“It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.”
— Albus Dumbledore
Chapter IV — Words
72 lines from heroes, villains, and legends. The right words at the right moment can outlive the entire story.
“Even the smallest person can change the course of the future.”
Galadriel
Lord of the Rings
“It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.”
— Albus Dumbledore
“The world is changed by your example, not by your opinion.”
— Paulo Coelho
“A hero is someone who understands the responsibility that comes with freedom.”
— Bob Dylan
“Courage is not the absence of fear, but action in spite of it.”
— Mark Twain
“The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.”
— Albert Camus
“Power comes in response to a need, not a desire.”
— Goku
“If you don't take risks, you can't create a future.”
— Monkey D. Luffy
“Hard work betrays none, but dreams betray many.”
— Hachiman Hikigaya
“The weak are destined to lie beneath the boots of the strong.”
— Esdeath
“I am inevitable.”
— Thanos
“Why do we fall? So we can learn to pick ourselves up.”
— Alfred Pennyworth
“Not all those who wander are lost.”
— J.R.R. Tolkien
“Even the smallest person can change the course of the future.”
— Galadriel
“Fear is the mind-killer.”
— Frank Herbert
“I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer.”
— Paul Atreides
“The measure of a man is what he does with power.”
— Plato
“Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow.”
— Abraham Lincoln
“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
— Oscar Wilde
“I am not a hero. I am a high-functioning sociopath.”
— Sherlock Holmes
“With great power comes great responsibility.”
— Uncle Ben
“I am Iron Man.”
— Tony Stark
“The night is darkest just before the dawn.”
— Harvey Dent
“Hope is the thing that keeps you going when everything else fails.”
— Katniss Everdeen
“It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.”
— Albus Dumbledore
“A lesson without pain is meaningless.”
— Edward Elric
“People's lives don't end when they die. It ends when they lose faith.”
— Itachi Uchiha
“Reject common sense to make the impossible possible.”
— Kamina
“Knowing what must be done does away with fear.”
— Rosa Parks
“The true test of a man's character is what he does when no one is watching.”
— John Wooden
“I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.”
— Winston Churchill
“Evil is whatever distracts.”
— Franz Kafka
“Chaos is a ladder.”
— Petyr Baelish
“The world only makes sense when you force it to.”
— Batman
“A mind needs books like a sword needs a whetstone.”
— Tyrion Lannister
“When you play the game of thrones, you win or you die.”
— Cersei Lannister
“I am the one who knocks.”
— Walter White
“Creativity takes courage.”
— Henri Matisse
“Imagination is the beginning of creation.”
— George Bernard Shaw
“The creative adult is the child who survived.”
— Ursula K. Le Guin
“To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.”
— Thomas Edison
“A person's character is revealed by what they laugh at.”
— German Proverb
“Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.”
— Mahatma Gandhi
“The harder the conflict, the greater the triumph.”
— George Washington
“Believe in yourself. Not in the you who believes in me.”
— Kamina
“If you don't like your destiny, don't accept it. Instead, have the courage to change it.”
— Naruto Uzumaki
“A true master is an eternal student.”
— Yoda
“Do or do not. There is no try.”
— Yoda
“Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.”
— Yoda
“Your focus determines your reality.”
— Qui-Gon Jinn
“I find your lack of faith disturbing.”
— Darth Vader
“All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
— Gandalf
“There's some good in this world, Mr. Frodo, and it's worth fighting for.”
— Samwise Gamgee
“Always.”
— Severus Snape
“I am burdened with glorious purpose.”
— Loki
“This isn't freedom. This is fear.”
— Captain America
“Courage is not the strength to go on. It is going on when you don't have the strength.”
— Napoleon Bonaparte
“The only thing we're allowed to believe is that we won't regret the choice we made.”
— Levi Ackerman
“If you don't fight, you can't win.”
— Eren Yeager
“I'm just a hero for fun.”
— Saitama
“I am justice!”
— Light Yagami
“Justice will prevail.”
— L
“You have the right to work, but never to the fruit of work.”
— Bhagavad Gita
“Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.”
— Rabindranath Tagore
“The wound is the place where the Light enters you.”
— Rumi
“Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward.”
— Leonardo da Vinci
“I am not afraid. I was born to do this.”
— Joan of Arc
“This is the way.”
— The Mandalorian
“It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are.”
— Albus Dumbledore
“Madness is like gravity. All it takes is a little push.”
— The Joker
“I drink and I know things.”
— Tyrion Lannister
“Does a machine like yourself ever experience fear?”
— Vegeta
“If all the villains are gone, who will the heroes fight?”
— All Might
Found a line that fits your character?