Quotes About Belief

Men see what they expect to see,

When I was a boy, I dreamt that I could fly," he announced. "When I woke, I couldn't … or so the maester said. But what if he lied?

Then armor yourself in faith, by all means, but wear a suit of mail and plate as well.

The path of faith was a crooked one.

On armageddon day,' Sandy said, 'both armies will think they fight for good. And both of them will be wrong.

Aren't you afraid? The gods might send you down to some terrible hell for all the evil you've done." "What evil?" He laughed. "What gods?

Arya did not know any Many-Faced God, but if he answered prayers, he might be the god she sought.

A lie is not so bad if it is kindly meant. If only she believed them...

The septons were always going on about how the Father Above judges us all. If the Father would be so good as to topple over and crush Joff like a dung beetle, I might even believe it.

Red Rahloo means nothing here. You will only make the old gods angry. They are watching from their island.

Bad dreams never come true. The both of them had been so young, that had sounded almost wise.

Sweet one," her father said gently, "listen to me. When you're old enough, I will make you a match with a high lord who's worthy of you, someone brave and gentle and strong. This match with Joffrey was a terrible mistake. That boy is no Prince Aemon, you must believe me." "He is!" Sansa insisted. "I don't want someone brave and gentle, I want him. We'll be ever so happy, just like in the songs, you'll see.

The Dothraki believed the stars were horses made of fire, a great herd that galloped across the sky by night.

Power resides where men believe it resides.

My wet nurse said the same thing, Will," Royce replied. "Never believe anything you hear at a woman's tit. There are things to be learned even from the dead." His voice echoed, too loud in the twilit forest.

Be strong, boy. The gods are cruel.

Fooling folk was simple as singing. Tricking folk and telling lies, it was like breathing. But this? Convincing someone of the truth that they were too twisted to see? How could you even begin?

I believe in steel swords, gold coins, and man's wits. (...) And I believe there once were dragons. I've seen their skulls, after all.

you would sleep beneath a roof tonight, you must climb off your horses and cross the mud with me. The path of faith, we call it. Only the faithful may cross safely. The wicked are swallowed by the quicksands, or drowned when the tide comes rushing in. None of you are wicked, I hope? Even so, I would be careful where I set my feet. Walk only where I walk, and you shall reach the other side." The path of faith was a crooked one, Brienne could not help but note.

They would sooner be dicing, drinking, and flicking, I don't doubt, but Lord Randyll believes in putting idle men to work.

You lie," he said. "All men lie when they are afraid. Some tell many lies, some but a few. Some have only one lie they tell so often that they almost come to believe it ... though some small part of them will always know that it is still a lie, and that will show upon their faces.

Los niños creen que nada les puede hacer daño – le susurraron al oído sus temores-. Los adultos saben que si.

As a boy, he used to run across this bridge, even in the black of night. Boys believe nothing can hurt them, his doubt whispered. Grown men know better.

The best lies are seasoned with a bit of truth,