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Why Slytherin Should Not Be Used To Classify Every Bad Person

A think Piece by Me

(Before I begin please don’t take this too seriously, it is merely a bit of light hearted fun on my part. It’s only a half-serious discussion;) If you aren’t interested in this post, no offense taken, but if you like to be sorted into Hogwarts houses please scroll to the end for info!)

Why Slytherin Should Not Be Used To Classify Every Bad Person- A Think Piece by Me

It’s not uncommon in the world of the Harry Potter fandom to see Slytherin hurled as an insult to various members of the community or celebrities when they are seen as bad people. While it’s true that many of the traits embodied by the Slytherin House can lend themselves to evil acts, it’s not quite as simple as that. Hagrid tells Harry “There's not a single witch or wizard who went bad who wasn't in Slytherin.” However, this statement is disproven by the existence of Peter Pettigrew (Gryffindor), Gilderoy Lockhart (Ravenclaw), and Professor Quirell (Ravenclaw).

Many of you have heard this before. It’s been stated and restated in a million different ways. I know some of you not in the Slytherin House are rolling your eyes. And yes, this is not an important matter considering all that’s going on in the world. You’ll hear no arguments from me there. However, I enjoy writing and I need something to distract myself, and also I’m sick and tired of reading Slytherin as an insult to every bad person in the world.

That being said, if you don’t want to read because you find this silly, then scroll on. I get it. But if you do want a bit of a distraction in the form of a light hearted tumblr post, then please continue reading.

1. Villains of the Harry Potter Universe

Hagrid’s statement to Harry about Slytherin, wasn’t completely true. Hagrid would not have been wrong had he amended his statement and said “The majority of bad witches and wizards come from Slytherin.” That statement would have been 100% true- a majority of Harry Potter villains do come from Slytherin.

“So what’s the big deal then?” You ask. “Why can’t we just keep calling people we view as villains, Slytherin?”

Well for starters, not every villain in Harry Potter was a Slytherin. As I mentioned previously, Petter Pettigrew was a Gryffindor, and Lockhart and Quirrell were both Ravenclaws. Why does that matter? Because....

2. People are not one dimensional

Before we launch into that, let’s discuss sorting. Sorting is a way for assigning individuals with certain personality traits a “house” where they can share a community with other similar individuals. Gryffindors are said to value courage, bravery, and chivalry. Ravenclaws value intelligence, learning, and wit. Hufflepuff value hard work, patience, and loyalty. Slytherins value ambition, determination, and cunning.

“Yes, we know.” You say, “Get on with it.”

I bring up the House traits and sorting for a reason. Most criminal or villainous acts have motives. Motives, like ogres and onions, have layers. Let’s look at an example.

A man rides into battle, and because he is such a great warrior, he is able to slaughter a hundred of his enemies. Is this a villainous act?

Your answer would most likely depend on what side you’re on. To the man’s side, he is a hero and just in his action. To his enemies’ side he is a monster, a murderer. What house would we sort him into?

Maybe you’ll say that he’s a Gryffindor for his courage in battle. Perhaps you’ll consider if this was a strategic, intelligent move and you’ll classify him as a Ravenclaw. Maybe you’ll consider if this man rode into battle for his loyalty, or the ideals of justice that would make him a Hufflepuff. Or maybe you’ll consider him a Slytherin for his determination and cunning strategy to defeat his enemies.

Human beings have depth. All Gryffindors are not only brave, just as Slytherins are not only ambitious. All of these traits make up human personalities, and all people at some time or another have utilized these traits. Slytherins have been hardworking and loyal, Gryffindors have been smart, Hufflepuffs have been cunning, and Ravenclaws have been brave. People are not just one thing.

“Yes we know this too. Why is that relevant?”

Because....

3. You must consider the motives

Bad or villainous acts are definitely perspective based, but if we’re going to look at someone we’ve determined to be a villain, we must examine their motives. Arguably, yes, on the surface Slytherin House traits seem to lend themselves towards more villainous acts if you focus on the negative connotations of their valued traits. Someone who is power hungry would use cunning and ambition to climb to the top, but they would also be hard working, intelligent, and brave.

So yes, these are personality traits, but they aren’t motives. Why am I hammering this in? Let’s take a look at our non-Slytherin villains.

Peter Pettigrew is a Gryffindor coward. He does what he does because of this cowardice. But none of the houses value cowardice, and his own house is the antithesis of cowardice. So if Pettigrew is a coward, why is he in Gryffindor? You could argue that it’s because he values bravery the most. Perhaps because he never had it, he covets it more than anything, and places bravery on a pedestal. The truth of it is, it doesn’t matter what his house is. Pettigrew is a coward, which leads him to team up with the bad guy and commit crimes out of fear. He’s a villain not because of his house, but because of his crime. Because of his motives.

Lockhart is a Ravenclaw who takes other people’s knowledge and achievements for himself so he can have fame and fortune. He isn’t capable of doing these things himself mentally or physically, so he steals the work of others. He utilized his intelligence to get away with this crime, cunning to figure out plans, hard work to maintain his lies, and one could argue courage to do something so risky. Villain? Yes. Slytherin? No.

Quirrell is also a Ravenclaw. He hides himself behind an unthreatening facade to do his master’s evil bidding. It can be assumed that he shares Voldemort’s ideals and wants the power promised to him from his service. Again, you would find that he would have to utilize a multitude of various house traits to pull this off, but he’s still not a Slytherin.

See what I mean? Traits are the how. They are the reason something gets done. They are utilized to carry out an action. But motives are the reason why. Motives defy Hogwarts House classification, not only because they are so layered, but because......

4. Traits have no moral alignment

Ambition is not inherently good or bad. Neither is cunning. Determination is hardly ever classified as something negative. Ambition is an environmentalist saving the environment, a black politician climbing the ranks to bring change to their community, or women banding together to demand change. Cunning is figuring out the best way to distribute funds various organizations, deciding on the best strategy to implement free birth control, or solving the water crisis through vigorous strategy. Determination is fighting constantly for these changes, it’s grit, never giving up on what you know is right.

Any personality trait or ideal can become negative and can be abused. Intelligence can be used to keep a group of people in poverty. Bravery can be someone running into a crowd with a gun. Justice can be a murder. Villains do not think that their actions are wrong. They idealize them, thinking that killing someone of a different race is justice just because they could have harmed that person. Racists often believe they are just for hating people of a different race.

Traits are not good or bad, nor are they defining of a person. Our above mentioned villains often utilized traits that were not valued by their house to commit their acts, but that didn’t make them belong any less to the house they were sorted into.

Again.....

5. Defining an act as good or bad is more complicated than that

Evil is a hard thing to define in the world. There is so much that goes into determining if something is evil or if someone is bad. Motives, societal moral belief, and personal ideals are just a few concepts that shape what we determine to be good or bad. That’s not to say people don’t have set things they believe are evil. I have those too. However, it would be impossible to settle on a universal definition of an evil act that everyone agreed with.

As I stated earlier, perspective is a huge factor in determining the moral impact of an action. Our enemies think our acts evil, while our friends agree that our acts are good. These acts themselves defy Hogwarts House classification. It is the person’s personality and beliefs that should classify them in a house. Not just whether they are a villain or hero in our eyes.

So why is this whole argument relevant?

Because it’s annoying as a Slytherin to see every bad person sorted by people into your house. Yes it’s a stupid thing to be annoyed with, but for a lot of Harry Potter fans, a huge source of enjoyment comes from the community of your house. Being able to identify and bond with others over your shared house creates a sense of community. It also helps many people understand themselves, just as personality quizzes do. Sure it may be meaningless in the “real world,” but it helps you learn about yourself and have fun.

Yes there is no Hogwarts, and the houses don’t mean anything in real life. But they do in our community and fandom. It’s time for us to intellectually grow and start to discuss people and villains in terms of overarching personality. You won’t hear me arguing that a majority of them may come from Slytherin. However, it’s time for us to take back our house, and it’s time for Slytherins to be given respect.

We are not all evil, we are not all bad. Our valued traits can be used for as much good as any other house traits. Evil people and evil acts do not just have to be Slytherins by default. It’s 2020 and Slytherin is no longer a bad word. We are ambitious as hell, ferocious, and badass. But we are not villains.

Thank you for listening to my Slytherin-positive rants, I really needed to write something out today. Nobody take this too seriously, it’s just a think piece. I hope that you all are and continue to be well:)

On the sorting that I do: If you would like to be sorted, all you have to do is message me and say you’re interested. I don’t require any information other than “I want to be sorted.” I will send you a questionnaire, and you will message me back your answers. I really like to do in-depth sorting, so most of them will be long. I do people of all ages. I don’t post results of sorting, they are kept between us in private messages, so you can be brutally honest about your answers. However, if you’d like me to make a post, I will with an edited version that removes anything private. I love to do sorting and I hope to hear from you guys soon.

