Arthur Daigle > Arthur's Quotes

“A thousand curses on you and those who spawned you! You've plagued me long enough, you stygian fiend! I don't know what sulfurous pit you've crawled out of, but I mean to return you to it! I'll send you on a voyage down the river Styx if it's the last thing I do!" Twain directed his attention back to the phone. "No, I wasn't talking to you, but most of what I said still applies.”
― Arthur Daigle, William Bradshaw and Fool's Gold

“Twain please!" Peck blubbered. "It was never personal. It was just business!"
"Oh Peck, do you think I'm mad at you? I"m a lawyer. I don't get mad. I don't get even." Twain gave him a wicked smile. " I sue people.”
― Arthur Daigle, William Bradshaw and Fool's Gold

“It's said on my world that the only thing evil needs to succeed is for good men to do nothing." - Will Bradshaw”
― Arthur Daigle, William Bradshaw and Fool's Gold

“This is proof that Monday wants me dead...Wednesday wouldn't do this to me. It's laid back. Friday actually likes me! But Monday is a bitter, backstabbing treacherous day." - Thradly the Goblin.”
― Arthur Daigle, Goblin Stories

“Sometimes I lie awake at night and I ask, "Why me?", then a voice answers "Nothing personal, your name just happened to come up.”
― Charles Schulz

“Dana Illwind waited at the forest crossroads outside her hometown of North Lights, not happy with her current situation. That was unfortunate given she was responsible for ninety percent of what was happening to her.”
― Arthur Daigle, Dana Illwind and Growing Shadows

“Haven't you ever heard people say just be yourself?
That’s terrible advice! What if a man was a drunken, illiterate bigot? Being himself would be the last thing anyone around him would want.
Fine, so what should you do?
Be better. Be superior to who you were the day before, the week before, the year before. Learn, grow, improve, and never stop, because the day will come when people need you to be better for their sake and your own.”
― Arthur Daigle, Dana Illwind and Growing Shadows

“Brasten chuckled. "Magic does not make a man good or bad. Before my imprisonment, I met noblemen, rich merchants, judges and sheriffs equaling, if not surpassing my master in their arrogance. Power corrupts men, regardless of its source. Too many hunger for it, striving to be better than their peers rather than helping them. In my experience, it is a rare man who can turn down power or willingly give it up. Such men are to be cherished and protected, for their lives are often cut short by the ambitious.”
― Arthur Daigle, Dana Illwind and War's Shadow

“Jayden? Wake up. We have a problem."
"Only one?"
"We have many problems. This is a new one."
Jayden rubbed his eyes and sat up. "What is it?"
"You know your friend Reginald Lootmore?" Dana pointed at a black cat glaring down at them from the rafters. "Isn't that his cat, Jump Scare?"
Jayden squinted in the dim light. "I do believe it is. I'm shocked he hasn't attacked us yet.”
― Arthur Daigle, Dana Illwind and War's Shadow

“So, he'll be motivated to take the deal. Please tell me if he says no you won't try to rob him." There was a long, awkward pause. "Jayden? No! Bad wizard!”
― Arthur Daigle, Dana Illwind and War's Shadow

“ The Paradoxical Commandments

People are illogical, unreasonable, and self-centered.
Love them anyway.

If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives.
Do good anyway.

If you are successful, you will win false friends and true enemies.
Succeed anyway.

The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow.
Do good anyway.

Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable.
Be honest and frank anyway.

The biggest men and women with the biggest ideas can be shot down by the smallest men and women with the smallest minds.
Think big anyway.

People favor underdogs but follow only top dogs.
Fight for a few underdogs anyway.

What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight.
Build anyway.

People really need help but may attack you if you do help them.
Help people anyway.

Give the world the best you have and you'll get kicked in the teeth.
Give the world the best you have anyway.”
― Kent M. Keith, The Silent Revolution: Dynamic Leadership in the Student Council