Avatar: The Last Airbender Quotes (Season 3)

Growing up, we were taught that the Fire Nation was the greatest civilization in history. And somehow, the war was our way of sharing our greatness with the rest of the world. What an amazing lie that was. The people of the world are terrified by the Fire Nation. They don’t see our greatness. They hate us! And we deserve it. We’ve created an era of fear in the world. And if we don’t want the world to destroy itself, we need to replace it with an era of peace and kindness.

Go ahead! I’ll hold them off. I think this is a family visit.

Geez, everyone’s getting so upset about their characters. Even you seem more down than usual, and that’s saying something.[to Zuko]

Forgiveness is the first step you have to take to begin healing.

Doing nothing is a waste of time.

Destiny is a funny thing. You never know how things are going to work out. But if you keep an open mind, and an open heart, I promise you will find your own destiny someday.[to Zuko]

Dancing isn’t something you think about. It’s a form of self-expression that no one can ever take away from you.

Creativity, versatility, intelligence… these are the traits that define a great swordsman. And these are the traits that define you.[to Sokka]

Come on, a day at the theater? This is the kind of wacky time-wasting nonsense I’ve been missing.

Choosing the correct material is the most important step in crafting a sword. You must trust your steel with your life.[to Sokka]

Apparently, the playwright thinks I’m an idiot who tells bad jokes about meat all the time.[Sokka]Yeah, you tell bad jokes about plenty of other topics.[Suki]I know![Sokka]

All you guys can do this awesome bending stuff, like putting out forest fires, and flying around and making other stuff fly around. I can’t fly around, okay? I can’t do anything.[Sokka]That’s not true. No one can read a map like you.[Katara]I can’t read at all.[Toph Beifong]