Quotes About Fear

The light inside the confessional was so dim that I could not see his features very plainly. I only observed that his eyes were large, and bright, and wild-looking, like the eyes of some fierce animal, and that his face, with the reflection of the green curtain upon it, looked lividly pale.

All liars ... lie to protect themselves, to shield their egos from the raw pain of truth.

The reckless open their arms and topple into love, as do dreamers, who fly in their dreams without fear or danger. Those who know that all love must end in loss do not fall but rather cross slowly from the not knowing into the knowing.

A dread filled me, a dread unlike any I had ever felt. Not the terror of God, or his angels, but the sickly fear of man.

How was it that no one had ever told her that it was not love itself, but its treacherous gatekeepers which made the greatest demands on your courage: the panic of acknowledging it; the terror of declaring it; the fear of being rebuffed? Why had no one told her that love's twin was not hate but cowardice?

Knowledge is so often the antidote to fear. But not here. Not now.

The sad truth is, men love to follow a man other men fear," said Clover. "Makes them feel fearsome, too. We tell the odd fond story of the good men. The straight edges. Your Rudd Threetrees, your Dogmen. But it's the butchers men love to sing of. The burners and the blood-spillers. Your Cracknut Whirruns and your Black Dows. Your Bloody-Nines. Men don't dream of doing the right thing, but of ripping what they want from the world with their strength and their will.

Courage can come fro many places, and be made of many things, and yesterday's coward can become tomorrow's hero in an instant if the time is right.

A coward's just a man with the proper respect for sharp metal,

People without hope are a dangerous crowd, even in a republic.

A name to fill strong men with fear or courage, depending on which side they stand.

Rare rages render a man frightening. Common ones render him ridiculous.

Everyone likes me," said Caul Shivers, the most feared man in the North.

Misjudgment is as much a part of life as unhappiness. It is nice to hold the power and make choices for everyone. But the risk of making any choice is always that you might make the wrong one. We must make our choices nonetheless. Fear of being a grown-up is a poor reason to remain a child.

But the risk of making any choice is always that you might make the wrong one. We must make our choices nonetheless. Fear of being a grown-up is a poor reason to remain a child.

Surprise makes brave men cowards, strong men weak, wise men fools.

Threats for tomorrow don't cut very deep when today is so damn threatening.

War's ninety-nine parts boredom and, now and then, one part arse-opening terror. Craw had a powerful sense one of those was about to drop on him from a height.

They say it's men with nothing to lose you should fear. But it's them who fear most.

Enough pain makes a coward of anyone.

Better to do it, than to live with the fear of it, and so forth.

Cuando hay que hacer algo, lo mejor es no demorarlo para no tener que vivir temiéndolo.

Every man who's worth a damn feels fear. It's the use you make of it that counts.

Solo se puede conquistar los miedos afrontándolos. Si los rehúyes, te conquistan ellos a ti.»