Brandon Sanderson Quotes

The price of greatness is responsibility.

To be a king and wear a crown is a thing more glorious to them that see it than it is pleasant to them that bear it.

Responsibilities gravitate to the person who can shoulder them.

A leader is one who, out of madness or goodness, volunteers to take upon himself the woe of the people. There are few men so foolish, hence the erratic quality of leadership in the world.

Leadership is the other side of the coin of loneliness, and he who is a leader must always act alone. And acting alone, accept everything alone.

To the victor belong the responsibilities.

In my country, at that time, being a champion of chess was like being a King. At that time I was a King - and when you are King you feel a lot of responsibility, but there is nobody there to help you.

With great power goes great responsibility.

I find nothing so painful as having to lead men.

We have to entrust power to someone, but nobody can be entrusted with power. That is our dilemma.

Rank does not confer privilege or give power. It imposes responsibility.

The greater the power, the greater the responsibility in its exercise.

People look to me for guidance or responsibility. People put a lot of stuff on me as a symbol of something, which is nothing I opted into, but it's a responsibility I take seriously regardless.

When you're the boss, you have no one else to turn to.

When you get the armband, everyone looks to you to lead, and when things go wrong, then you get criticised the most, and I need to take that on the chin.

A crown should not sit easy on the head.

A crown is more discomfort than adornment. If you have learned that, you have already learned much.

God says to me with a kind of smile, "Hey how would you like to be God awhile And steer the world?" . . . . "How much do I get? What time is lunch?" . . . . "Gimme back that wheel," says God. "I don't think you're quite ready yet."

A lord may love the men that he commands, but he cannot be a friend to them. One day he may need to sit in judgement on them, or send them forth to die.

Not everyone is equipped to be a leader, but in a sense, everyone is a leader to someone, even though you're not equipped. I think parents are a leader to youngsters, teacher are leaders, coaches are leaders, businessmen are leaders.

You can't defer if you're the person who's in the leadership position.

Leadership is like parenting.

I would not be a Moses to lead you into the Promised Land, because if I could lead you into it, someone else could lead you out of it.

I like to be the one in charge of everything.

I frown at him. How does he know all this information? And why, after two years of avoiding becoming a Dauntless leader at all costs, is he suddenly acting like one?