Emilie Autumn Quotes

I think the beauty of the writing of 'Game of Thrones' is not that the characters are fearless; it's how they overcome their fear, you know?

I think to be courageous, you have to be afraid. For me, it feels very courageous when I go skiing because I'm very, very afraid to ski. It's dangerous! I feel very scared. But when I'm acting, I don't feel very scared.

It is vain for the coward to flee; death follows close behind; it is only by defying it that the brave escape.

True courage is being afraid, and going ahead and doing your job anyhow, that's what courage is.

We cannot banish dangers, but we can banish fears. We must not demean life by standing in awe of death.

You don't know what bravery is until you overcome fear.

You remember that I told you it was safer not to know. But,' he went on, as his hands moved wuth their sure and practiced motion, 'I will tell you just a little, because you were so very brave.' Brave?' Annemarie asked, surprised. 'No, I wasn't. I was very frightened.' You risked your life.' But I didn't even think about that! I was only thinking of-' He interrupted her,smiling. 'That's all that brave means-not thinking about the dangers. Just thinking about what you must do. Of course you were frightened. I was too, today. But you kept your mind on what you had to do. So did I.

Everything is dangerous to him that is afraid of it.

Between cowardice and despair, valour is gendred.

Whenever you're scared of something, don't let that define you. We all feel it, but step up.

Do the thing you fear most and the death of fear is certain.

Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.

I think if you play a character that is fearless, then it's boring. I think that's what was so incredible about Harrison Ford, is that he always seemed like he was never going to survive it, he's always scared, and yet he always does survive it somehow.

If you don't go towards the thing you fear, you won't be able to say you lived.

Courage consists not in blindly overlooking danger, but in seeing it, and conquering it.

A lot of people ask me when I do a stunt, 'Jackie, are you scared?' Of course I'm scared. I'm not Superman.

Courage - a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it.

True heroics, obviously, is not the absence of fear, but having that fear and doing something anyway.

It is better by noble boldness to run the risk of being subject to half the evils we anticipate than to remain in cowardly listlessness for fear of what might happen.

There are times when it is more courageous to be cowardly.

It is the perpetual dread of fear, the fear of fear, that shapes the face of a brave man.

Courage enlarges, cowardice diminishes resources. In desperate straits the fears of the timid aggravate the dangers that imperil the brave.

For me, it's not necessarily interesting to play a strong, fearless woman. It's interesting to play a woman who is terrified and then overcomes that fear. It's about the journey. Courage is not the absence of fear, it's overcoming it.

I've been absolutely terrified every moment of my life - and I've never let it keep me from doing a single thing I wanted to do.

I tend to think you're fearless when you recognize why you should be scared of things, but do them anyway.