Veronica Roth Quotes

The great contributors in life are those who, though afraid of the knock at the door, still answer it.

Fear is the root of all courage.

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

If one is willing to do a thing he is afraid to do, he does not have to ... face a situation fearlessly, and if there is no situation to face; it falls away of its own weight.

I'm not afraid and these 15 days convinced me there is nothing to fear. Let them be afraid instead.

I say, 'Be brave. Do it even if your ankles shake, because they will.'

My biggest fear is fear itself. I never want to be afraid of doing something I want.

I'm a courageous person because I'm a scared person.

it is only courage on the path itself that makes the path appear

Courage in the path is what makes the path manifest itself.

I think it takes a lot to put oneself in a place where, you know, that thing about "Feel the fear and do it anyway." You wonder what the driving force is that makes you want to do that and not just stay in a safer place.

Fearless is not the absence of fear. Fearless is living in spite of those things that scare you.

A man that is afraid is never a man.

Beneath every excuse lies a fear. Practice being fearless.

The sea hates a coward.

I don't feel particularly courageous.

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

The next time you encounter fear, consider yourself lucky. This is where the courage comes in. Usually we think that brave people have no fear. The truth is that they are intimate with fear. When I was first married, my husband said I was one of the bravest people he knew. When I asked him why, he said because I was a complete coward but went ahead and did things anyhow.

Though I walk through the valley of death I will fear no evil, for I am the evilest motherfucker in the valley

It needs courage to be afraid.

Fearlessness isn't a place your reach. It's a commitment you make.

Courage is not the absence of fear. Courage is the recognition that some things are more important than fear - and what's more important to me is faith.

You just have to throw fear out the window. If there's anything that's going to hold you back, it's fear.

For all the courage that we never had, I'm just about glad.

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