Fireblood Quotes

“They hate truth for the sake of whatever it is that they love in its place. When truth benefits them, they love it. When it rebukes them, they hate it. They love truth when it reveals itself and hate it when it reveals them.”
― Jeff Wheeler, Fireblood

“People are where they are because that is exactly where they really want to be—whether they will admit that or not.”
― Jeff Wheeler, Fireblood

“Pain is a teacher, as I have told you before. Most people fear it. We do not. We would never stop a child from touching a burning piece of wood. We would warn, but never prevent. Wisdom comes through listening to those with more experience. Only fools blunder through unnecessary pain.”
― Jeff Wheeler, Fireblood

“if the truth cannot bear the scrutiny of candlelight, what will it do if exposed to the sun?”
― Jeff Wheeler, Fireblood

“What’s the benefit of dragging up sufferings that are over, of being unhappy now just because you were then? There is good in doing this. We must not flinch when we look at the past. We must strive to learn from our mistakes. So we must learn to bear and endure. The sorrow will one day prove to be for your good.”
― Jeff Wheeler, Fireblood

“Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan on erecting a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of humility.”
― Jeff Wheeler, Fireblood

“Speak well of your friend, of your enemy say nothing.”
― Jeff Wheeler, Fireblood

“A wise leader, a past King of Wayland actually, wrote this in his personal history at the end of his very successful reign. I found his advice in the Archives and think it some of the wisest advice ever written: ‘Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.”
― Jeff Wheeler, Fireblood

“experience is the thing that you get just after the time when you need it most.”
― Jeff Wheeler, Fireblood

“You have the power to decide, deliberately and intentionally, what thoughts you allow in your mind and what emotions you feel in your heart.”
― Jeff Wheeler, Fireblood

“In my experience, what is called magic is not contrary to nature, but only contrary to what we know about nature.”
― Jeff Wheeler, Fireblood

“The trouble with truth is that people are unwilling to be convinced that they have been deceived. It impugns their judgment. It stains their character. People love themselves above all.”
― Jeff Wheeler, Fireblood

“Thou must be emptied of that wherewith thou art full, that thou mayest be filled with that whereof thou art empty.”
― Jeff Wheeler, Fireblood

“Strange how people yearn to become holy only after years of depravity.” She smiled knowingly. “Give me chastity and continence, but not yet.”
― Jeff Wheeler, Fireblood

“For, you see, in the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?”
― Jeff Wheeler, Fireblood

“You will find that most prisons are forged in someone’s own mind. And they invariably possess the key to their release if they could but think to use it.”
― Jeff Wheeler, Fireblood

“Unfortunately in our world, ignorance more frequently begets confidence than knowledge does. You see, it is those who know little, and not those who know much, who assert that certain problems will never be solved by reason, study, and practice. Patience is the companion of wisdom.”
― Jeff Wheeler, Fireblood

“What men fear most is their unrealized expectations.”
― Jeff Wheeler, Fireblood

“Felicity is produced not so much by great pieces of good fortune that seldom happen as by little advantages that occur every day.”
― Jeff Wheeler, Fireblood

“experience is the thing that you get just after the time when you need it most. It”
― Jeff Wheeler, Fireblood

“forward. “The trouble with truth is that people are unwilling to be convinced that they have been deceived. It impugns their judgment.”
― Jeff Wheeler, Fireblood

“Let us dare to read, think, speak, and write.”
― Jeff Wheeler, Fireblood

“There is no pain so awful as that of suspense. It is the cause of even the wise man’s fear. Not knowing what will happen. It is more effective than any threat at binding someone’s mind.” He exhaled again, shaking his head. “To be so cursed as a child. You were bound with strong ropes indeed.”
― Jeff Wheeler, Fireblood

“They use fear to keep you from thinking,”
― Jeff Wheeler, Fireblood

“Since they are unwilling to be deceived, they are unwilling to be convinced that they have been deceived.”
― Jeff Wheeler, Fireblood

“many who wished to deceive, but not one who wished to be deceived. Since they are unwilling to be deceived, they are unwilling to be convinced that they have been deceived.”
― Jeff Wheeler, Fireblood

“Pain was a teacher, indeed.”
― Jeff Wheeler, Fireblood

“Life is about laughter; it is about believing what one does not see.”
― Jeff Wheeler, Fireblood

“The best leaders, Annon, serve those they lead. You are united to a common goal. They will not follow you because Tyrus said so. They will follow you if they believe in their hearts that you care about them. That you sincerely desire their good regard. That you treat them with honor and respect and humility. The more of yourself you give away, the more they will flock to you. They will heed you. They will sacrifice for you. They will suffer with you.” She smiled and touched his arm. “That is how to lead men.”
― Jeff Wheeler, Fireblood

“The most powerful combination of emotions is caused merely by a parent gazing down upon a sleeping child.”
― Jeff Wheeler, Fireblood