Brandon Sanderson Quotes

He was a great patriot, a humanitarian, a loyal friend; provided, of course, he really is dead.

Bobby was one of the few people I had ever known who really wanted to do something for me.

Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.

Generosity is a part of my character, and I therefore hasten to assure this Government that I will never make an allegation of dishonesty against it wherever a simple explanation of stupidity will suffice.

Morality is standing by your friends, standing by people when it's not popular. It's sacrificing things on a big international stage, and sometimes it's sacrificing your basic comforts.

What nobility of feeling! To sacrifice your own pleasure to preserve the comfort of others! It is a thing, I confess, that would never occur to me.

Sometimes you need to give people something that's for them, not just something that makes you feel good giving it.

A little Consideration, a little Thought for Others, makes all the difference.

True friends are the whole world to one another; and he that is a friend to himself is also a friend to mankind. Even in my studies the greatest delight I take is of imparting it to others; for there is no relish to me in the possessing of anything without a partner.

Do what you can to show you care about other people, and you will make our world a better place.

The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.

To give alms is nothing unless you give thought also.

I quite like it when I'm on the Tube and people offer me their seat. Sometimes I take it. The other day I was offered a seat by a pregnant lady. I thought, 'That's going a bit far.'

One of the things I've never been accused of is not caring about people.

The simple act of caring is heroic.

Sometimes you have to be selfish to be selfless.

What we're doing for another person is more important than what we're feeling for them.

I never want to get to the point where it's all about my needs, and the hell with anybody else.

He that is thy friend indeed, he will help thee in thy need: if thou sorrow, he will weep; if you wake, he cannot sleep; thus of every grief in heart he with thee doth bear a part.

I have deep feelings for the welfare and comfort of others.

Selfishness is one of the qualities apt to inspire love.

If you stop to be kind, you must swerve often from your path.

Being of service is not enough. You must become a servant of the people. When you do, you can demand their commitment in return

That good disposition which boasts of being most tender is often stifled by the least urging of self-interest.

Tell the people... please, tell the people of Alabama that I love them. Tell them I'm suffering a lot, but I love them.