Garu Quotes & Sayings

I'm an old man, and I'm no warrior. But during my years watching the rise and fall of those in power, I've learned that great men do not wait for their greatness to be recognized. If you wish to have the respect that you yearn for, then you must grab it and fight anyone who would say otherwise. If you wish to be a duke, you act like a duke. If you wish to be commander-in-chief, then act like a commander-in-chief."
This was not the sort of speech that a younger Mata Zyndu, certain that each man had a proper place assigned to him in the chain of being, would have believed in. But he realized with a start that his thoughts had changed.
Didn't Kuni Garu become a duke simply by acting as one? Didn't Huno Krima become king simply by declaring that he was one? He, Mata Zyndu, heir of the proudest name in all the Islands, was a greater warrior then either of them, and yet here he sat, unhappy that people had not come to beg him to lead them. — Ken Liu

Dw i'n dy garu di am byth," he said. "I love you. Always. — Cassandra Clare

Platitude or not, the crowd erupted into applause, and by acclamation, Kuni Garu became the Duke of Zudi. A few pointed out that titles of nobility really couldn't be handed out in such a democratic fashion, but these killjoys were ignored. — Ken Liu

Regardless of the magnitude of the decision, our brains make it hard for us to keep the perspective we need to make good choices. — Travis Bradberry

I'll tell you what you did with Atheists for about 1500 years. You outlawed them from the universities or any teaching careers, besmirched their reputations, banned or burned their books or their writings of any kind, drove them into exile, humiliated them, seized their properties, arrested them for blasphemy. You dehumanised them with beatings and exquisite torture, gouged out their eyes, slit their tongues, stretched, crushed, or broke their limbs, tore off their breasts if they were women, crushed their scrotums if they were men, imprisoned them, stabbed them, disembowelled them, hanged them, burnt them alive.
And you have nerve enough to complain to me that I laugh at you. — Madalyn Murray O'Hair

When I went back to New York with somewhat of a name, they didn't want movie actresses. — Gloria Stuart

Since when has irresponsibility and lack of accountability in public service become a Nigerian factor? — Sunday Adelaja

You want this?" His voice was hoarse.
"Yes," she said. "Do you?"
His finger traced the outline of her mouth. "For this I would have been damned forever. For this I would have given up everything."
She felt the burn behind her eyes, the pressure of tears, and blinked wet eyelashes. "Will ... "
"Dw i'n dy garu di am byth," he said. "I love you. Always." And he moved to cover her body with his own. — Cassandra Clare

Most of the world's wrongs are caused by people taking themselves and their ideas too seriously. — Paul Murray

Jethro had successfully torn me from my past, stripped me of my mind, and abducted my heart. — Pepper Winters

It is fear that I am most afraid of. — Michel De Montaigne

Trade liberalization can be contagious, and the opening of markets regionally can spark progress multilaterally as well. — Roberto Azevedo

That's what I want to be when I grow up, just a peaceful wreck holding hands with other peaceful wrecks ... — Tillie Olsen

Greatness of soul is available to people who do not have the luxury of being ecstatic about the condition and appearance of their bodies. — John Ortberg