Brandon Sanderson: Doing

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“Honor is dead. But I'll see what I can do.”

Brandon Sanderson book Words of Radiance

Source: Words of Radiance

“People can do great things. However, there are some things they just CAN'T do. I, for instance, have not been able to transform myself into a Popsicle, despite years of effort.”

Brandon Sanderson Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians

Source: Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians

“If you're always on time, it implies that you never have anything better you should be doing.”

Brandon Sanderson book Mistborn: The Final Empire

Variant: If you’re always on time, it implies that you never have anything better you should be doing.
Source: Mistborn: The Final Empire

“I'm not really sure why. But… do you stop loving someone just because they betray you? I don't think so. That's what makes the betrayal hurt so much - pain, frustration, anger… and I still loved her. I still do.”

Brandon Sanderson

Source: The Final Empire

“Good men don't become legends," he said quietly.
"Good men don't need to become legends." She opened her eyes, looking up at him. "They just do what's right anyway.”

Brandon Sanderson

Source: The Well of Ascension

“Somebody has to start. Somebody has to step forward and do what is right, because it is right.”

Brandon Sanderson book The Way of Kings

Source: The Way of Kings

“That's the funny thing about arriving somewhere, Vin. Once you're there, the only thing you can really do is leave again”

Brandon Sanderson

Kelsier, Chapter 13
Source: Mistborn: The Final Empire (2006)

“I don't talk to myself because I'm crazy."
"No?"
"I do it because I'm awesome.”

Brandon Sanderson book Words of Radiance

Source: Words of Radiance

“Do not dash if you only have the strength to walk, and do not waste your time pushing on the walls that will not give. More importantly, don't shove where a pat would be sufficient.”

Brandon Sanderson Elantris

Source: Elantris

“I like visiting people in prison. I can say whatever I want to them, and they can’t do anything about it.”

Brandon Sanderson book Words of Radiance

Source: Words of Radiance

“Overcome your guilt. Care, but not too much. Take responsibility, but don't blame yourself. Protect, save, help- but know when to give up. They're precarious ledges to walk. How do I do it?”

Brandon Sanderson book The Way of Kings

Source: The Way of Kings

“Ham smiled. "Cett's going to be furious."
Elend shrugged. "He's a paraplegic. What's he going to do? Bite us?”

Brandon Sanderson

Source: The Hero of Ages

“Do not let your assumptions about a culture block your ability to perceive the individual, or you will fail.”

Brandon Sanderson book Words of Radiance

Source: Words of Radiance

“Though, if you think about it, hostile, dethroned pseudodeities probably make disagreeable neighbors. You'll have to figure out something to do with him.”

Brandon Sanderson

Source: The Final Empire

“If I should die,” Dalinar said, “then I would do so having lived my life right. It is not the destination that matters, but how one arrives there.”
“The Codes?”
“No. The Way of Kings.”
“That storming book.”

Brandon Sanderson book The Way of Kings

Source: The Way of Kings

“How do you fight someone smarter than yourself?' Rand Whispered. 'The answer is simple. You make her think that you are sitting down across the table from her, ready to play her game. Then you punch her in the face as hard as you can.”

Brandon Sanderson The Wheel of Time

Source: The Gathering Storm

“What do you know?”
“Almost everything. That almost part can be a real kick in the teeth sometimes.”
“What do you want, then?”
“What I can’t have.” Wit turned to him, eyes solemn. “Same as everyone else, Kaladin Stormblessed.”

Brandon Sanderson book Words of Radiance

Source: Words of Radiance

“The entire point of life is to find ways to get others to do your work for you. Don’t you know anything about basic economics?”

Brandon Sanderson

“How do you do that?” Mennis asked, frowning.
“What?”
“Smile so much.”
“Oh, I’m just a happy person.”

Brandon Sanderson

Source: The Final Empire

“Do not deride someone's faith simply because you do not share it, Lord Cladent," Sazed said quietly.”

Brandon Sanderson

Source: The Well of Ascension