Melissa McPhail Quotes & Sayings

The eye of your mind - your intelligence; the eye of your heart - your conscience; and the eye of your soul - your instinct. — Melissa McPhail

Fill what's empty, empty what's full, and scratch where it itches, your Grace. That's my motto. — Melissa McPhail

People who claim something cannot be done should not get in the way of the ones who are doing it. — Melissa McPhail

So much of everything that we deal with is simply happening within ourselves. — Melissa McPhail

Yet all myths are symbolic of some truth," she pointed out, "else they would not endure the ages. — Melissa McPhail

Time thins the cloth of memory. As the ages pass, its rich colors fade. Strong wool is beaten by the elements until the pattern of its lesson disintegrates, leaving holes in the truth it was meant to carry on. Even the stains of blood bend and bleed, leaving but faded blotches without meaning, mere shadows of lessons that came before, their warnings lost within the obscure impression that remains. — Melissa McPhail

You don't win a game by focusing on things you cannot control. You win it by focusing on those things that you can. — Melissa McPhail

One would think wisdom brings one to err less, but logic dictates that wisdom is more often gained through our errors than through those choices which meet with simple conclusions. — Melissa McPhail

All good men are cleaved by the struggle between duty and desire — Melissa McPhail

All things are formed of patterns, from a single blade of grass to the most majestic of mountains: air and water, fire and earth; Life itself. — Melissa McPhail

Since when did historians concern themselves with facts?" The zanthyr leaned back on one elbow and waved his dagger idly. "Once in a while some historian will stumble over the truth, but most of the time he'll pick himself up again and continue on as if nothing has happened. And yet, some things ... " He straightened and settled Ean a telling look. "Some truths are better left to myth and legend, Prince of Dannym. — Melissa McPhail

You put too much importance on the man that you once were and not enough on the one you are becoming. — Melissa McPhail

There are three great uncertainties in life: weather, wind and women — Melissa McPhail

Fear was the worst evil ever to plague a man, for with it came hesitation and with that, inaction, failure, death. — Melissa McPhail

Violent hatred of one's neighbors gives a man a permanent sense of purpose. — Melissa McPhail

A man may rule his household,
And a King govern his land,
But Death walks in the thrall of Cephrael's Hand. — Melissa McPhail

The lion and the lamb may lie down together, but the lamb won't get much sleep. - An old desert proverb — Melissa McPhail

In every waking moment, it is our next choice that makes us who we are. — Melissa McPhail