Quotes About Acceptance

The secret, it turned out, had not been to harden himself to the point of breaking. It had not been to become numb. It had been to walk in pain, like the pain of the wounds at his side, and accept that pain as part of him.

He was a soldier. He was a shepherd. He was a beggar, and a king. He was a farmer, gleeman, sailor, carpenter. He was born, lived, and died Aiel. He died mad, he died rotting, he died of sickness, accident, age. He was executed, and multitudes cheered his death. He proclaimed himself the Dragon Reborn and flung his banner across the sky; he ran from the Power and hid; he lived and died never knowing.

Non puoi sapere sempre tutto- disse Lan con calma- e parte di ciò che sai è sempre sbagliato. Forse perfino la parte più importante. Una porzione di saggezza sta nel rendersi conto di questo. Una porzione di coraggio sta nell'andare comunque avanti.

To control saidar, you first had to surrender to it. Fight, and it would come wildly, or overwhelm you; surrender and guide it gently, and it did as you wished.

Perrin ergueu o machado para atirá-lo no lago, mas Elyas agarrou seu pulso. Você vai usá-lo, garoto, e, enquanto odiar usá-lo, vai usá-lo com mais sabedoria do que a maioria dos homens. Espere. Se algum dia você não o odiar mais, aí sim será hora de jogá-lo o mais longe que puder e correr para o outro lado .

And so he did. He wished he could protect them better, but he would simply have to carry that burden. The secret, it turned out, had not been to harden himself to the point of breaking. It had not been to become numb. It had been to walk in pain, like the pain of the wounds at his side, and accept that pain as part of him.

You can't hold a man to blame for what he does when he's crazy, can you?" "You were always crazy," Perrin said, and for a moment he, too, sounded as of old. "No," Nynaeve said. Tears made her eyes bright, but she was smiling. "None of us blames you.

Pero no había otra alternativa. A no ser la ignorancia, y eso no lo aceptaba.

No se vive de lo que debería ser, sino de lo que es» —citó Elayne—

We can't go back, Mat. The Wheel has turned, for better or worse. And it will keep on turning, as lights die and forests dim, storms call and skies break. Turn it will. The Wheel is not hope, and the Wheel does not care, the Wheel simply is. But so long as it turns, folk may hope, folk may care. For with light that fades, another will eventually grow, and each storm that rages must eventually die. As long as the Wheel turns. As long as it turns.

No use pulling your hair when the wind isn't blowing the way you want

Only by surrendering to the Pattern can you begin to have some control over the course of your own life. If you fight, the Pattern will still force you, and you will find only misery where you might have found contentment instead.

Birgitte's breast held a strangely soft heart for small boys, especially ugly ones.

Lo hecho, hecho estaba, y él tendría que vivir con ello. La muerte sería una liberación de todo aquello con lo que tenía que vivir.

A woman is no less a woman because she carries a spear.

Lord Perrin. He would never get used to that, but maybe that was a good thing.

Take what you can have. Rejoice in what you can save, and do not mourn your losses too long

When you were secure with what you were, there was no cause to resent being shown your place.

La Rueda teje según sus designios y en su momento. La paciencia es una virtud que debe aprenderse, pero todos debemos estar dispuestos a aceptar el cambio en un instante.

Honor didn't come from being punished, but accepting a punishment and bearing it restored honor. That was the soul of toh—the willing lowering of oneself in order to recover that which had been lost.

He could not waste time worrying over problems he could do nothing about.

When you knew you were going to hang, the only thing to do was grin at the noose

All right, then. If she wants to be like that, there's nothing I can do.

Well, Mat thought, guess I can take that. For now.