Wizard S Rules Quotes & Sayings

Wizard's Tenth Rule
Willfully turning aside from the truth is treason to one's self. — Terry Goodkind

Passion rules reason, for better or for worse
Wizard's Rule #3 — Terry Goodkind

Wizard's Fourth Rule
There is magic in sincere forgiveness; in the forgiveness you give, but more so in the forgiveness you receive. — Terry Goodkind

First you write down your goal; your second job is to break down your goal into a series of steps, beginning with steps which are absurdly easy. — Fitzhugh Dodson

I'd like to go to Africa, away from water, away from what's normal for us. When you put yourself in those places your life looks so far away. It makes a big imp — Gabrielle Reece

Wizard's Ninth Rule
A contradiction can not exist in reality. Not in part, nor in whole. — Terry Goodkind

People are stupid. They will believe a lie because they want to believe it's true, or because they are afraid it might be true. — Terry Goodkind

Happiness and high come to you when you choose to live your life consistent with your highest values and your deepest convictions. — Brian Tracy

I think everybody could agree that our immigration system is broken. We have not told the truth about it. — Jose Antonio Vargas

When President Franklin Delano Roosevelt died, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt was comforted by a piece of poetry given to her by a friend: They are not dead who live in lives they leave behind: In those whom they have blessed they live a life again.2 — Mark Batterson

Wizard's Fifth Rule: Mind what people do, not only what they say, for deeds will betray a lie. — Terry Goodkind

If Stalin ever told me to urinate, I'm not sure I'd be able to ... — Phil Donahue

Wizard's Third Rule
Passion rules reason, for better or for worse. — Terry Goodkind

When she spoke at last, I knew at once that she was rather drunk. "Seen something you fancy, Nancy? ... " she said.
I swallowed, unsure of what reply to make to her. She walked closer, then stopped a few paces from me, and continued to fix me with the same even, arrogant gaze. — Sarah Waters

It was like The Wizard of Oz, instant beautiful color, only Quinn had been living in worse than black-and-white Kansas. He'd been trapped in a monochromatic world of beige, of nice, of going with the flow, not making waves. Eli was the whole super-sized box of crayons, with no rules about staying in the lines. — K.A. Mitchell

Man is a rope stretched between beast and Overman - a rope over an abyss.
A dangerous crossing, a dangerous wayfaring, a dangerous looking-back, a dangerous shuddering and stopping.
What is great in man is that he is a bridge and not an end: what is lovable in man is that he is an overture and a going-under. — Friedrich Nietzsche

You were standin' way too close to see it fall apart. And there were things you couldn't hear, 'cause you were listening with your heart. — Garth Brooks

People are stupid; given proper motivation, almost anyone will believe almost anything. Because people are stupid, they will believe a lie because they want to believe it's true, or because they are afraid it might be true. People's heads are full of knowledge, facts, and beliefs, and most of it is false, yet they think it all true. People are stupid; they can only rarely tell the difference between a lie and the truth, and yet they are confident they can, and so are all the easier to fool. — Terry Goodkind

The Second Rule is that the greatest harm can result from the best intentions. It sounds a paradox, but kindness and good intentions can be an insidious path to destruction. Sometimes doing what seems right is wrong, and can cause harm. The only counter to it is knowledge, wisdom, forethought, and understanding the First Rule. Even then, that is not always enough. — Terry Goodkind

You can't change the past and you shouldn't waste energy regretting it or feeling pity for yourself. — Daniel Marques

But today I'm indifferent. And with this comes a glimmer of understanding: I can pick and choose what I absorb and what I deflect. This is how the color spectrum works: Some colors absorb light, while others deflect it, depending on where they are on the spectrum. Earlier in my life, when it came to hurtful words from my mother, I was more like an off-shade of brown, absorbing most of them. Now, with experience, wisdom, and a little more self-confidence, my spectrum is shifting. I'm making a choice to be less absorptive. And her comment... is one for which I choose to become pure white. — Katie Hafner

When I won the Tony, I blacked out. I don't remember anything. I had bullet points jotted down, but I forgot to read half of them. My hands were shaking. It was an insane honor to be recognized in that way. — Nina Arianda

Wizard's Sixth Rule
The only sovereign you can allow to rule you is reason. — Terry Goodkind

She felt the end of the kiss as deeply as she'd felt the start of it. — Kristin Hannah

Americans don't care what your language is, your race is, whatever. Everyone is there to do their own thing and be successful. I wish people in Britain would be more positive. — Vinnie Jones

Consciousness is the screen. The images on the screen are your perceptions, the illusion that life is solid, that there is a material universe. — Frederick Lenz