Quotes About Courage

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.

Never forget what you are, for surely the world will not. Make it your strength. Armor yourself in it, and it will never be used to hurt you.

Wylla." Lord Wyman smiled. "Did you see how brave she was? Even when I threatened to have her tongue out, she reminded me of the debt White Harbor owes to the Starks of Winterfell, a debt that can never be repaid. Wylla spoke from the heart, as did Lady Leona. Forgive her if you can, my lord. She is a foolish, frightened woman, and Wylis is her life. Not every man has it in him to be Prince Aemon the Dragonknight or Symeon Star-Eyes, and not every woman can be as brave as my Wylla.

A man can bear most anything, if he must,

Strength to your arm, then.

It is good to know there are some true knights still.

winter is coming." "Yes," Catelyn agreed. The words gave her a chill, as they always did. The Stark words. Every noble house had its words. Family mottoes, touchstones, prayers of sorts, they boasted of honor and glory, promised loyalty and truth, swore faith and courage. All but the Starks. Winter is coming, said the Stark words.

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.

You will have little joy of your command, but I think you have the strength in you to do the things that must be done.

A man who fears battle wins no victories

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

My mother taught me long ago that only madmen fight wars they cannot win.

Sometimes I think everyone is just pretending to be brave, and none of us really are. Maybe pretending is how you get brave, I don't know. Let them call you Slayer, who cares?

But words in a book were one thing. The true test came in battle.

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.

All kneel for Daenerys Stormborn, the Unburnt, Queen of Meereen, Queen of the Andals and the Rhoynar and the First Men, Khaleesi of Great Grass Sea, Breaker of Shackles, and Mother of Dragons," cried Missandei in her high, sweet voice.

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 brave man slays with a sword, the craven with a wineskin. We are both kingslayers, ser.

George R.R. Martin

I'm not afraid to die." It was only half a lie.

Men will always underestimate you and their pride will make them want to vanquish you quickly, lest it be said that a woman tried them sorely.- Ser Godwin

It's the loneliness of people trapped within themselves. The loneliness of people who have said the wrong thing so often that they don't have the courage to say anything anymore.

My uncle always said that it was the sword in a man's hand that determined his wroth, not the one between his legs. - Arianne