On the writing that I do: I also love to write. I will take fanfic requests, questions, and think piece topics. If you have any questions about which fandoms I write for check my bio for a short list, or just send me a message! Chances are I’ve probably watched or read whatever it is enough to write about it!

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200 Harry Potter Prompts

Let me preface with this: I love the Harry Potter series, both the books and the movies and have shared both with my son; HOWEVER I don’t support the things that JK Rowling has been saying recently. I refuse to let her transphobia destroy something I love so I propose we take back these quotes from the characters we love and make as many of them as gay as we possibly can. Fuck you JK

1 “Nitwit! Blubber! Oddment! Tweak!” —Albus Dumbledore

2 “No post on Sundays.” —Vernon Dursley

3 “You’re a little scary sometimes, you know that? Brilliant … but scary.” —Ron Weasley

4 “It does not do well to dwell on dreams and forget to live.” —Albus Dumbledore

5 “Honestly, don’t you two read?” —Hermione Granger

6 “Why couldn’t it be ‘follow the butterflies’?” —Ron Weasley

7 “Never trust anything that can think for itself if you can’t see where it keeps its brain.” —Arthur Weasley

8 “It is our choices, NAME, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.” —Albus Dumbledore

9 “I solemnly swear that I am up to no good.” —Harry Potter

10 “Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.” —Albus Dumbledore

11 “I don’t go looking for trouble, trouble usually finds me.” —Harry Potter

12 “The ones that love us never really leave us.” —Sirius Black

13 “What’s comin’ will come, an’ we’ll meet it when it does.” —Rubeus Hagrid

14 “Soon we must all face the choice between what is right and what is easy.” —Albus Dumbledore

15 “I am what I am, an’ I’m not ashamed.” —Rubeus Hagrid

16 “It matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be.” —Albus Dumbledore

17 “Twitchy little ferret, aren’t you, NAME?” —Hermione Granger

18 “You’re just as sane as I am.” —Luna Lovegood

19 “I mean, it’s sort of exciting, isn’t it, breaking the rules?” —Hermione Granger

20 “Give him/her hell from us, NAME.” —Fred and George Weasley

21 “We’ve all got both light and dark inside us. What matters is the part we choose to act on.” —Sirius Black

22 “Just because you have the emotional range of a teaspoon doesn’t mean we all have.” —Hermione Granger

23 “Things we lose have a way of coming back to us in the end, if not always in the way we expect.” —Luna Lovegood

24 “Let us step out into the night and pursue that flighty temptress, adventure.” —Albus Dumbledore

25 “Wit beyond measure is man’s greatest treasure.” —Rowena Ravenclaw’s diadem

26 “Every human life is worth the same, and worth saving.” —Kingsley Shacklebolt

27 “It is the quality of one’s convictions that determines success, not the number of followers.” —Remus Lupin

28 “Not my son/daughter, you bitch!” —Molly Weasley

29 “You’ll stay with me?” “Until the very end.” —Harry and James Potter

30 “Of course it’s happening inside your head, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?” —Albus Dumbledore

31 “To the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure.” —Albus Dumbledore

32 “Time will not slow down when something unpleasant lies ahead." — Harry Potter

33 “If you want to know what a man’s like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals." — Sirius Black

34 “It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends." — Albus Dumbledore

35 “It is the unknown we fear when we look upon death and darkness, nothing more." — Albus Dumbledore

36 “You think the dead we loved ever truly leave us? You think that we don’t recall them more clearly than ever in times of great trouble?" — Albus Dumbledore

37 “Numbing the pain for a while will make it worse when you finally feel it.” — Albus Dumbledore

38 “The truth. It is a beautiful and terrible thing, and should therefore be treated with great caution.'" — Albus Dumbledore

39 “Fear of a name only increases fear of the thing itself." — Hermione Granger

40 “I’ll be in my bedroom, making no noise and pretending I’m not there." — Harry Potter

41 “When in doubt, go to the library." — Ron Weasley

42 “Honestly, if you were any slower, you’d be going backward." — Draco Malfoy

43 “Mischief Managed!" — Harry Potter

44 “We are only as strong as we are united, as weak as we are divided." — Albus Dumbledore

45 “Your devotion is nothing more than cowardice. You would not be here if you had anywhere else to go." — Voldemort

46 “Curiosity is not a sin…. But we should exercise caution with our curiosity… yes, indeed." — Albus Dumbledore

47 “Differences of habit and language are nothing at all if our aims are identical and our hearts are open." — Albus Dumbledore

48 “The thing about growing up with NAME (and NAME) is that you sort of start thinking anything's possible if you've got enough nerve.'" — Ginny Weasley

49 “Indifference and neglect often do much more damage than outright dislike." — Albus Dumbledore

50 “NAME says people find it far easier to forgive others for being wrong than being right." — Hermione Granger

51 “Once again, you show all the sensitivity of a blunt axe." — Nearly Headless Nick

52 “Age is foolish and forgetful when it underestimates youth." — Albus Dumbledore

53 “No, NAME, you listen,” (pause) “We're coming with you. That was decided months ago — years, really.'" —Hermione Granger

54 “Words are, in my not-so-humble opinion, our most inexhaustible source of magic. Capable of both inflicting injury, and remedying it." ― Albus Dumbledore

55 “Do not pity the dead, NAME. Pity the living, and, above all those who live without love. “-– Albus Dumbledore

56 “Anything’s possible if you’ve got enough nerve.” – Ginny Weasley

57 “For in dreams we enter a world that is entirely our own.” – Albus Dumbledore

58 “We’re all going to keep fighting, NAME. You know that?” – Neville Longbottom

59 “I am not worried, NAME … I am with you.” – Albus Dumbledore

60 “Celebrity is as celebrity does, remember that.” – Gilderoy Lockhart

61 “Parents shouldn’t leave their kids unless —unless they’ve got to.” – Harry Potter

62 “Greatness inspires envy, envy engenders spite, spite spawns lies.” – Lord Voldemort

63 “Killing is not so easy as the innocent believe.” – Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince

64 “What's life without a little risk?" — Sirius Black

65 “There were near misses, many of them. We laughed about them afterwards. We were young, thoughtless — carried away with our own cleverness.” – Remus Lupin

66 “You care so much you feel as though you will bleed to death with the pain of it.” – Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

67 “You will also find that help will always be given at PLACE to those who ask for it.” – Albus Dumbledore

68 “I mean, you could claim that anything’s real if the only basis for believing in it is that nobody’s proved it doesn’t exist!” – Hermione Granger

69 “To have been loved so deeply, even though the person who loved us is gone, will give us some protection forever." — Albus Dumbledore

70 “Though we may come from different places, and speak in different tongues, our hearts beat as one." — Albus Dumbledore

71 “Always.” — Severus Snape

72 “Differences of habit and language are nothing at all if our aims are identical and our hearts are open.” — Albus Dumbledore

73 “It is important to fight and fight again, and keep fighting, for only then can evil be kept at bay though never quite eradicated.” — Albus Dumbledore

74 “Dark times lie ahead of us and there will be a time when we must choose between what is easy and what is right.” — Albus Dumbledore

75 “Time is making us fools again." — Albus Dumbledore

76 “I sometimes find, and I am sure you know the feeling, that I simply have too many thoughts and memories crammed into my mind.” — Albus Dumbledore

77 “The consequences of our actions are always so complicated, so diverse, that predicting the future is a very difficult business indeed.” — Albus Dumbledore

78 “I just feel so ... angry, all the time., and what if after everything I've been through, something's gone wrong inside me. What if I'm becoming bad?" — Harry Potter

79 “Tut, tut — fame clearly isn’t everything.” — Severus Snape

80 “Well, it may have escaped your notice, but life isn’t fair.” — Severus Snape

81 “Ah, yes,” he/she said softly, “NAME. Our new — celebrity.” — Severus Snape

82 ““I wish … I wish I were dead …” “And what use would that be to anyone?” — Severus Snape & Albus Dumbledore

83 “You don’t want me as your enemy, NAME.” — Severus Snape

84 “DON’T . . . CALL ME COWARD!” — Severus Snape

85 “Look . . . at . . . me . . . “ — Severus Snape

86 “Then you should have died! Died, rather than betray your friends, as we would have done for you." — Sirius Black

87 “NAME was a brave, clever, and energetic man/woman, and such men/women are not usually content to sit at home in hiding while they believe others to be in danger." — Albus Dumbledore

88 “Like the fact that the person NAME cared for the most about in the world was you.” — Albus Dumbledore

