People with passion are people who will destroy - for a man's passion is not true until he proves how much he's willing to sacrifice for it.

There's always another secret.' -Kelsier

The mark of a great man is one who knows when to set aside the important things in order to accomplish the vital ones.

The purpose of a storyteller is not to tell you how to think, but to give you questions to think upon.

Women? Women are like...thunderstorms. They're beautiful to look at, and sometimes they're nice to listen to-but most of the time they're just plain inconvenient.

If you're always on time, it implies that you never have anything better you should be doing. -Kelsier

Better to be the failure who nobly strived than the success who never really had to.

Mocking a woman is like drinking too much wine. It may be fun for a short time, but the hangover is hell.

But you can't kill me, Lord Tyrant. I represent that one thing you've never been able to kill, no matter how hard you try. I am hope.

This world, it is a tempest sometimes. But remember, the sun always rises again.

My dear, did you just try to prove the existence of God with your cleavage?

Managing excuses means not excusing yourself from the responsibility you need to take with your thought, words, and actions.

It seems strange to me that mechanical progress always seems to leave the slower demands of elegance far behind.

Why is it that people who cannot show feeling presume that that is a strength and not a weakness?

I am not a name-dropper. I can't help it if everybody I know is famous.

Some things don't need to be cut back. They need to be cut off.

Gain confidence and you banish fear.

That question in marriage is mutual submission, really - the next verse goes on: "husbands love your wife as Christ loves the Church."

When we talk about Oscars, it's almost as a symbol of excellence, and the American public and the worldwide public accept that symbol.

Which way I fly is Hell; myself am Hell.

Positive reinforcement changes behavior for the better, while criticism stabilizes negative behaviors and blocks change.