30 Quotes by Melissa McPhail

Seek not to know where the path may lead, only to keep your feet upon it.

We must be our own before we can be another’s.

Darkness holds eternal sway over he who cannot first find the light within himself.

If you would command anything, be willing to cause anything.

The eye of your mind—your intelligence; the eye of your heart—your conscience; and the eye of your soul—your instinct.

Fill what’s empty, empty what’s full, and scratch where it itches, your Grace. That’s my motto.

Be wary the treasure you pluck is not attached to the toe of a dragon.

An idea is not made great merely because great men die in defense of it.

Time thins the cloth of memory. As the ages pass, its rich colors fade. Strong wool is beaten by the elements until the pattern of its lesson disintegrates, leaving holes in the truth it was meant to carry on. Even the stains of blood bend and bleed, leaving but faded blotches without meaning, mere shadows of lessons that came before, their warnings lost within the obscure impression that remains.