A man can only lead when others accept him as their leader, and he has only as much authority as his subjects give to him. All of the brilliant ideas in the world cannot save your kingdom if no one will listen to them.

A thing of nature. For every Push, there is a Pull. A consequence.

Men had always told Kaladin that he fought like nobody else. He’d felt it on the first day he’d picked up a quarterstaff, though Tukks’s advice had helped him refine and channel what he could do. Kaladin had cared when he fought. He’d never fought empty or cold. He fought to keep his men alive

That's kind of what trust is, isn't it? A willful self-delusion.

You see the dilemma?” Ham asked. “I see an idiot,” Breeze mumbled.

So, there I was, tied to an altar made from outdated encyclopedias, about to get sacrificed to the dark powers by a cult of evil Librarians.

Though most expect young men to be fools, I've noticed that just a little bit of age can make a man far more foolish than he was as a child.