Jeannette Walls Quotes

Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.

It's all right to be afraid. You just don't let it stop you from doing your job.

I'm constantly scared. I'm constantly fearful of what's to come and people don't realize that just because you're doing something doesn't mean that you're fearless but you get up every day and you do it. It takes a lot of courage to be real.

Face your fears or they will climb over your back.

The beautiful thing about fear is that when you run to it, it runs away.

That's the way to go. People say: 'Oh, he doesn't want to come back, he's scared,' and it's to play with your brain, to play with your mind. I'm not scared of nobody. I'm not scared of no human being. I'm scared to fight, every time I fight I'm scared, but I'll bite into my mouthpiece and I'll walk the walk.

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

Succeed in not fearing the lion, and the lion will fear you.

I have to keep facing the darkness. If I stand tall and face the thing I fear, I have a chance to conquer it. If I just keep dodging and hiding it will conquer me.

I think people think they're not brave if they're frightened, and that's not true at all.

I said, "I do not fear those pants with nobody inside them." I said, and said, and said those words. I said them but I lied them.

I'm not sure why I've decided to do this. I'm not any stronger than I was, and nothing else has changed. But all the same, this time I'm not going to run away. It's okay to feel weak sometimes. It's okay to be afraid. The important thing is that we face our fears. That's what makes us strong."-Yuki

I don't feel particularly courageous.

I understood about fear. And I knew better than anyone in that room what Mouse was capable of. But still I had been raised in a place where to show your fear was worse than cowardice. It was suicide, a sin.

Coward dogs most spend their mouths when what they seem to threaten runs far before them.

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.

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.

Fear is the mind-killer.

Only a fool is never afraid, Frank. Heroes are the people who carry on despite their fear, because they know the job’s got to get done

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

The minute we look, we cease being afraid.

Fear is a weakness. It makes a person lose her nerve and her cool. It makes people jumpy and organizations nervous, and when that happens, there is always a chance to take advantage.

You can't have bravery without fear...

...I started to realize how many great things could happen by confronting the things that scare you most.

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