Robert Jordan - The Wheel of Time

On the heights, all paths are paved with daggers.

Hammer the iron that lies on your anvil instead of daydreaming about working silver.
Robert Jordan
The only thing sadder than a battle won is a battle lost.
Robert Jordan - The Fires of Heaven
We all make our limits, and we set them further out than we have any right.

Beauty holds more worth than gold.

A man without trust is a man without life.
Robert Jordan - The Great Hunt, Book 2 of The Wheel of Time
Life is lighter than a feather, duty heavier than a mountain.

There are no clear paths. Only pitfalls and tripwires and darkness.

Death is as light as a feather; duty as heavy as a mountain.

Hardness shatters; strength endures.
Robert Jordan - The Fires of Heaven
Life is a dream from which we must wake before we can dream again.

- Robert Jordan - The Wheel of Time