89 “You don’t understand — there are things worth dying for!” — Sirius Black

90 “Well, [bad] times like that bring out the best in some people and the worst in others.” — Sirius Black

91 “Oh, I’ve interrupted a deep thought, haven’t I? I can see it growing smaller in your eyes.” — Luna Lovegood

92 “I sleepwalk, you see. That’s why I wear shoes to bed.” — Luna Lovegood

93 “He/She doesn’t think you treated him:her very well, because you wouldn’t dance with him/her. I don’t think I’d have minded. I don’t like dancing very much.” — Luna Lovegood

94 “Come, daddy, NAME doesn't want to talk to us right now. He's/She’s just too polite to say it.” ~Luna Lovegood

95 “Being different isn't a bad thing. It means you're brave enough to be yourself.” - Luna Lovegood

96 “NAME, if brains were gold, you'd be poorer than NAME, and that's saying something.” — Draco Malfoy

97 “You foul, lying, evil little cockroach!” — Hermione Granger

98 “Oh, it was NAME, I was thinking about him and I lost track of things.” — Hermione Granger

99 “One person can’t feel all that at once, they’d explode.” — Hermione Granger

100 “It would be quite nice if you stopped jumping down our throats, NAME, because in case you haven’t noticed, NAME and I are on your side.” — Hermione Granger

101 “Next time there’s a ball, ask me before someone else does, and not as a last resort!” — Hermione Granger

102 “Very well spotted.” — Hermione Granger

103 “Always the tone of surprise.” — Hermione Granger

104 “Sometimes friendship means not having to say anything. Thank yous and apologies can sometimes get lost, but that doesn’t mean they’re unexpressed.” — Hermione Granger

105 “You’d think a bit of kissing would cheer him/her up.” — Ron Weasley

106 “And that's the second time we've saved your life tonight, you two-faced bastard!” — Ron Weasley

107 “I knew NAME was lying about that tattoo.” — Ron Weasley

108 “There's a time and a place for getting a smart mouth.” — Ron Weasley

109 “Oh, yeah, I borrowed it for a bit of bedtime reading.” — Ron Weasley

110 “What are you doing with all those books anyway?” — Ron Weasley

111 “Hang on a moment!” (said sharply) “We’ve forgotten someone!” — Ron Weasley

112 “I never really gave up on you. Not really." — Ginny Weasley

113 “It's okay NAME, it's alright. It doesn't matter." — Ginny Weasley

114 “People think they know all there is to know about you, but the best bits of you are ... heroic in really quiet ways." — Ginny Weasley

115 “Excuse me, but I care what happens to NAME as much as you do!” — Ginny Weasley

116 “Yeah, NAME, because you’re so talented ... at posing ...” — Ginny Weasley

117 “Forgot to brake, NAME, sorry.” — Ginny Weasley

118 “It’s for some stupid, noble reason, isn’t it?” — Ginny Weasley

119 “I never really gave up on you. Not really. I always hoped ... NAME told me to get on with life, maybe go out with some other people, relax a bit around you, because I never used to be able to talk if you were in the room, remember? And he/she thought you might take a bit more notice if I was a bit more — myself.” — Ginny Weasley

120 “There’s the silver lining I’ve been looking for.” — Ginny Weasley

121 “A good first impression can work wonders.” — Molly Weasley

122 “Beds empty! No note! Car gone-could have crashed-out of my mind with worry-did you care?” — Molly Weasley

123 “Where's the fun without a bit of risk?” — Fred Weasley

124 “You're joking, NAME! You are actually joking, NAME ... I don't think I've heard you joke since you were-“ — Fred Weasley

125 “What are we doing here? Has something gone wrong?” “Oh no, NAME,” [sarcastically.] “No, this is exactly where we wanted to end up.” — Ron and Fred Weasley

126 “Where is NAME?" "Still in the showers," "We think he’s/she's trying to drown himself.” — Harry Potter and Fred Weasley

127 “We thought we heard your dulcet tones." "You don't want to bottle up your anger like that, NAME, let it all out," “There might be a couple of people fifty miles away who didn't hear you.” — George and Fred Weasley

128 “I don't think you're a waste of space.” — Dudley Dursley

129 “Yeah, but coming from NAME that's like ‘I love you.’” — Harry Potter

130 “The point is, if we find out you’ve been horrible to NAME —” “— and make no mistake, we’ll hear about it.” — Arthur Weasley and Remus Lupin

131 “What you fear most of all is-fear.” —Remus Lupin

132 “There’s a bigger cause out there. It’s bigger than any of us here. But we stick together, all right? We stick together and look out for each other. Because you four are all I’ve got left. And I’m not going to see you die. Forever alive, all right? We’re not going to die." -Sirius Black

133 “Thought we were supposed to be friends? Best friends?” “We are, NAME.” — Severus Snape and Lily Potter

134 “NAME was scowling at him/her, but NAME refused to be judged by a cat.”

135 “I don’t know everything about life and marriage and happiness. But I do know what love is. And I do know that when love is real, and when love is in its strongest form, it is the most powerful thing on this earth. It kills, saves lives, heals wounds, and most of all, brings hope. That is what you have done for me, NAME. You have brought me hope." — James Potter

136 “I'm sorry too, that I will never know him/her ... but he/she will know why I died and I hope he/she will understand. I was trying to make a world in which he/she could live a happier life." — Remus Lupin

137 “I DON'T CARE! I'VE HAD ENOUGH, I'VE SEEN ENOUGH, I WANT OUT, I WANT IT TO END, I DON'T CARE ANYMORE!” — Harry Potter

138 “You do care. You care so much you feel as though you will bleed to death with the pain of it.” — Albus Dumbledore

139 “He/She must have known I'd want to leave you." “No, he/she must have known you would always want to come back.” — Ron Weasley and Harry Potter

140 “You think I'm a fool?" “No, I think you're like NAME, who would have regarded it as the height of dishonor to mistrust his/her friends.” — Harry Potter and Remus Lupin

141 “You’re less like your father/mother/etc than I thought. The risk would’ve been what made it fun for NAME.” — Sirius Black

142 “The battle is always the same, just with different chapters.”

143 “I will if you go out with me, NAME.” — James Potter

144 “Understanding is the first step to acceptance, and only with acceptance can there be recovery.” — Albus Dumbledore

145 “We must try not to sink beneath our anguish, NAME, but battle on." — Albus Dumbledore

146 “Eat, you'll feel better." — Remus Lupin

147 “Training for the ballet, NAME?” — Draco Malfoy

148 “You’re a fool, NAME, and you will lose everything.” — Voldemort

149 “There is no good and evil. There is only power, and those too weak to seek it.” — Voldemort

150 “What if I don't care?" “I care. How do you think I'd feel if this was your funeral ...and it was my fault ...” — Ginny Weasley and Harry Potter

151 “Greatness inspires envy, envy engenders spite, spite spawns lies.”

152 “I have seen your heart, and it is mine.” — Voldemort

153 “What is it about my presence in your home that displeases you, NAME?” “Nothing — nothing, my Lord!” “Such lies, NAME . . .” — Voldemort and Lucius Malfoy

154 “Come out, NAME ... come out and play, then it will be quick it might even be painless I would not know I have never died.” — Voldemort

155 “Do nothing! He's/She’s mine to finish! He's /She’s mine!” — Voldemort

156 “They never learn. Pity.” — Voldemort

157 “Invite him inside, NAME. Where are your manners?” — Voldemort

158 “As inspiring as I find your bloodlust, NAME, I must be the one to kill NAME.” — Voldemort

159 “Oh, he/she knows how to play, little bitty baby NAME.” — Bellatrix

160 “I don't like to be kept waiting!” — Bellatrix (Hermione)

161 “Ah, shut up, NAME, yeh great prune.” — Hagrid

162 “You think it - wise - to trust NAME with something as important as this?" “I would trust NAME with my life.” — McGonagall and Albus Dumbledore

163 “It unscrews the other way.” — Professor McGonagall

164 “They’re supposed to be, you blithering idiot.” — Professor McGonagall

165 “Don’t tell me what I can and can’t do, NAME." — Professor McGonagall

166 “"I – I didn't think –" “That is obvious." — Harry Potter and Professor McGonagall

167 “Why is it when something happens, it is always you three?” — Professor McGonagall

168 “NAME, that was foolish!" "He spat at you.” — Professor McGonagall and Harry Potter

169 “NAME – you're here! What –? How –?" — Professor McGonagall

170 “I didn't want anyone to talk to me.” "Well, that was a bit stupid of you.” — Harry Potter and Ginny Weasley

171 “Are you really giving us permission to do this?” “Yes, NAME.” “Blow it up? Boom?” “BOOM!” Neville Longbottom and Professor McGonagall

172 “That's the spirit, now away you go.” — Professor McGonagall

173 “NAME, take NAME with you. He/She looks far too happy over there.” — Professor McGonagall

174 “Do nothing? Offer him/her up as bait? NAME is a boy/girl/child! Not a piece of meat!” — Professor McGonagall

175 “That was bloody brilliant!” — Ron Weasley

176 “May I offer you a cough drop, NAME?” — Professor McGonagall

177 “Things at NAME are far worse than I feared." — Dolores Umbridge

178 “You know, I really hate children." — Dolores Umbridge

179 “I'm sure we're all going to be very good friends." — Dolores Umbridge

180 “The time has come for answers, whether he/she wants to give them or not." — Dolores Umbridge

181 “Deep down, you know that you deserve to be punished. Don't you, NAME?" — Dolores Umbridge

182 “I WILL have order!" — Dolores Umbridge

183 “What NAME doesn't know won't hurt him/her." — Dolores Umbridge

184 “As I told you NAME, naughty children deserve to be punished.” — Dolores Umbridge

185 “NAME, do something. Tell them I mean no harm.” “I'm sorry, NAME. But I must not tell lies.” — Harry Potter and Dolores Umbridge

186 “And that, boys/girls, is why you should never go on looks alone.”

