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> [Intent is guilt. Failure to successfully carry out the intent does not absolve the guilt.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-goodkind/intent-is-guilt-failure-to-successfully-carry-out-the-intent-does-not/)

[Terry Goodkind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-goodkind/)

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## More by Terry Goodkind

> [Sometimes, it is necessary to step beyond what you have known and to reach for something more.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-goodkind/sometimes-it-is-necessary-to-step-beyond-what-you-have-known-and-to/)

[Terry Goodkind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-goodkind/)

> [“It should hurt, shouldn’t it? Shouldn’t it hurt to be ripped in half? But it didn’t. It didn’t hurt the least little bit. Cold.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-goodkind/it-should-hurt-shouldn-t-it-shouldn-t-it-hurt-to-be-ripped-in-half/)

[Terry Goodkind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-goodkind/)

> [Dancing with death meant being committed to killing, committed with your heart and soul.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-goodkind/dancing-with-death-meant-being-committed-to-killing-committed-with/)

[Terry Goodkind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-goodkind/)

> [Only a fool walks into the future backwards.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-goodkind/only-a-fool-walks-into-the-future-backwards/)

[Terry Goodkind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-goodkind/)

> [“Sometimes it's more important to seize the chance and do what you can even knowing that it won't likely account for everything, that it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-goodkind/sometimes-it-s-more-important-to-seize-the-chance-and-do-what-you-can/)

[Terry Goodkind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-goodkind/)

> [“While it was understandable to be afraid, and no one would expect you not to be, the worst thing you could do was to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-goodkind/while-it-was-understandable-to-be-afraid-and-no-one-would-expect-you/)

[Terry Goodkind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-goodkind/)

> [“Leadership is a nurturing of those under your command.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-goodkind/leadership-is-a-nurturing-of-those-under-your-command/)

[Terry Goodkind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-goodkind/)

> [“To question me once is a simple mistake, Lieutenant. Twice is treason. We execute traitors.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-goodkind/to-question-me-once-is-a-simple-mistake-lieutenant-twice-is-treason/)

[Terry Goodkind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-goodkind/)

> [Fate does not seek our consent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-goodkind/fate-does-not-seek-our-consent/)

[Terry Goodkind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-goodkind/)

> [Wizard's Third Rule Passion rules reason, For better or for worse.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-goodkind/wizard-s-third-rule-passion-rules-reason-for-better-or-for-worse/)

[Terry Goodkind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-goodkind/)

> [“Nicci looked up at Kahlan. “Knives are not my talent.” “It’s not hard,” Kahlan said as she pressed the handle into Nicci’s hand. “When…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-goodkind/nicci-looked-up-at-kahlan-knives-are-not-my-talent-it-s-not-hard/)

[Terry Goodkind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-goodkind/)

> [“This was why he couldn’t let Richard know it was the chimes themselves that were loose. Richard would not have accepted what Zedd intended,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-goodkind/this-was-why-he-couldn-t-let-richard-know-it-was-the-chimes/)

[Terry Goodkind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-goodkind/)

> [“price. There is no such thing as pure good or pure evil, least of all in people. In the best of us there are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-goodkind/price-there-is-no-such-thing-as-pure-good-or-pure-evil-least-of-all/)

[Terry Goodkind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-goodkind/)

> [The first step to believing something is true is wanting to believe it is true... or being afraid it is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-goodkind/the-first-step-to-believing-something-is-true-is-wanting-to-believe/)

[Terry Goodkind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-goodkind/)

> [...you'll find that being a friend is to like a person for who they are, even the parts you don't understand. You don't have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-goodkind/you-ll-find-that-being-a-friend-is-to-like-a-person-for-who-they-are/)

[Terry Goodkind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-goodkind/)

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