#braver

Mission motto, sir," said Carrot cheerfully. "Morituri Nolumus Mori. Rincewind suggested it." "I imagine he did," said Lord Vetinari, observing the wizard coldly. "And would you care to give us a colloquial translation, Mr Rincewind?" "Er..." Rincewind hesitated, but there really was no escape. "Er... roughly speaking, it means, 'We who are about to die don't want to', sir. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#cowardice #humor #parody #imagination

Destiny's what you make of it. You have to face whatever life throws at you. ↗

— Darren Shan

#destiny #life #life

She was afraid, and the afraid, she realized, sought opportunities for bravery in love. ↗

— Lorrie Moore

#love #life

You get that one chance; and damn it, you’ve got to take it! If there’s one lesson I know I will take with me for eternity, its that there are those things that might happen only once, those chances that come walking down the street, strolling out of a café; if you don’t let go and take them, they really could get away! We can get so washed out with a mindset of entitlement– the universe will do everything for us to ensure our happiness– that we forget why we came here! We came here to grab, to take, to give, to have! Not to wait! Nobody came here to wait! So, what makes anyone think that destiny will keep on knocking over and over again? It could, but what if it doesn’t? You go and you take the chance that you get; even if it makes you look stupid, insane, or whorish! Because it just might not come back again. You could wait a lifetime to see if it will...but I don’t think you should. ↗

— C. JoyBell C.

#chances #courage #inspirational-life #inspirational-quotes #take-the-first-chance

A little reckless bravery may end up saving your life. ↗

— Henry Chancellor

#bravery #life #saving #true #life

If something is wrong, it matters not if a thousand men are for it; you must still oppose it. If something is just, no amount of popular outcry should stay you from your course. ↗

— Terry Goodkind

#morality #truth #men

Don't be afraid of being scared. To be afraid is a sign of common sense. Only complete idiots are not afraid of anything. ↗

— Carlos Ruiz Zafón

#bravery #common-sense #fear #idiots #scared

The bravest person I know is afraid of the dark. She sleeps with a night lamp always, but if her friends are threatened? She suddenly thinks she's a bear twelve feet tall and attacks whoever scared her friends. ↗

— Tamora Pierce

#daja #fear #friends #sandry #bravery

Most civilisation is based on cowardice. It's so easy to civilize by teaching cowardice. You water down the standards which would lead to bravery. You restrain the will. You regulate the appetites. You fence in the horizons. You make a law for every movement. You deny the existence of chaos. You teach even the children to breathe slowly. You tame. ↗

— Frank Herbert

#civilisation #cowardice #law #cowardice

I am quite possibly the world's bravest coward. I have never backed down from backing down from a fight. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#cowardice #cowardice