187 “NAME, listen ...” [quietly] “I can’t be involved with you any more. We’ve got to stop seeing each other. We can’t be together.” “It’s for some stupid, noble reason, isn’t it?” — Harry Potter and Ginny Weasley

188 “It’s been like ... like something out of someone else’s life, these last few weeks with you. But I can’t ... we can’t ... I’ve got things to do alone now.” — Harry Potter

189 “When you have seen as much of life as I have, you will not underestimate the power of obsessive love."

190 “You are protected, in short, by your ability to love!” — Albus Dumbledore

191 “NAME’s man/woman through and through, aren’t you NAME?” “Yeah I am. Glad we straightened that out.”

192 “He/She accused me of being NAME’s man/woman through and through.” “How very rude of him/her.” “I told him/her I was.”

193 “He/She will only be gone from PLACE when none here are loyal to him/her.” — Harry Potter

194 “Working hard is important. But there is something that matters even more, believing in yourself.” — Harry Potter

195 “One can never have enough socks.” — Albus Dumbledore

196 “People find it far easier to forgive others for being wrong than right.” — Albus Dumbledore

197 “Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” — Albus Dumbledore

198 “The best of us sometimes eat our words.” — Albus Dumbledore

199 “Time will not slow down when something unpleasant lies ahead.” — Hermione Granger

200 “Don’t you tell me what to do, NAME!” — Hermione Granger

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officialmollymauktealeaf · 5 years

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Why not talk about our main man Ganon? What's your favorite Ganondorf design? You got any headcanons about him? Or just anything you really like about him?

Hyrule Warriors Ocarina of Time costume drives me nuts bro I love it so fucking much? And idc if its cheating but SSB Ganon is also a huge fave???The artwork design for Ocarina of Time is also a big howdy

My dude I am so glad you asked but honestly I don’t think you’ll be glad because you’re about to get some fucking essays. I literally had to get my laptop so I could properly write all of this up????

HCs:

Growing up he was ridiculously short and the Gerudos would make fun of him for it. They were very harsh on him, regardless of him being next in line as king and would say he’d always be too weak to do anything; that someone that small could never be destined for greatness and that he would let them all down. He took this all to heart but not the way you might think. He internalized it and made excuses for them, saying his people were ruthless by nature and they were just trying to get him to “man up”, that they were just scared of change and that he had to do everything possible to not let them down.

Ignoring the fact that he’s 8 feet tall and unlikely to find someone taller than him, he only seeks out smaller people to surround himself with. The fact that Zant reached his shoulders made him very uncomfortable because he hasn’t been around anyone even near his height in a long time.

Having grown up in a desert where water is relatively scarce or at the very least extremely precious, he absolutely detests salty food. This leads to his food being pretty bland.

The weird thing is that as much as he hates it salty things, they’re all he eats. Its as if he’s trying to tell himself that he’s now in a position of power and can afford to eat them without having to worry about water

He remembers it all. He remembers every life, every defeat, every single minute.

He isn’t a villain, he’s an antagonist. He’s the antithesis to Link. Where Link is courage, the one who fights for what’s right, Ganon is cowardice, the one who rules over others instead of himself. Ganondorf is a puppet and he’s doomed to always be one. Ganondorf isn’t evil, he’s not bad for the sake of being bad because that would imply he ever had a choice. He knows that everything he does isn’t out of desire, it’s out of obligation. He was raised in a kill or be killed world, ruthlessness drilled into him, expectations of greatness on his shoulders. But even before that he was cursed. Cursed to carry an eternal hatred, a hate that was never his to begin with.

His mothers were the worst part, not the Gerudos for even after being forced to be a King of Thieves, he realized they were in need of help and that they deserved a better life. He was an ambassador for them, for what they stood for and for what should have been. But behind that he was still on strings, his mothers strings and those of his curse; being told he had to manipulate, he had to kill, had to rule. It was never his choice and even after gaining Power, after being worthy enough to wield part of the triforce, it was never him. It was Demise, it’s always been Demise and he always takes Ganon down with him.

He is resentful. At first, in his first few lives, of Link and of what he did. But soon he realizes it was never Link’s fault. It wasn’t their fault that they were brave, that they loved. He’s resentful Link gets to love, to make allies not out of power but out of trust. He is resentful that he always has to die, always has to fail. He isn’t resentful that he has to be killed or stopped, he wants it to stop. Ganon gets desperate, makes his plans bigger and bigger so that Link has to take action quicker or doom their homeland.

He likes Link. He likes the courageous little Hylian that will stop at nothing to stop him. He likes Zelda, he likes the compassion and sympathy she hides in her eyes when she sees him. She remembers too and it he knows it.

What he doesn’t know is that Link remembers. He doesn’t know Link hates it; that they know they’re doomed to this game of cat and mouse always at an arms reach but never close enough to just talk.

Ganon loses control. He wants to talk to the triforce- no,- curse bearers. He wants them to know he wants peace but his words are never his. The moment he opens his mouth it’s Demise’s hatred conjuring the words, sounding angrier than Ganon has ever felt in his life; he’s not a bad person and he would kill for a chance to prove it. But it seems that though they have learned their history, they all remain doomed to repeat it.

But then again I’m also fine with him just being straight up evil like who gives a shit he’s still an amazing character through and through? Like, lmao who gives a shit about that sappy stuff I’m super down for him being apologetically evil and owning it? That’s very likely the case and that’s what makes Ganondorf so great. He’s cunning and powerful and he knows what he wants. It’s just always a shame he’s never allowed to obtain what he wants.

#lmao dude i am so fucking sorry i got so fucking into this #thank you though it was fun #and I really appreciate a chance to talk about Ganondorf because i really do love him #molly answers #as you can see he makes me very sad #dragonfist

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Thank you to all the women marching today for literally taking steps to change our country. I hope the sound of your synchronized steps shake Washington awake. My heart beats in time with your footsteps. You are my heroes!

I wrote this two years ago and it still rings true:

This sticker came in the mail after I donated to Planned Parenthood. Immediately upon receiving it, I was picking at the peel, tossing on my boots, and grabbing at my keys. I felt so proud; so empowered; so ready to take action, even if it was just a car sticker.

But suddenly, my body went stiff. I hesitated at the door's threshold. My worry was not "oh it's a lease.” It was: “Wait. What if I get attacked? What if someone sees this on my car and smashes a window in? What if they pop my tires to demonstrate their disagreement? What if they pop my nasal septum in order to demonstrate their hatred of me and of women? What if I am shot on spot for my feminism? What if I am putting a target on my already endangered body? What if it this is what they call 'asking for it'? What am I risking here to show my feminism?"

For five days, the sticker sat staring at me from the coffee table, sometimes whispering, "Save yourself, sister; I've had my heart bombed by a thousand thugs for speaking out. Hide your tongue." And sometimes it said, "Do it; you have to; lick the envelope and commit to this message. Braver women have done much more." Out of cowardice, I debated. I put a dirty dish of comfort on top and forgot about it for a bit.

Maybe it would have been my my first thought if it were a different time. A time with a president who unflinchingly labeled himself a feminist and who acted like one; a time when organizations like Planned Parenthood were not in danger of being cut; a time when our country was not about to be led by a man who openly incites violence to smother opposing views, who is caught on camera bragging about the diurnal details of his routine of sexual assault, a man who would like to not only put up a wall but capture and rerelease "illegal" people as if they were an enemy species, a man built of money but devoid of integrity. Tomorrow our president?

