"Isana laughed. "And you, lady? Are you a……" — Jim Butcher
"Isana laughed. "And you, lady? Are you a woman of conscience or of ambition?" The lady smiled. "That's a question rarely asked here at court." "And why is that?" "Because a woman of conscience would tell you that she is a person of conscience. A woman of ambition would tell you that she is a person of conscience—only much more convincingly."
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474 Quotes by Jim Butcher
Jim Butcher has 474 quotes on this site.
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No one is an unjust villain in his own mind. Even - perhaps even especially those who are the worst…
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Anger is just anger. It isn't good. It isn't bad. It just is. What you do with it is what…
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A bolt of warmth, fierce with joy and pride and gratitude, flashed through me like sudden lightning. I don't care…
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Evil isn’t the real threat to the world. Stupid is just as destructive as Evil, maybe more so, and it’s…
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If I was on the road to Hell, at least I was going in style.
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Most of the bad guys in the real world don't know that they are bad guys. You don't get a…
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I don't want to live in a world where the strong rule and the weak cower. I'd rather make a…
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Life can be confusing. Good God, and how. Sometimes it seems like the older I get, the more confused I…
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Death is only frightening from the near side.
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Passion has overthrown tyrants and freed prisoners and slaves. Passion has brought justice where there was savagery. Passion has created…
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Love is patient. Love is kind. Love always forgives, trusts, supports, and endures. Love never fails. When every star in…
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I put on the boots and kicked some monster ass.
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Don't limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as…
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We must have a theme, a goal, a purpose in our lives. If you don't know where you're aiming, you…
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Our bodies are shaped to bear children, and our lives are a working out of the processes of creation. All…
— Saint Augustine
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A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself; and a mean man, by…
— Marcus Aurelius
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A man's worth is no greater than his ambitions.
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All I wanted to do was write - at the time, poems, and prose, too. I guess my ambition was…
— Paul Auster
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Let love flow so that it cleanses the world. Then man can live in peace, instead of the state of…
— Sai Baba
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There is, however, another purpose to which academies contribute. When they consist of a limited number of persons, eminent for…
— Charles Babbage
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A garden requires patient labor and attention. Plants do not grow merely to satisfy ambitions or to fulfill good intentions.…
— Liberty Hyde Bailey
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A man without ambition is dead. A man with ambition but no love is dead. A man with ambition and…
— Pearl Bailey
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The early commentators who put down the pre-presidential Roosevelt as an empty-headed young lightweight, all ambition and no talent, now…
— Russell Baker
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The noblest spirit is most strongly attracted by the love of glory.
— James A. Baldwin
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