R. A. Salvatore

“There is no excuse for those who could be great and choose to be less.”

“A man who trusts nobody is apt to be the kind of man nobody trusts.”

“First, know thine own ideal... and stay true to it.”

“There is a difference between wishing for a thing and being ready to receive it.”

“There are so many different paths to take in life, to deny yourself the chance to walk down another because of a decision you made yesterday is a shame.”

“What is the measure of a man? Is it how he lives? Is it what he does? Is it what he loves?”

“Fear is a poor chisel with which to carve out tomorrow.”

“It is the way of the young to fall in love with abstract ideas.”

“A library is a place where you can lose your innocence without losing your virginity.”

“If you can quit, then quit. If you can't quit, you're a writer.”

“Change is not a threat, it's an opportunity. Survival is not the goal, transformative success is.”

“Prejudice is a learned trait. You're not born with it.”

“A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words.”

“To look into the eyes of a wolf is to see your own soul.”

“Sometimes the most important battles are the ones we choose to avoid.”

“Moral authority is another name for hypocrisy.”

“The world is a hard place, but we can soften it with a little bit of love.”

“No, I would not want to live in a world without dragons, as I would not want to live in a world without magic, for that is a world without mystery, and that is a world without faith.”