Quotes About Adversity

Swift as a deer. Quiet as a shadow. Fear cuts deeper than swords. Quick as a snake. Calm as still water. Fear cuts deeper than swords. Strong as a bear. Fierce as a wolverine. Fear cuts deeper than swords. The man who fears losing has already lost. Fear cuts deeper than swords. Fear cuts deeper than swords. Fear cuts deeper than swords.

Be strong, boy. The gods are cruel.

a man who has survived a hundred fights can break in his hundred-and-first.

Bran thought about it. "Can a man still be brave if he's afraid?" "That is the only time a man can be brave," his father told him.

Defeat is a disease, and victory is the cure.

A man can bear most anything, if he must,

In the deep sands a man must hoard his water.

The only time a man can be brave is when he is afraid,

Pain is a gift from the gods, Lord Eddard,

Cruel places breed cruel peoples. - Maester Luwin

What good did it do you to be brave?

The world's nothing but a mean bully, that's a fact. Even when you've big misfortunes threatening to drop on your head, small ones still take every chance to prick your toes.

There's no shame in fear, my father told me, what matters is how we face it. Come, I'll help you gather up the maps.

The time to speak of the cold is not when we are standing put in it.

A small victory, Catelyn thought when the fighting had ended and the surviving foemen had melted back into the night, yet a victory nonetheless.

Do not despair, Lord Snow. Despair is a weapon of the enemy, whose name may not be spoken.

So Victarion closed his burned hand into a mighty fist,

What is dead may never die, but rises again, stronger and harder.

Accept the challenges, so you may feel the exhilaration of victory.

Americans love to fight. All real Americans love the sting of battle.

Battle is the most magnificent competition in which a human being can indulge. It brings out all that is best; it removes all that is base.

There is a time to take counsel of your fears, and there is a time to never listen to any fear.

You need to overcome the tug of people against you as you reach for high goals.

The test of success is not what you do when you are on top. Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.