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Quotes About Determination

Kelsier watched after him, then did the only rational thing. He ate the bolt he'd taken from the bottom of the stool.
~ Brandon Sanderson
Oh, they had leaders, Master Kelsier," Sazed said. "Dead ones, true, but leaders nonetheless." "Some men would say that their devotion didn't make sense," Kelsier said. "The loss of the Vallan leaders should have broken the people, not made them more determined to keep going." Sazed shook his head. "Men are more resilient than that, I think. Our belief is often strongest when it should be weakest. That is the nature of hope.
~ Brandon Sanderson
You can beat anybody, Wayne always said, so long as you don't let them fight back properly.
~ Brandon Sanderson
Do what you can," Kelsier said. "I'll seek these people to the west." "They won't help." "I'm not going to ask for their help," Kelsier said, then smiled. "I'm going to rob them.
~ Brandon Sanderson
See? One step at a time. You can do this. I can do this. Whatever it takes." He nodded by wobbling his drone up and down. "Okay!" he said. "Whatever it takes. My! That feels good. To at least pretend we're in control! I like it. Is this how you feel all the time?
~ Brandon Sanderson
If anyone would be able to go about intimidating forces of nature, it would be you.
~ Brandon Sanderson
He gritted his teeth, frustrated with himself, but there was nothing he could do about years past. Perhaps he could change the future.
~ Brandon Sanderson
That's where we belong, not in those caverns. The kids who make fun of you, they're trapped on this rock. Their heads are heads of rock, their hearts set upon rock. Set your sights on something higher. Something more grand.
~ Brandon Sanderson
Your way would have involved making several more corpses. Well, I am a sword, Nightblood said with a mental huff. Might as well stick to what you're good at.…
~ Brandon Sanderson
Spin, you'll die." "Yes," I whispered. "But I'll win anyway.
~ Brandon Sanderson
I grunted, hauling the rope hand over hand. A plaintive squeak came from the pulley system with each draw, as if I had strapped some unfortunate mouse to a torture device and was twisting with glee.
~ Brandon Sanderson
You tried,' Kelsier replied, his voice loud and firm, carrying across the square. 'But you can't kill me, Lord Tyrant. I represent that thing you've never been able to kill, no matter how hard you try. I am hope.
~ Brandon Sanderson
Well done, Spin," Cobb said over a private line. "You have the passion. Now you're showing restraint.
~ Brandon Sanderson
I'm going to kill him," Rand possionately, leaning in. "I'm going to end the Dark One. We will never have true peace so long as he is there, lurking. I'll rip open the prison, I'll enter it and I'll face him. I'll build a new prison if I have to, but first, I'm going to try to end all of this. Protect the Pattern, the Wheel, for good.
~ Brandon Sanderson
The world is progressing. One man cannot slow it, no matter how determined he is." He stopped in the path. You cannot stop the tides from changing, Dusk. No matter how determined you are. His mother's words.
~ Brandon Sanderson
It was rather difficult to throw a game when you had no idea what you were doing to win it in the first place.
~ Brandon Sanderson
Daha fazla arzulaman gerektiÄŸini düÅŸündüÄŸün ÅŸey için en çok istediÄŸinden vazgeçersen sonun kötü olur.
~ Brandon Sanderson
Never underestimate the simple intimidating force of a man who won't back down.
~ Brandon Sanderson
Like a rockbud, humans were. Soft at first, but capable of gripping onto the stone and growing into something practically immovable.
~ Brandon Sanderson
You're wrong about me". Wax said, spinning the chamber, feeling the trigger, hoping the gun still worked. He looked up at Bleeder and leveled the weapon. Looking down these sights, he saw Lessie. His stomach turned again. "How am I wrong?" Bleeder asked. Rusts she was crying. "I'm not Harmony's hands", Wax whispered. "I'm his sword." Then he fired.
~ Brandon Sanderson
I'll do what I can, make the decisions as I see they must be made, Elend thought. Then accept the consequences.
~ Brandon Sanderson
This is the true test of a man. He who will stand when others grow complacent.
~ Brandon Sanderson
Vin didn't consider herself to be either self-assured or self-motivated. Still, she saw no point in asking why. Life had taught her that sometimes things simply happened.
~ Brandon Sanderson
I was Spensa, and my soul was fire.
~ Brandon Sanderson