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Chapter IV — Words

Character Quotes

72 lines from heroes, villains, and legends. The right words at the right moment can outlive the entire story.

Today's line

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

wisdomHarry Potter

The world is changed by your example, not by your opinion.

Paulo Coelho

wisdom

A hero is someone who understands the responsibility that comes with freedom.

Bob Dylan

hero

Courage is not the absence of fear, but action in spite of it.

Mark Twain

courage

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

courage

Power comes in response to a need, not a desire.

Goku

animeDragon Ball

If you don't take risks, you can't create a future.

Monkey D. Luffy

animeOne Piece

Hard work betrays none, but dreams betray many.

Hachiman Hikigaya

animeOregairu

The weak are destined to lie beneath the boots of the strong.

Esdeath

villainAkame ga Kill

I am inevitable.

Thanos

villainAvengers

Why do we fall? So we can learn to pick ourselves up.

Alfred Pennyworth

heroBatman

Not all those who wander are lost.

J.R.R. Tolkien

wisdomLord of the Rings

Even the smallest person can change the course of the future.

Galadriel

heroLord of the Rings

Fear is the mind-killer.

Frank Herbert

wisdomDune

I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer.

Paul Atreides

courageDune

The measure of a man is what he does with power.

Plato

wisdom

Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow.

Abraham Lincoln

wisdom

Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.

Oscar Wilde

wisdom

I am not a hero. I am a high-functioning sociopath.

Sherlock Holmes

villainSherlock

With great power comes great responsibility.

Uncle Ben

heroSpider-Man

I am Iron Man.

Tony Stark

heroIron Man

The night is darkest just before the dawn.

Harvey Dent

wisdomThe Dark Knight

Hope is the thing that keeps you going when everything else fails.

Katniss Everdeen

courageHunger Games

It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.

Albus Dumbledore

wisdomHarry Potter

A lesson without pain is meaningless.

Edward Elric

animeFullmetal Alchemist

People's lives don't end when they die. It ends when they lose faith.

Itachi Uchiha

animeNaruto

Reject common sense to make the impossible possible.

Kamina

animeGurren Lagann

Knowing what must be done does away with fear.

Rosa Parks

courage

The true test of a man's character is what he does when no one is watching.

John Wooden

wisdom

I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.

Winston Churchill

courage

Evil is whatever distracts.

Franz Kafka

villain

Chaos is a ladder.

Petyr Baelish

villainGame of Thrones

The world only makes sense when you force it to.

Batman

hero

A mind needs books like a sword needs a whetstone.

Tyrion Lannister

wisdomGame of Thrones

When you play the game of thrones, you win or you die.

Cersei Lannister

villainGame of Thrones

I am the one who knocks.

Walter White

villainBreaking Bad

Creativity takes courage.

Henri Matisse

wisdom

Imagination is the beginning of creation.

George Bernard Shaw

wisdom

The creative adult is the child who survived.

Ursula K. Le Guin

wisdom

To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.

Thomas Edison

wisdom

A person's character is revealed by what they laugh at.

German Proverb

wisdom

Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.

Mahatma Gandhi

courage

The harder the conflict, the greater the triumph.

George Washington

courage

Believe in yourself. Not in the you who believes in me.

Kamina

animeGurren Lagann

If you don't like your destiny, don't accept it. Instead, have the courage to change it.

Naruto Uzumaki

animeNaruto

A true master is an eternal student.

Yoda

wisdomStar Wars

Do or do not. There is no try.

Yoda

wisdomStar Wars

Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.

Yoda

wisdomStar Wars

Your focus determines your reality.

Qui-Gon Jinn

wisdomStar Wars

I find your lack of faith disturbing.

Darth Vader

villainStar Wars

All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.

Gandalf

wisdomLord of the Rings

There's some good in this world, Mr. Frodo, and it's worth fighting for.

Samwise Gamgee

heroLord of the Rings

Always.

Severus Snape

heroHarry Potter

I am burdened with glorious purpose.

Loki

villainAvengers

This isn't freedom. This is fear.

Captain America

heroCivil War

Courage is not the strength to go on. It is going on when you don't have the strength.

Napoleon Bonaparte

courage

The only thing we're allowed to believe is that we won't regret the choice we made.

Levi Ackerman

animeAttack on Titan

If you don't fight, you can't win.

Eren Yeager

animeAttack on Titan

I'm just a hero for fun.

Saitama

animeOne Punch Man

I am justice!

Light Yagami

villainDeath Note

Justice will prevail.

L

heroDeath Note

You have the right to work, but never to the fruit of work.

Bhagavad Gita

wisdom

Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.

Rabindranath Tagore

wisdom

The wound is the place where the Light enters you.

Rumi

wisdom

Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward.

Leonardo da Vinci

courage

I am not afraid. I was born to do this.

Joan of Arc

hero

This is the way.

The Mandalorian

heroStar Wars

It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are.

Albus Dumbledore

wisdomHarry Potter

Madness is like gravity. All it takes is a little push.

The Joker

villainThe Dark Knight

I drink and I know things.

Tyrion Lannister

wisdomGame of Thrones

Does a machine like yourself ever experience fear?

Vegeta

animeDragon Ball

If all the villains are gone, who will the heroes fight?

All Might

heroMy Hero Academia

Found a line that fits your character?