Share
×
Inspirational Quotes
Authors
Professions
Topics
Tags
Quote
I need no master to punish me in order to behave as I ought. If I did, I would be no more than a child who obeys his father's rules only because he fears the whip, and not because he actually means good.
Christopher Paolini
Share
Change background
T
T
T
Change font
Original
TAGS & TOPICS
Christopher Paolini
Age: 41
Born: 1983
Born: November 17
Author
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
LA
California
Christopher James Paolini
Good
Actually
Punish
Would
Means
Fears
Father
Behave
Order
Master
Need
Rules
Children
Masters
Obeys
Mean
Ought
Whip
Needs
Child
Whips
More quotes by Christopher Paolini
A person must earn enlightenment, Eragon. It is not handed down to you by others, regardless of how revered they be.
Christopher Paolini
But anyone with the time and the inclination can acquire technical proficiency. To achieve greatness, though, that requires artistry. That requires imagination and thoughtfulness.
Christopher Paolini
Respect the past you never know how it may affect you.
Christopher Paolini
Love can be a terrible curse, Eragon. It can make you overlook even the largest flaws in a person's behavior.
Christopher Paolini
Having no other recourse, Roran resorted to the unexpected: he stuck his head and neck out and shouted, BAH! just as he would if he were trying to scare someone in a dark hallway.
Christopher Paolini
From the inheritance series book one Eragon. Broom The sands of time cannot be stopped years pass whether we will them or not, but we can remember.......what has been lost may yet live on in memories, that which you will hear is imperfect and fragmented yet treasure it for without you it does not exist.
Christopher Paolini
Only men would think of cutting themselves to determine who the packleader is. Idiots.
Christopher Paolini
Atra esterni' ono thelduin Mor' rana li'fa unin hjarta onr Un du evari'nya ono varda (May good fortune rule over you peace live in your heart may the stars watch over you)
Christopher Paolini
I've never been helpless, I just have powerful enemies
Christopher Paolini
Let's drop rocks on them!
Christopher Paolini
Sword, I name thee Brisingr! And with a sound of rushing wind the blade burst into flame, an envelope of sapphire-blue fire writhing about the razor-sharp steel.
Christopher Paolini
You must be willing to protect yourself and what you cherish, no matter what the cost.
Christopher Paolini
Better to die than to live in fear.
Christopher Paolini
With her jaws and talons, Saphira tore through an Urgal.
Christopher Paolini
He who stands like a pilar dies in battle. He who bends like a reed is triumphant!
Christopher Paolini
Fame or infamy, either one is preferable to being forgotten when you have passed from this realm.
Christopher Paolini
The future will be what it will, and fretting about it will only make your fears more likely to come true.
Christopher Paolini
Show respect for those in power, but do not follow them blindly.
Christopher Paolini
My heart died a while back. [Eragon]
Christopher Paolini
It's amazing that a man who is dead can talk to people through these pages. As long as this books survives, his ideas live.
Christopher Paolini
