Fame or infamy, either one is preferable to being forgotten when you have passed from this realm. (Orik)

„Misfortune always comes to those who wait. The trick is to find happiness in the brief gaps between disasters.“ (Roran)
„A dragon is hard to ignore.“ (Arya)
„The only creatures in the wild as smelly as humans are male goats and hibernating bears.“ (Saphira)
„Are not all religions strange to those who stand outside of them?“ (Jeod)
“[..], most conversations were nothing more than pointless dithering. [..] For her, choices were simple; either there was an action she could take to improve the situation, in which case she took it, or there was not, and everything else said on the subject was so much meaningless noise.“ (Saphira)
„If you wish to be happy,[..] think not of what is to come nor of that which you have no control over but rather of the now and of that which you are able to change.“ (Oromis)
„For the first time, [he] understood that he would eventually become part of the older generation, and that when he did, he would have no mentor to rely upon for guidance.“ (Eragon)
„No matter how careful we are, if we live long enough, eventually one of us will die. It is not a happy thought, but it is the truth. Such is the way of the world.“ (Glaedr)
„The purpose of life is not to do what we want but what needs to be done.“ (Oromis)