Ally Carter Quotes

Remember that all the others are more afraid than you

When you teach them-teach them not to fear. Fear is good in small amounts, but when it is a constant, pounding companion, it cuts away at who you are and makes it hard to do what you know is right.

Courage is... the knowledge of how to fear what ought to be feared and how not to fear what ought not to be feared.

If I'm afraid of something, I'll deal with it and get past it.

I don't operate on fear, and I don't let fear control me.

Fear is a reaction. Courage is a decision.

Things are not bad in themselves, but our cowardice makes them so.

Bravery does not mean being fearless. It means to be full of fear but still not being dominated by it.

To live with fear and not be afraid is the final test of maturity.

Pain is fear, and I'm not afraid.

A warrior never worries about his fear.

Courage is not the absence of fear, but the mastery of it.

Courageous people feel the same fear everyone else does, they just decide to not be afraid anymore.

Courage is just fear, plus prayers, plus understanding.

Courage is a special kind of knowledge: the knowledge of how to fear what ought to be feared and how not to fear what ought not to be feared.

I am pretty fearless, and you know why? Because I don't handle fear very well; I'm not a good terrified person.

The way you conquer fear is to feel it all the way, and then you'll find out that there's nothing there - it's just emotion.

Courage is knowing what not to fear.

That's part of your life lesson to be afraid. The bigger question is how you deal with being afraid. Do you have to summon courage or something else to live with that fear without letting it take you over?

We must stop feeling fear.

Fear is a powerful beast. But we can learn to ride it.

Courage has to do with controlling fear and it seems to me that focus has a way of overcoming anxiety.

Being scared is normal. My technique for erasing it is facing it. Be afraid and brave. Be nervous and courageous. The first few minutes of being scared is your test to see if you're really serious about reaching a goal. Push through anxiety and come out victorious. Fear is just a test. Honor the feeling. Know it's there. Know it's temporary. Face it to erase it.

Now, don't be angry after you've been afraid. That's the worst kind of cowardice.

A man that is afraid is never a man.