George R. R. Martin Quotes

Patience is the strongest of strong drinks; for it kills the giant despair.

Even in the winter, in the midst of the storm, the sun is still there. Somewhere above the clouds, it still shines and warms and pulls at the life buried deep inside the brown branches and frozen earth.

Life is made for the strong. There is no mercy in it for the weak– none...Such is the tragedy of desire.

In spite of all the dishonour, the broken standards, the broken lives, The broken faith in one place or another, There was something left that was more than the tales Of old men on winter evenings.

Gird your hearts with silent fortitude, suffering yet hoping all things.

Real gold fears no fire.

Though weary, it is not tired: though pressed it is not straightened; though alarmed, it is not confounded; but as a living flame it forces itself upwards and securely passes through all.

Be strong, be brave, be true. Endure.

I always, always got to be the last man standing.

A gentleman can live through anything.

Patience is the strength of the weak, impatience is the weakness of the strong.

When we feel weak, all we have to do is wait a little while. The spring returns and the winter snows melt and fill us with new energy.

Valor consists in the power of self-recovery, so that a man cannot have his flank turned, cannot be out-generalled, but put him where you will, he stands.

Never flinch, never weary, never despair.

I believe man will not merely endure, he will prevail...because he has a spirit capable of compassion and sacrifice and endurance.

The place where you made your stand never mattered. Only that you were there... and still on your feet.

Endurance is nobler than strength, and patience than beauty.

In the depth of winter I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer.

We all survive more than we think we can.

Endurance is the crowning quality, And patience all the passion of great hearts.

Nothing and no one can destroy the Chinese people. They are relentless survivors.

The strong manly ones in life are those who understand the meaning of the word patience.

‘Only what we could carry’ was the rule. So we carried strength, dignity, and soul.

I just want people to know that they can make it through hard times like I did.