Veronica Roth Quotes

Most people are weak and frightened, and run from anything which could be upsetting. Most people, also, are takers and not givers.

Being brave is not as easy as it looks.

I think we all have empathy. We may not have enough courage to display it.

I know what real courage is, and I understand true compassion.

It's not brave to do something that doesn't scare you.

Sometimes I think everyone is just pretending to be brave, and none of us really are. Maybe pretending is how you get brave, I don't know.

Fear is the raw material from which courage is manufactured. Without it, we wouldn't even know what it means to be brave.

Courage and compassion are two sides of the same coin. Compassion without courage is not genuine. You may have a compassionate thought or impulse, but if you don’t do or say anything, it’s not real compassion.

The longer human beings exist, it seems, the less likely we are to choose to be brave.

You cannot be brave without fear.

We can't be brave without fear.

One thing I know for sure: it is only by doing what we fear that we can ever truly learn to be brave.

I'm fascinated how often and with what whole-heartedness people will risk their lives to perform acts of courage, sacrifice, and compassion for total strangers.

From caring comes courage.

Woman and men of retiring timidity are cowardly only in dangers which affect themselves, but the first to rescue when others are in danger.

You have to be brave when you've got a kid.

Some people are cowards... I think by and large a third of people are villains, a third are cowards, and a third are heroes. Now, a villain and a coward can choose to be a hero, but they've got to make that choice.

Courage is managing fear to accomplish what you want to accomplish. And it's a great demonstration of love. It's really what love is. It's finding areas in which other people are more important than you.

Courage without compassion can wreak havoc on our civilization.

Tell my friends to be brave and fearless and loyal to the great common people.

I don't think I am hero material.

You've got to be brave.

I believe that you have to live a life that involves both courage and compassion.

Courage comes by being brave; fear comes by holding back.

Yes, I am imperfect and vulnerable and sometimes afraid, but that doesn't change the truth that I am also brave and worthy of love and belonging.