Piers Anthony Quotes

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

Bravery is feeling fear but doing the thing anyway.

Courage, after all, is not being unafraid, but doing what needs to be done in spite of fear.

The whole point of courage, to overcome your fear. That's the interesting thing, when courage bleeds through the fear.

Courage is not the lack of fear. It is acting in spite of it.

Courage isn't just a matter of not being frightened, you know. It's being afraid and doing what you have to do anyway.

Courage is a fickle creature. Just as you need it, it often makes excuses and rushes out of the room.

There's no shame in fear. But understand this - the coward is ruled by fear, while the hero rides it like a wild stallion.

Courage is the complement of fear. A man who is fearless cannot be courageous. [He is also a fool.]

Courage is doing something despite the fear, and I've worked hard on being a courageous person.

That's what courage is. If she weren't scared, she wouldn't need courage in the first place." -Jo

Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear.

I'll tell you what bravery really is. Bravery is just determination to do a job that you know has to be done.

Scared is what you're feeling. Brave is what you're doing.

Courage is not the absence of fear; it is the making of action in spite of fear.

Being brave doesn't mean never being afraid, you know. It means going for it anyway because you know it's the right thing to do.

Being brave doesn't mean you aren't scared. Being brave means you are scared, really scared, badly scared, and you do the right thing anyway.

Fear is a reaction. Courage is a decision.

The sea hates a coward.

What man is such a coward he would not rather fall once than remain forever tottering?

Courage is being afraid - and going ahead, anyway.

I was a coward. I went to the war.

It is scary, sometimes, Tomas admitted. But the scary bits are what make you brave.

Before I knew you, I thought brave was not being afraid. You've taught me that bravery is being terrified and doing it anyway.

Cowards falter, but danger is often overcome by those who nobly dare.