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1!!Ideals
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3->''"[[MartialPacifist Life before death]], [[ComesGreatResponsibility strength before weakness]], [[ItsTheJourneyThatCounts journey before destination]]."''
4-->-- '''The [[TheCommandments First Ideal]] of the [[TheOrder Knights Radiant]]'''
5
6-> ''[[WeHelpTheHelpless "I will protect those who cannot protect themselves."]]''
7--> -- '''The Second Ideal of the Windrunners'''
8
9-> ''"[[SaveTheVillain I will protect even those I hate]] [[NeutralGood so long as it is right.]]"''
10-->-- '''The Third Ideal of the Windrunners'''
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12->''"I will protect those that I hate... [[HeroicSelfDeprecation even if the one I hate is myself]]."''
13-->-- '''The Third Ideal of the Windrunners''', [[spoiler: Teft]]'s variant
14
15-> ''"[[YouDidEverythingYouCould I accept that there will be those I cannot protect.]]"''
16-->-- '''The Fourth Ideal of the Windrunners'''
17
18->''"[[ForGreatJustice I swear to seek justice, to let it guide me, until I find a more perfect Ideal.]]"''
19-->-- '''The Second Ideal of the Skybreakers, the Ideal of Justice'''
20
21-> ''"[[ByTheBookCop I will hold the law above all else]]."'' [[note]] Skybreakers can choose what exactly to dedicate themselves to for this Ideal; the idea is to accept that their own judgement cannot be perfect and follow something outside of themselves. The law of a particular nation is common, but many Skybreakers choose to dedicate themselves to Nale himself.[[/note]]
22-->-- '''The Third Ideal of the Skybreakers, the Ideal of Dedication'''
23
24%%-->-- '''The Fourth Ideal of the Skybreakers, the Ideal of Crusade'''
25
26%%-->-- '''The Fifth Ideal of the Skybreakers, the Ideal of Law'''
27
28-> ''"[[SmallStepsHero I will remember those who have been forgotten]]."''
29-->-- '''The Second Ideal of the Edgedancers'''
30
31-> ''"I will listen to those who have been ignored."''
32-->-- '''The Third Ideal of the Edgedancers'''
33
34-> ''"Lightweavers make no oaths beyond the first. [[IAmWhatIAm You must speak truths]]."''
35-->-- '''Pattern answering Shallan's question on additional oaths'''
36
37-> ''"[[IJustWantToBeFree I will seek freedom for those in bondage]]."''
38-->-- '''The Second Ideal of the Willshapers'''
39
40-> ''"I will unite instead of divide. I will bring men together."''
41-->-- '''The Second Ideal of the Bondsmiths'''
42
43->''[[TheAtoner "I will take responsibility for what I have done. If I must fall, I will rise each time a better man."]]''
44-->-- '''The Third Ideal of the Bondsmiths'''
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46!!Other
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48-> ''"Find the most important words a man can say."''
49-->-- '''King Galivar's''' dying wish to his brother, Dalinar
50
51-> ''"The sun approaches the horizon. The Everstorm comes. The True Desolation. The Night of Sorrows."''
52-->-- '''The Almighty's words to Dalinar'''
53
54-> ''A dun sphere after a Highstorm. And a man living who should have been dead. Two impossibilities. [[TheMagicComesBack Together, they bespoke something that should be even more impossible.]]''
55-->-- '''Teft''' right after Kaladin's "execution"
56
57-> ''"Speak again the ancient oaths and return to men the Shards they once bore. The Knights Radiant must stand again."''
58-->-- '''Tanavast/Honor'''
59
60-> '' "[[GodIsDead Honor is dead.]] [[KnightInSourArmor But I'll see what I can do.]]" ''
61-->-- '''Kaladin'''
62
63->''"[[TheMagicComesBack They will come]] you cannot stop their oaths look for those who survive when they should not that pattern will be your clue"''
64-->-- '''The Diagram'''
65
66-> ''"Hello. Would you like to destroy some evil today?"''
67-->-- '''[[spoiler:Nightblood]]''', ''Literature/WordsOfRadiance''
68
69->''"You cannot have my pain. [[PunctuatedForEmphasis You. Cannot. Have. My. Pain.]] I killed those children. I burned the people of Rathalas. [[SuddenlyShouting YOU CANNOT HAVE MY PAIN!]] I did kill the people of Rathalas. You might have been there, but I made the choice. [[TheAtoner I decided. I killed her. It hurts so much, but I did it. I accept that. You cannot have her. You cannot take her from me again.]]''
70-->-- '''Dalinar Kholin''', to [[spoiler: Odium]], ''Literature/{{Oathbringer}}''
71
72->''"Ten spears go to battle, and nine shatter. Did that war forge the one that remained? No, Amaram. All the war did was identify the spear that would not break."''
73-->-- '''Kaladin''', ''Literature/{{Oathbringer}}''
74
75->''"It will [get worse], but then it will get ''better''. Then it will get worse again. Then better. This is life, and I will not lie by saying that every day will be sunshine. But there will be sunshine again, and that is a very different thing to say. I promise you, Kaladin: ''You will be warm again.''"''
76-->-- '''Wit''', ''Literature/RhythmOfWar''
77
78-> ''"Honor is not dead so long as he lives in the hearts of men!"''
79-->-- '''Captain Notum''' [[spoiler: at Adolin's Trial]], ''Literature/RhythmOfWar''
80
81-> ''"We. CHOSE!"''

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