Unfortunately, the time is now. And my first thought was, "what if I am assaulted for having this in my car's back window?" And I'm not saying that is our impending president's fault. He did not plant that idea in my brain; no of course not.

But there have been studies done about the potent power of authority. Stanley Milgram's experiment in 1963 found that many participants were willing to administer supposed electric shocks to others when instructed to do so by a man in a white coat. Sixty-five percent of participants were willing to administer the highest voltage of shock when encouraged by the authority figure (simplepsychology.org). It seems easier to do horrible things when you are told to do so by someone who is powerful; powerful and hateful.

It's hard to see a president with such aggressive, divisive, and misogynistic beliefs and not feel afraid that people will follow suit. That some little boy will watch him boisterously interrupt the person he's debating with and not carry that with him somehow- interrupt his friend in school the next day with a mirroring hand gesture or rude phrase. Or begin assigning numbers to women's bodies according to assessed quality; or talking about how they'll let you do anything if you're the captain of the football team. Or ostracizing the person wearing the hijab. Or laughing at that classmate with disabilities. Or assuming a deficit because of a pigment in skin. Or all of the above. This is not normal; this is not okay.

So many of you will say we are whining; that we are being over sensitive or crying about not getting our choice. And that is likely because you are in a position of privilege or you do not understand the potential for harm that this man and his administration embody. That you are charmed by his money; or that you are impressed by his "honesty". That's your opinion. That's your experience.

But I hope you can still listen. And hear us people who are terrified and angry and feel betrayed by the America we thought we knew. I hope that you can hear the feet of thousands of women marching to the beat of "this is not normal; we will not accept this; no, this is not okay."

I hope you hear the coins from the bottom of my pocketbook drop in the belly of Planned Parenthood's piggy bank. I hope you can hear the throbbing music from the LGBTQ activists dancing outside of Pence's place. I hope you hear the silence in the absence of voices at the inauguration from all of those absent performers that turned down the invitation.

I hope you hear me when I say our president genuinely scares me; when I say I am not afraid of what you think I am afraid of. Let me tell you, don't assume you know. Any day, anytime, I would be glad to Macarena in a porter potty filled with people who are transexual than occupy even the world's most spacious bathroom, 1,460 (please let the days of these four years fly) stalls down from our president elect. No thank you.

Please listen when I say I have taught the sons and daughters of moms and dads who hoped the grass was greener on this side but whose cards are not green; they are human beings who contribute to this country in ways you will never understand unless you listen. Escucha.

Listen. I will listen to you. I will listen to him. But each time I do, I am only more disgusted. I am sick. This is not normal. This is not okay for America or for any country or any person. We need to chant the mantra; refuse desensitization. It's not okay. It will not be four years from now. And I hope we can prove that then.

For now, I am here. I am here if you need to cry or scream or yell or rant or panic attack or pray. I am here and I am scared and I am angry and I am one of many who are stubborn and strong and set in our beliefs. And we will keep being here. So get ready for us.

Thank you so much to all of the incredible women marching around the country on Saturday to remind everyone of the rights of minorities who make up so much of who we are. You are so brave and so important and inspiring and I admire you so much. A huge shoutout to Amanda, my feminist mentor, for her dedication to the cause in Washington; I am so proud of you.

I'm sorry that I will not be there beside you. I'm sorry that I only have a sticker on my vehicle and a rant on my Facebook. But my heart beats in time with your stomps.

Thank you to everyone everywhere who is speaking out and marching on. You are what gives me hope about this country. You are what inspired me to press this sticker onto the cold pane this rainy evening.

#feminism #writing

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fleetofshippyships-archive · 7 years

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ZOE I COME TO YOU WITH A NEW SHIP PROMPT BECAUSE I AM DROWNING IN SPIRK THESE DAYS. (if you are uncomfy writing spirk please don't do it just... spirk. ♥) So.. Line...Ummm okay *sometimes, Jim wanted to do anything to just make Spock shut up, punch him in the face... or kiss him. He wasn't picky.* (yes i suck at prompting I am sorry)

(ONE OF MY ULTIMATE OTPS, NO AMOUNT OF NERVOUSNESS CAN STOP ME FROM TRYING!!! And nooo, it’s a good light hearted prompt to ease my way in!! Okay, here we gooooooooo!! AO3 link, cos it broke 2k and the ‘read more’ never seems to work on mobile!)

Sometimes, Jim wanted to do anything just to make Spock shut up. It wasn’t that he didn’t like talking to him, they often talked for hours off duty. But his reports were so dry, and he always insisted on summarising them out loud. Probably because he suspected Jim wouldn’t read them. He was mostly correct there. Still, it was even worse when he started summarising a report on the bridge, when Jim had only wandered over to his station to break the monotony or a slow day.

Listening to a dry report about the specimens they’d sampled on the previous planet was not breaking the monotony, in Jim’s opinion.

Even slumping slightly against Spock’s side, breaking into his personal space, wasn’t shutting him up. That sometimes made him take a step back and re-evaluate whether Jim was even listening. Not this time. This report was particularly dry, as Spock detailed the chemical structure of something. Jim wasn’t really listening. He was already thinking of other ways to shut him up. Punch him in the face, or kiss him. He wasn’t picky.

Either would certainly break the monotony, even if both were highly inappropriate, and likely to land him in the infirmary.

“I really would prefer to be kissed, rather than punched, if you are going to resort to such barbaric means of shutting me up,” Spock suddenly said, and it took a moment for his words to filter through Jim’s boredom.

The dead silence on the bridge helped him get there. He blinked stupidly at Spock for moment.

“No, you did not say that out loud,” Spock said, raising one eyebrow to the exacting height that indicated amusement.

Jim looked down. Sure enough, in his first attempt of shutting him up by invading his personal space, he had leaned against his side enough that their wrists were touching.

Feeling his face heat up, he pulled his hand back, so his thoughts were no longer open to Spock’s perusal. Clearing his throat, he glanced around the bridge, and everyone turned back to their instruments.

“I’m shocked, Mr. Spock,” he said, not looking at him directly. “One would think the former is breaking more regulations than the latter.”

He could see Uhura fighting a smile at her station, and scowled at her.

“Physically assaulting a high-ranking officer, even as Captain, is certainly a more serious infraction than kissing him,” Spock said, and Jim gave him a scandalised look, unable to believe he was actually saying that. On the bridge.

“Surely kissing a high-ranking officer without permission is classed as a form of assault,” he said, before thinking it thought. “With longer reaching consequences.”

Spock tilted his head, his eyebrow still at that amused height. “You assume lack of permission in haste, Captain, did I not just indicate permission?”

Jim couldn’t stop his eyes from widening. He was sure his face would be red. Had he stepped into some sort of alternate reality that morning? Was this even Spock? His calm and collected, logical, at least while on duty, First Officer?

“Surely when forced to choose between a kiss and a punch, it’s not the sort of permission that can circumvent regulations and prevent disciplinary action?” he said, his voice a bit weak.

Spock’s lips twitched, and Jim stared at him in shock. He’d not seen him look so openly amused outside of their off-duty interactions before.

“Surely an able Captain is not the kind to suggest something he is not brave enough to carry out?” Spock teased.

Jim made an embarrassing sound before he could stop himself. “Surely a capable First Officer is not one to take thoughts and hold a man to them!”

“Would a Captain rather face disciplinary actions for touching a Vulcan with his skin, without explicit permission?” Spock’s tone indicated no offence, but Jim still felt guilt twist his stomach. He broke that rule far too often, usually without even realising it at the time. “Which do you think the Admiralty would prefer to deal with? That, or a more personal breach of protocol?”

“Why, Mr. Spock, surely a Vulcan would prefer the former,” he said weakly. It was starting to sound like Spock was trying to corner him into kissing him. That was making thinking rather difficult.

Spock tilted his head to the side. “Why, Captain, I do believe you are exhibiting cowardice. Over a simple human gesture. How fascinating.”

Jim clenched his hands into fists, and his face grew hotter. Spock certainly had a tilt to his lips now that indicated a smirk. He was toying with him, and winning.

“Or maybe I was leaning more towards punching you!” he hissed.

Spock’s lips quivered, clearly wanting to smirk more openly. Usually Jim revelled in making him break that Vulcan mindset, and show his human half, but today he was completely thrown by it.

“How disappointing,” Spock said. “But the monotony is broken, is it not?”

“The mono—” Jim cut himself off. His voice was too high. And Spock looked entirely too amused, even if it was only by such minute shifts in his expression. “Mr. Spock! This is highly irregular!”

“But very educational,” Spock said. “That someone so brave could be so affected by such an innocent topic. I have witnessed this behaviour in other humans before, but thought you above it. Fascinating.”

