Do not dwell on what once was, but rather look forward and ponder how you can make the future brighter

Ajihad: You are an enigma, Eragon, a quandary that no one knows how to solve.

But anyone with the time and the inclination can acquire technical proficiency. To achieve greatness, though, that requires artistry. That requires imagination and thoughtfulness.

It is foolish to conjure up woe where none exists.

Eragon cried out, and in his desperation he reached for Saphira and the Eldunarí... and without meaning to, he drew from their stories of energy. And with that energy he cast a spell. It was a spell without words... His was a spell of instinct and emotion; language could not contain it.

You cannot learn what you are made of if you rely on anyone or anything else to help you.

When you can have anything you want by uttering a few words, the goal matters not, only the journey to it.