't grant you self-respect, even others who care about you. You have to earn self-respect yourself.”
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“Charity, if you have the means, is a personal choice, but charity which is expected or compelled is simply a polite word for slavery.”
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“People are stupid. They will believe a lie because they want to believe it's true, or because they are afraid it might be true.”
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“Celebrating faith over reason is merely a way of denying what is, in favor of embracing any whim that strikes your fancy.”
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“If you want to be a slave in life, then continue going around asking others to do for you. They will oblige, but you will find the price is your choices, your freedom, your life itself. They will do for you, and as a result you will be in bondage to them forever, having given your identity away for a paltry price. Then, and only then, you will be a nobody, a slave, because you yourself and nobody else made it so.”
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“When the whole world is crazy, it doesn't pay to be sane.”
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“Nothing gained without cost is valued. Freedom has a cost, and all will bear it so all will value and preserve it.”
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“Not everyone is willing to embrace liberty; liberty requires not just effort, but risk. Some people choose to delude themselves and see their chains as protective armor.”
-- Terry GoodkindSource : Terry Goodkind (2010). “Chainfire”, p.85, Macmillan
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“There is no place so dangerous as a world without magic.”
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“Pity for the guilty is treason to the innocent." -Kahlan”
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“It's only some rice and beans Captain. It's not like I'm giving you Cara's hand in marriage." - Richard”
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“...You have to accept yourself, who you are. You don't believe. You still fight who you are. Until you accept yourself, until you believe, you won't be able to call forth your Han, your power, except in great anger.”
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“They look at me and I kind of back up in case they go for my throat.”
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“No one ever goes into battle thinking God is on the other side.”
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