Jim gaped at him. “I am shocked by your impertinence, Mr. Spock,” he said, regaining awareness of where they were, when Uhura sniggered. “Any more of this, and I’ll have to take disciplinary action.”

That only seemed to amuse Spock more. “Of a more official capacity? Or are we still discussing your indecision of how best to assault me into shutting up, as you put it?”

Uhura lost control, and let loose a peal of laughter. Jim was used to the bridge crew getting loose with regulations and propriety on particularly uneventful days, and often encouraged it, but he had never seen Spock so completely unprofessional while on duty before.

“Mr. Spock! Do we need to take this discussion of insubordination to the briefing room? You are setting a disappointing example to the crew!”

Spock tilted his head again, and he openly smirked. The sighed had Jim’s pulse racing Open displays of emotion from Spock always had that effect on him.

“It would be a more appropriate location for an altercation between high ranking officers, so that the lower ranks don’t get ideas, Captain.”

Jim spluttered for a moment, truly torn between punching him for making such a fool of him, and shoving him back against the console and making him eat his words.

“Oh, I do prefer the latter option, Captain,” Spock said, and squeezed his wrist. Jim hadn’t even noticed him touch it. “If you must break regulations.

“Mr. Sulu, you have the conn!” Jim snapped, pulling his wrist free, and glaring at Spock. “Mr. Spock, proceed to the briefing room, so we can discuss your blatant insubordination in private.”

Uhura snorted, and Jim glared at her, as Spock turned and exited the bridge without a fuss. Jim stomped after him, glaring anyone who looked at him into submission. To be made to look a fool on his own bridge, he couldn’t comprehend what had gotten into Spock.

As soon as they left the bridge, he could hear laughter break out, and his mood soured further. Spock was back to looking completely emotionless, and it only irritated Jim further.

As soon as the door of the briefing room closed behind them, Jim stepped close. “What the hell has gotten into you?” he snapped. “That was the most inappropriate conversation that has ever taken place on the bridge, and I am shocked that you were a part of it!”

Spock only raised an eyebrow, and Jim didn’t know what that exacting height meant, he hadn’t seen that one before.

“If you must touch me while we’re on duty, perhaps you should keep your thoughts on something other than all the ways in which you wish to ‘debauch me’,” Spock returned. “You had quite the imagery going before you started in on punches or kisses, Captain. Quite inappropriate for the bridge.”

Jim felt his face flush. He didn’t really have a defence for that, he had no idea how long their wrists had been touching. He usually tried to keep those thoughts buried deep whenever he touched Spock. When he was even aware he was touching him.

“Mr. Spock, if I breach protocol and touch you accidentally, the appropriate course of action is to break contact and reprimand me!”

Spock stepped closer, and Jim swallowed, and forced himself not to step backwards. Spock was completely unpredictable today, he couldn’t think straight.

“I was quite fascinated by what you wanted to do to my ears, I wanted to see you finish the thought,” Spock said, reaching out, and brushing the shell of Jim’s ear. “So many thoughts, that you have never acted on.”

“Mr. Spock!”

“Are you aware that Vulcan ears contain many more nerves than human ears?” Spock asked. Jim made a weak sound. All the times he’d thought of something like this happening, he never expected himself to be so completely thrown and unable to act. “Ah, I see you do.”

“Stay out of my head,” Jim mumbled, wondering if Spock was messing with him, and whether he’d find himself knocked out if he dared to kiss him. He’d been punched by Spock on more than one occasion, and he wasn’t sure it would be worth it.

“I like it in your head,” Spock said. “Why do you think I never reprimand you for touching me?”

Jim shook his head, and glanced about the room as if there was something that could save him from the embarrassment he’d landed himself in.

“Come now, Captain,” Spock teased, more open than usual, and clearly still experiencing Jim’s thoughts as he rubbed his earlobe between his fingers. “Where has your spine gone?”

“How illogical, Mr. Spock, one cannot—”

“All thought and no action, Jim?”

Jim shivered at the use of his name. He never could get used to that.

“I suppose, in terms of regulations, it is more appropriate for the lower ranked individual to initiate inappropriate proceedings,” Spock said, his eyebrow reaching that amused height again.

“Spock, if you’re messing with me, that is incredibly cruel,” Jim said weakly. “You clearly know how much I want this.”

Spock made an amused sound, and stopped playing with his ear. Jim just managed to stop himself from whimpering at the loss.

“I am most certainly ‘messing’ with you, Jim,” he said. “But that doesn’t mean it’s malicious. Or that it’s not something I too want.”

“Fuck, Spock.”

“In which way? You have thought of many.”

Jim mind was slingshotting around, and he wasn’t sure any of it was coherent, but Spock was still touching him, a hand on the side of his neck, experiencing it all, and still standing entirely too close, with his stupid eyebrow raised, and looking so damn smug.

“I suppose I should put you out of your misery, as they say,” Spock said. “Even if this is more enjoyable than I anticipated.”

That made Jim’s mind snap into focus. “No one puts me out of my misery!” he snapped, grabbing Spock by the back of his head, and pressing their lips together.

Spock’s grip on the side of his neck tightened for a moment, and then relaxed. Jim pulled back, and glared at him.

“Pleased with yourself?”

“Unendingly,” Spock murmured.

“You are being completely illogical today,” Jim said, taking a couple of breaths to steady himself, and hardly comprehending of the fact he had just kissed Spock, after wanting to for…well he wasn’t even sure how long it had been now. Long enough that he wasn’t sure.

“Seven months, six days, and three hours since the first time I saw it in your thoughts,” Spock provided, tilting his head. “I won’t bore you with the minutes and seconds. And since you manage to touch me at least twice each day, and often more, it’s likely that was the first time.”

“And you waited this long to do anything about it?” Jim asked, hating that his face was still hot, and likely red.

“A pleasant pink, is more accurate,” Spock said, his lips tilting into that half smirk again. “And I was rather curious how long it would take you to do something about it.”

“You are a fool, Mr. Spock,” Jim muttered. “And stop answering my thoughts. It’s creepy.”

“You can’t lie to me, Jim. I’m well aware that you like it. Perhaps a little too much.”

“Shut up.”

“Make me.”

Jim gaped at him for a moment, and Spock raised that damn eyebrow again in response.

“Yes, I quite agree,” Spock said. “Over the table is likely more comfortable than the floor.”

Jim swallowed heavily against the heat rushing through him. “I’m not sure how I feel about this side of you, Mr. Spock.”

Spock smirked again. “That’s not quite true, now is it, Captain?”

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dangerouslyinlovewithlaney · 5 years

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Power Is An Illusion.

Power is a myth only influence exists. Incitement of fear is all "Power" truly is.

Manifest your DESTINY, believe YOU CAN achieve your goals, know where you wish to get to in life, remain determined, work hard, anything is possible, Wars, Disillusionment, economic difficulty, division none of these things will hold you back once you understand you WILL SUCCEED regardless of their negative INFLUENCE. It's all in the mind stop watching the propaganda machine the television or Netflix you don't need to be brainwashed you have all that it takes to succeed within you already, you just need to take the steps to succeed and you already know what they are. Embrace your own intellect, distance yourself from doubt it is a limiting force but you cannot be limited unless you choose to be. Your mind WILL think what and how you programme it to think.

negative people, doubters, haters, scumbags, ditch them all, you are only afraid because you have fallen out of the habit of thinking for yourself, YOU DO NOT NEED THEM, they have fed off you for far too long. They repeat limiting affirmations to your subconscious mind near constantly I bet you have started to catch yourself repeating negative self sabotaging thoughts to yourself lately,

HUMANITY is not doomed, we are not more divided than ever, we are not desperately battling against the evil tide of debt others have piled up for us to pay back. We have validation, we have worth in this world, we are Men and we are Women with a lot to offer the world.

No more moping expecting the world to apologise for inconveiniancing us with hardship because like it or not we have chosen our own hardship through the choices we have made for ourselves.

I refuse to believe as some in my country do that whites and blacks are doomed to conflict with each other, I refuse to believe as some do that our Indian brothers and sisters are our enemy or are a threat to us. The days are upon us all to accept each other's right to exist regardless of whether we feel disgust, hate, envy or bitterness in each other's company.

I experimented by making friends with people I hated, pretty soon I realised I didn't hate them at all I was reluctant to confront things about myself I would rather have ignored. Now that I have faced up to these things I am all the better for it.

Accept the LIMITLESS, ENDLESS possibilities of an ever expanding, growing Universe remembering "As it is in Heaven so it is on Earth" - (which I choose to interpret as: the Universe expanding=your mind expanding, growing, learning, accepting, evolving, becoming, or in a word POTENTIAL. Never forget your own POTENTIAL!!!.

