Mark Lawrence Quotes

Do not run away, it is cowardice.

I'm proof against that word failure. I've seen behind it. The only failure a man ought to fear is failure of cleaving to the purpose he sees to be best.

I have a very distinct goal all the time that I'm working toward, and I love the way it makes me live.

The world has the habit of making room for the man whose actions show that he knows where he is going.

Fear has nothing to do with cowardice. A fellow is only yellow when he lets his fear make him quit.

What mankind wants is not talent; it is purpose.

I'm certainly never running away from the Seekers again.

Nice guys do not finish last. Last place is for the cowards and those too full of fear to take action.

Cowards hide [...] but warriors lie and wait [...] the only difference is whether you're motivated by fear or purpose.

A coward may cover the ground with his words but when the time comes to fight he runs away.

Love appears and says: "You think you're heading towards a specific point, but the whole justification for the goal's existence lies in your love for it. Rest a little,but as soon as you can, get up and carry on. Because ever since your goal found out that you were traveling toward it, it has been running to meet you.

A hero can be afraid, but a hero never runs away.

A hero is someone who simply got too frightened to use his good sense and run away, then somehow lived through it all.

I was here for a reason. There was something I was meant not simply to be, but to do- and it wasn't to run or hide or give up the minute things seemed terrifying and impossible.

A man that runs away may fight again.

She walked fast, to keep ahead of her fear.

What? You run? Coward! Stand still and die!” Percy had no intention of doing that.

You develop courage by acting courageously whenever you feel like acting otherwise.

When danger reared its ugly head, he bravely turned his tail and fled.

Even when I jog, I need a place to get to.

You need to realise that you must have something to aim for, something to drive you.

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

I definitely think cheerleaders have no fear.

I'm driven. I am. I'm driven for some reason. But I don't know where I'm going.

If we know where we want to go, then even a stony road is bearable.