Robert Jordan

You can never know everything, and part of what you know is always wrong. Perhaps even the most important part. A portion of wisdom lies in knowing that. A portion of courage lies in going on anyway.

Stopping a man from what he wants to do is like taking a sweet from a child. Sometimes you have to do it, but sometimes it just isn’t worth the trouble.

Take life as it comes. Run when you have to, fight when you must, rest when you can.

Men often mistake killing and revenge for justice. They seldom have the stomach for justice.

The only way to live is to die. I must die. I deserve only death.

We are going to tickle some Aes Sedai under the chin, rescue a mule, and put a snip-nosed girl on the Lion Throne. Oh, yes. That's Aviendha. Don't look at her crosswise, or she'll try to cut your throat and probably slit her own by mistake.

We all have our limits. And we set them further out than we have any right.

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

You break your neck, and I’ll see it mended just so I can break it again.

To lead is neither to push or pull.

Men fight when they should run, and fools fight when they should run. But I had no need to say it twice.

I will use anybody I must. You said it yourself; I am who I am. And I'm using myself up, Perrin, because I have to. Just like I'll use anybody I have to. We don't have a choice anymore. Not me, not you, not anybody!

Often you don't know whether a woman is friend, enemy or lover until it is too late. Sometimes, she is all three.

You always had to pay the butcher.

A man who trusts everyone is a fool, and a man who trusts no one is a fool. We are all fools, if we live long enough.