AGE, BACKGROUND, RACE, ETHNICITY, COLOUR/COLOR, PHYSICALITY, MENTAL ACQUITY, SPEED.

NONE OF THESE THINGS MATTER IN THE SLIGHTEST. YOU WILL SUCCEED FEEL YOUR OWN ENERGY AS YOU MEDITATE. YOU WILL ACHIEVE, YOU WILL THRIVE, YOU WILL ACQUIRE KNOWLEDGE, YOU WILL GIVE ADVICE TO PEOPLE, YOU WILL GROW CONFIDENT, YOU WILL LEAD YOUR PEOPLE, YOU WILL CONTRIBUTE FAR MORE THAN YOU CONSUMED, YOU WILL HELP TO HEAL YOUR BROKEN TRIBE LEADING A LIFE OF EXAMPLE. YOU WILL SUCEED.

I HAVE MET MANY POOR PEOPLE WHO WORKED FOR THEIR ENTIRS LIVES TO PROVIDED FOR FAMILY, ONLY TO DROP DEAD FROM STRESS, SMOKING AND OVER WORKING AT THE AGE OF SIXTY FIVE, BREAKING ALL OF OUR HEARTS, THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN RETIRING, INSTEAD THEIR LOVED ONES HAD TO BURY THEM. IT IS TOO LATE FOR THEM TO MAKE CHANGES.

YOU CAN STILL CEASE TO SMOKE. I KNOW YOU CAN BECAUSE I HAVE DONE SO, FOR 3 YEARS NOW I HAVE BEEN A NON SMOKER. IF YOU ONLY ACCEPT THE TRUTH. "IT WILL BE DIFFICULT, IT WILL BE PAINFUL, FOR AROUND TWO WEEKS I WILL FEEL SIGNIFICANT DISCOMFORT. THIS I SUFFER GLADLY FOR AFTER THESE WEEKS I SHALL BE FREE OF MY SUICIDAL HABIT, I SHALL BE REDUCING MY RISK OF ILLNESS DRAMATICALLY, I SHALL BE HEALTHIER, I WILL LIVE LONGER, I WILL PLAY WITH MY OWN GRANDCHILDREN, I WILL SEE THE JOY ON THEIR LITTLE FACES AT MY COMPANY. BUT ONLY IF YOU ACCEPT THE PAIN FOR NOW!

I WORKED AT A JOB I HATED FOR TWO YEARS, I RECEIVED MY FULL EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS, I SAVED A LITTLE I CONTRIBUTED A FAIR AMOUNT TO MY HOUSEHOLD, AFTER LUNCH, TRAVEL AND ENTERTAINMENT I USED THE 'REMAINDER TO GAMBLE ON THE SPORTS, I QUICKLY WON THOUSANDS, I QUICKLY LOST THOUSANDS, I BECAME MOROSE, DEPRESSED, I DID NOT STOP GAMBLING, I HAD A GOAL IN MIND, I WANTED TO WIN ENOUGH TO BUY A PROPERTY TO RENT OUT FOR A STEADY INCOME. I VISUALISED IT EVERY DAY FOR THOSE TWO YEARS, IN THE LAST THREE MONTHS I MADE TWO BETS WITH ALL OF MY THOUSANDS OF WINNINGS IN QUICK SUCCESSION ON THE SAME EVENING, I ACHIEVED MY GOAL, I HAVE A RENTAL PROPERTY.

I STAYED AT THAT JOB FOR ANOTHER 4 YEARS, I WAS TOLD I WAS MORE FOCUSED, DRIVEN, RELAXED, APPROACHABLE, SENSIBLE, CALM, AND RELIABLE AFTER I HAD WON.

I NEVER TOLD A SOUL ABOUT MY WINNINGS, I FOUND I DID NOT HATE THE JOB RATHER I HATED MY OWN SUFFERING, ONCE I REALISED THIS IT BECAME A MATTER OF IMPORTANCE FOR ME TO ADJUST MY SUFFERING, OR RATHER MY REACTION TO MY SUFFERING, GAMBLING WAS A DESPERATE ACT BUT IT SET ME FREE FROM MYSELF. I NO LONGER WISHED TO DIE OR KILL OR HARM OTHERS BECAUSE OF MY SUFFERING.

I HATED WORKING AT A "MEANINGLESS" JOB FOR "PITTANCE" FULL TIME WITHOUT ANY CAREER PLANS BECAUSE I COULDN'T SEE PAST MY OWN BITTERNESS.

IF YOU ARE STRUGGLING WITH THE EARLY ONSET OF THESE POISONOUS THOUGHTS WHICH SEEK TO BETRAY YOUR SOVEREIGNTY OVER THINE OWN LIFE, THEN BESEECH YOU FRIEND'S ONE AND ALL SEEK THE COUNSEL OF YOUR GUIDE. YOUR PRIEST, YOUR COMPANION, YOUR LOVEX ONES, YOUR STRAIGHT TALKING COLLEAGUE,

DO NOT HIDE PATHETICALLY BEHIND FALSE EMPATHY FOR THE OTHERS "OH I WOULDN'T WANT TO BE BURDENSOME" OR "I CANNOT WORRY MY FAMILY" - THIS IS THE COWARDS WAY - YOUR FAMILY WILL WORRY FAR MORE AT WHAT YOU KEEP FROM THEM THAN WHAT YOU TELL THEM.

THE MIND HAS A TERRIBLE HABIT OF FILLING IN THE GAPS WITH THE WORST CASE SCENARIOS. BE HONEST BE BRAVE BE RIGHTEOUS AND YOU SHALL NOT GO FAR WRONG. DEFEND YOUR BELIEF' S DEFEND BOTH THE RIGHTS OF YOUR LOVED ONES/FAMILY/FRIENDS/NEIGHBOUR'S AND YOUR OWN, ALONG WITH KEEPING YOUR ACTIONS WITHIN THE PARAMETERS YOU CHOOSE IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN YOUR SENSE OF ACHIEVMENT, PRODUCTIVITY. IF YOU FEEL STABBING A MAN TO DEFEND YOUR DIGNITY IS IN ORDER THEN I WOULD REMIND YOU THERE ARE VERY FEW INSULTS WORTH 30YEARS IN PRISON, BUT YOU WILL UNDOUBTEDLY DO AS YOU FEEL YOU MUST. I WOULD ALSO REMIND YOU EMPATHY IS A DOUBLE EDGED SWORD WIELD IT WITH CARE. TRUST THOSE WHOM SHOW WILLING AND NO-ONE ELSE NOT THOSE WHO SEE YOU SOLELY AS SOMEONE FROM WHOM TO EXTRACT GOODIES NOR THOSE WHOM FEIGN FRIENDSHIP FOR THE SUNNY DAYS BUT WHO'S BLADES REMAIN BLOODLESS ON THE FIELD OF BATTLE AS YOU AND YOUR KINSMEN BLEED AND KILL FOR THE CAUSE. - TRUST NOT A COWARD FOR THERE IS ONLY ONE THING A COWARD CAN BE TRUSTED FOR AND IT IS COWARDICE. HEAVEN AWAITS THOSE WHOM TRULY BELIEVE IN OUR HEAVENLY NEVER TO BE FORGOTTEN GOD'S ONLY BEGOTTEN SON JESUS CHRIST PREACHED FORGIVNESS, THIS IS NOT ALWAYS POSSIBLE IN THE REALMS OF MEN, TURN THE OTHER CHEEK WHEN YOU CAN, BE RUTHLESS WITH THOSE BASTARDS WHOM WOULD MURDER YOU IN YOUR SLEEP IF THEY COULD. YOUR DUTY IS TO LIVE, BE STRONG, BE RIGHTUOUS SETTING AS GOOD AN EXAMPLE AS CAN BE SET FOR YOUR KINSMEN.

DON'T FORGET WE ARE ALL KINGS OF OUR OWN MINDS. WE SHOULD TAKE CARE OF OURSELVES WITH RESPECT AND DIGNITY BEFITTING A KING.

LADIES YOU ARE QUEEN' S OF YOUR OWN MINDS, AS MODERN INDEPENDENT WOMEN YOU ARE PRIVILEDGED FAR BEYOND THE WOMEN OF EARLIER TIMES I SEE YOU ARE BEING FED DISSENSION AND DISATISFACTION OF YOUR MEN'S EFFORTS TO PLEASE YOU DEAREST QUEEN' S AND ALTHOUGH THE EFFORTS OF MEN MAY LEAVE MUCH TO BE DESIRED IN THESE TRYING TIMES OF ECONOMIC DISPARITIES, AGE OF DEPRESSION ANXIETY AND LONELINESS, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO LOOK WITHIN YOURSELVES AND DEVELOP FOR YOURSELF A PASSION FOR DOING THAT WHICH WILL LEND YOU PAITENCE, UNDERSTANDING AND TOLERANCE OF MAN'S FLAWS AS THIS WILL NO DOUBT BE OF GREAT ASSISTANCE TO YOU IN THE YEARS TO COME.

