Thinking and planning is one side of life; doing is another. A man cannot be
doing all the time.

The essence of wisdom is to know when to be doing, and when it's useless even to try

Stop, Morgian. Your wiles cannot avail you now.’ He turned to the High King and said, ‘The hurt this woman has done me, I readily forgive. It is for the harm that she has caused others that she is to be judged.

Every man carries the seed of his own death, and you will not be more than a man. You will have everything; you cannot have more…

The Queen of Air and Darkness tilted back her head and laughed. A more ghastly sound I hope never to hear. ‘Do you think I care about these trifles?’
‘Murder is no trifle, woman,’ Arthur said.
‘No? How many men have you killed, Great King? How many have you slain without cause? How many did you cut down that you might have spared? How many died because you in your battle-rage would not heed their pleas for mercy?’
The High King opened his mouth to speak, but could make no answer.

The Gods only go with you if you put yourself in their path. And that takes courage.