416 Quotes by John Flanagan

Don’t practice until you get it right, practice until you never get it wrong.

Self-doubt is a disease. And if it gets out of control, it becomes self-fulfilling. You have to learn from what happened... Use the experience to make you stronger.

Several of them were discussing this in low tones as they waited for Halt to arrive – until they realized that he was already among them. They weren’t used to this. Kings were supposed to sweep into a room majestically – not suddenly appear without anyone seeing their arrival.

Horace was big for his age and a natural athlete. The chances that he would be refused were virtually nonexistent. Horace was exactly the type of recruit that Sir Rodney looked for in his warrior apprentices. Strong, athletic, fit. And, thought Will a trifle sourly, not too bright.

Once you best a man, never gloat. Be generous and find something in his actions to praise. He won’t enjoy being bested but he’ll make a good face about it. Show him you appreciate it. Praise can win you a friend. Gloating will only ever make enemies.

Although it does help if your intelligence force is also intelligent.

Then, driven by the same impulse, they kissed him – Aylss on the let cheek, Evanlyn on the right. And then they glared daggers at each other. -pg 372.

Just as well. I probably get seasick on boats. “You’ve never been on one.” That’s because I probably get seasick. She went to reply, then realized that she had no answer to this twisted logic, so she let him have the last word. Again.

The man is a nincompoop and a fool. Even worse, he took me for a fool as well.