Quotes About Determination

Lan shook his head sightly He was better. But he thought I was finished, with only one arm. He never understood. You surrender after you're dead.

He had gone right through fear and come out the other side in some place cold. Anger was all that kept him warm. They could gentle him, or burn him to a crisp where he stood, and he no longer cared.

A man would know he had to walk through fire and tame a lioness with his bare hands every time he approached you. Every day an adventure, and every night . . .

Well, the sword that could not be broken was shattered in the end, sheepherder, but it fought the Shadow to the last. There is one rule, above all others, for being a man.

You got further plucking the chicken in front of you than trying to start on one up a tree. Especially when the tree was in another country and there might not even be another chicken.

In war, as in farming, you sometimes had to step in and get knee-deep in the muck.

Lan shook his head slightly. "He was better. But he thought I was finished, with only one arm. He never understood. You surrender after you're dead.

With experience comes a determination to be set in your ways, to avoid new experiences.

Callandor shone in his fist until it seemed he carried the sun. Dimly within him, fluttering like a candle flame in a storm, was the surety that holding Callandor, he could do anything. Anything.

Forward the Golden Crane!

I've stayed with you this long, Rand. Why would I stop now?" Loial

Afterwards, we will do as we must. As we do now.

The spine that refused to bend at all was often the most malleable once it gave way.

It is better to be the hammer than the nail.

The determination of a man set upon justice is a thing not lightly ignored.

there was a solidness to him, as though a flood could wash around him without uprooting his feet.

There is one rule, above all others, for being a man. Whatever comes, face it on your feet. Now

Like most Two Rivers folk, Rand had a strong stubborn streak. Outsiders sometimes said it was the prime trait of people in the Two Rivers, that they could give mules lessons and teach stones.

Tia mi aven Moridin isainde vadin (The grave is no bar to my call)

Which cliff did you choose? Pevara sent him. What? You said that when you were among the Sea Folk, they jumped off cliffs to prove their bravery. The higher the cliff, the braver the jumper. Which cliff did you choose? The highest, he admitted. Why? I figured that once you've decided to jump off a cliff, you might as well pick the highest one. Why accept the risk, if not for the greatest prize?

Impatience was a vice when beginning a journey of unknown length.

We will go to Falme. I hope Liandrin is there. I will make her curse the day her mother laid eyes on her father.

An enemy who comes once, will come again. Unless they are stopped. My

We are always more afraid than we wish to be, but we can always be braver than we expect