Steven Brust Quotes

A person's fears are lighter when the danger is at hand.

The question is always the same with a dragon: will he talk with you or will he eat you?

I think to be courageous, you have to be afraid. For me, it feels very courageous when I go skiing because I'm very, very afraid to ski. It's dangerous! I feel very scared. But when I'm acting, I don't feel very scared.

The person who runs away exposes himself to that very danger more than a person who sits quietly.

I believe in tackling things you're afraid of.

When the danger is great, one must not run away.

I think it's good that I get scared because, if you never get scared, you don't have any need for guts.

Dad never demonstrated any fear, although my sisters and I lived in terror he’d be killed by an assassin.

You don't know what bravery is until you overcome fear.

Bravery is not the absence of fear, it is overcoming it.

Courage, contrary to popular belief, is not the absence of fear. Courage is the wisdom to act in spite of fear.

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

The timid and fearful cannot defend liberty -- or anything else.

Fear is part of the process. If you weren't scared, you'd be in trouble.

Remember that the more you know, the less you fear.

Scared is the price brave people pay to enjoy lives that make history.

You can't have bravery without fear...

Fear is a part of everything you do ... You have to take great risks to get big rewards.

Courage is one step ahead of fear.

You remember that I told you it was safer not to know. But,' he went on, as his hands moved wuth their sure and practiced motion, 'I will tell you just a little, because you were so very brave.' Brave?' Annemarie asked, surprised. 'No, I wasn't. I was very frightened.' You risked your life.' But I didn't even think about that! I was only thinking of-' He interrupted her,smiling. 'That's all that brave means-not thinking about the dangers. Just thinking about what you must do. Of course you were frightened. I was too, today. But you kept your mind on what you had to do. So did I.

Everything is dangerous to him that is afraid of it.

Fear invites danger; concealed cowards insult known ones.

Compared to the coward that never made the attempt, he is a hero.

Fear never wrote a symphony or poem, negotiated a peace treaty, or cured a disease. Fear never pulled a family out of poverty or a country out of bigotry. Fear never saved a marriage or a business. Courage did that. Faith did that. People who refused to consult or cower to their timidities did that. But fear itself? Fear herds us into a prison and slams the doors. Wouldn't it be great to walk out?

Before putting yourself in peril, it is necessary to foresee and fear it; but when one is there, nothing remains but to despise it.