WE SHALL PREVAIL AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE, WE SHALL PERSEVERE AGAINST THE VOICES OF DISSENSION TELLING US WE ARE FAILING TO HONOUR EACH OTHER ADEQUATELY, WHICH WE ARE NO DOUBT GUILTY OF BUT THEIR MESSAGE IS CONDEMNING NASTY, VINDICTIVE AND OPENLY OPORTUNISTIC AT TIMES.

WE WILL DISCOVER THE SECRETS WE NEED TO KNOW IN ORDER TO SURVIVE BUT REMEMBER YOU SHALL NEED EACH OTHER TO MAINTAIN ORDER WHEN SOCIETY'S LEADERS BECOME DESPERATE TO MAINTAIN THE ILLUSION OF CONTROL, THEY ONLY EVER HAD INFLUENCE, SELF DELUSION COMES WITH AN ARROGANCE WHICH CAN OFT HUMBLE A MAN MOST GROSSLY. IT IS AT TIMES LIKE THIS YOU MUST REMEMBER YOUR SOVEREIGNTY NONE MAY TAKE FROM YOU YOUR REPUTATION NOR YOUR IDENTITY, CRUELTY WILL HURT AND WOUND YOU DEEPLY BUT IT WILL NEVER BREAK YOU, CORRUPTION CAN DISTRACT AND DISORIENTATE YOU BUT IT CANNOT BREAK YOU, LOYALTY, COURAGE, LOVE, HONOUR, INTEGRITY ALONG WITH HOPE FOR A BETTER AGE ARE ALL INTEGRAL TO THE SURVIVAL OF OUR PEOPLE, PEACEABLE MEANS FOR PEACEABLE FOLK, WAR FOR ALL OTHERS, WE ARE NOT LAMBS, WE WOLVES CARRY HEAVY BURDENS OF SINS, IT IS NOT FOR GOD OR JESUS TO BADE US PUT THEM DOWN IT IS ALL WITHIN OUR POWER TO FORGIVE OURSELVES AND TRANSCEND TO HEAVEN, HELL WAS COMFORTING FOR THE LOST AND BEWILDERED,

WE ARE FOUND BROTHERS AND SISTERS WE ARE HEALED OF THE TORMENTS OF OUR SINS WE HAVE FOUND THE WISDOM TO FORGIVE OURSELVES AND HEAL OURSELVES, WE ARE SET FREE FROM THE BONDS OF SIN AND IT'S SNEAKY COUSIN GUILT.

TOGETHER WE SHALL BE RIGHTEOUS TOGETHER WE SHALL FIX THIS BROKEN SOCIETY, TOGETHER WE WILL MINDFULLY KEEP BALANCE ON EARTH WITHING NATURE'S LAWS.

GOODLY TIMES AWAIT TAKE HEART TAKE CHEER TAKE LIFE EXTENSION MEDICATION AND LIVE WITH HONOUR AND DIGNITY, THERE ARE MANY WHO WOULD STEAL AWAY YOUR LAST GRAIN OF HOPE JUST TO WATCH YOU SUFFER TOO SO THEY DID NOT FEEL SO ALONE.

USE WISDOM WHEN ASSESSING YOUR LONG TERM COMPANIONS, IF THEY NEED YOU THE RELATIONSHIP IS NOT EQUAL, IF YOU NEED THEM - REMEDY THE SITUATION QUICKLY, IF YOU INSTILL IN THE MEN A SENSE OF DUTY A SENSE OF JOINT PURPOSE OF BROTHERHOOD THEY ARE MORE LIKELY TO REMAIN LOYAL TO YOU.

YOURS SINCERLY WOLFIE.

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Courage Quotes About Life, Strength and Facing Fear

Looking for motivating courage quotes that will help you be brave in the face of challenges?

Many people think it is in the grand gestures and the major acts.

However, courage can be in the small choices that we make each day, in doing something despite being afraid of it.

It’s facing a fear, or jumping into something, even if we are unsure of the outcome.

What does it mean to have courage? How can we be more courageous in our daily life?

If we take stock in ourselves and our thoughts and actions, we may find that we have more courage than we give ourselves credit for.

More importantly, we need to refine our definition of what courage truly is.

Here are some inspiring, wise, and powerful courage quotes, courage sayings, and courage proverbs on what it is, and how different it can look to each and every one of us.

Courage quotes for pushing past fear

1.) “One isn’t necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can’t be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.”- Maya Angelou

2.) “Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.”- Baltasar Gracian

3.) “Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.”- Anais Nin

4.) “When things go wrong as they sometimes will,

When the road you’re trudging seems all uphill,

When the funds are low and the debts are high,

And you want to smile but you have to sigh,

When care is pressing you down a bit

Rest if you must, but don’t you quit.

Success is failure turned inside out,

The silver tint on the clouds of doubt,

And you can never tell how close you are,

It may be near when it seems afar.

So, stick to the fight when you’re hardest hit

“It’s when things go wrong that you mustn’t quit.”- Unknown

5.) “Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness.”- Bertrand Russell

6.) “The best way out is always through.”- Robert Frost

7.) “Only be you strong, and very courageous, then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.” – Joshua 1:7-8

8.) “The greatest test of courage on the earth is to bear defeat without losing heart.”- R. G. Ingersoll

9.) “It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes short again and again, who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause, who at best knows achievement and who at the worst if he fails at least fails while daring greatly so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.”- Theodore Roosevelt

10.) “Don’t get discouraged; it is often the last key in the bunch that opens the lock.”- Unknown

Courage Quotes about life

11.) “To dare is to lose one’s footing momentarily. To not dare is to lose oneself.”- Soren Kierkegaard

12.) “Remember that failure is an event, not a person.”- Unknown

13.) “Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising that tempt you to believe your critics are right.”- Ralph Waldo Emerson

14.) “Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities . . . because it is the quality which guarantees all others.” – Winston Churchill

15.) “The encouraging thing is that every time you meet a situation, though you may think at the impossibility and you go through the tortures of the damned, once you have met it and lived through it you find that forever after you are freer than you ever were before. If you can live through that you can live through anything.

You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, `I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.’ The danger lies in refusing to face the fear, in not daring to come to grips with it.

If you fail anywhere along the line, it will take away your confidence. You must make yourself succeed every time. You must do the thing you think you cannot do.” – Eleanor Roosevelt, You Learn By Living (1960)

16.) “The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.” – Tacitus, Roman historian

Quotes about courage and success

17.) “I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflections.” – Thomas Paine

18.) “There is nothing in the world so much admired as a man who knows how to bear unhappiness with courage.” – Seneca

19.) “Bravery is a complicated thing to describe. You can’t say it’s three feet long and two feet wide and that it weighs four hundred pounds or that it’s colored bright blue or that it sounds like a piano or that it smells like roses. It’s a quality, not a thing.” – Mickey Mantle, The Quality of Courage

20.) “Courage is doing what you’re afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you’re scared.” – Eddie Rickenbacker, World War I hero

21.) “Fight hard when you are down; die hard—determine at least to do—and you won’t die at all.” – James H. West

Inspiring Courage Quotes about fighting for your dreams

22.) “Whatever your sex or position, life is a battle in which you are to show your pluck, and woe be to the coward. Whether passed on a bed of sickness or a tented field, it is ever the same fair play and admits no foolish distinction. Despair and postponement are cowardice and defeat. Men were born to succeed, not to fail.” – Henry David Thoreau

23.) “What separates the winners from the losers is how a person reacts to each new twist of fate.” – Donald Trump

24.) “Courage is not limited to the battlefield or the Indianapolis 500 or bravely catching a thief in your house. The real tests of courage are much quieter. They are the inner tests, like remaining faithful when nobody’s looking, like enduring pain when the room is empty, like standing alone when you’re misunderstood.” – Charles Swindoll

25.) “Never let the fear of striking out get in your way.” – Babe Ruth

26.) “No captain can do very wrong if he places his ship alongside that of the enemy.” – Admiral Horatio Nelson

27.) “[Admiral Nelson’s counsel] guided me time and again. On the eve of the critical battle of Santa Cruz, in which the Japanese ships outnumbered ours more than two to one, I sent my task force commanders this dispatch: ATTACK REPEAT ATTACK. They did attack, heroically, and when the battle was done, the enemy turned away.

All problems, personal, national, or combat, become smaller if you don’t dodge them, but confront them. Touch a thistle timidly, and it pricks you; grasp it boldly, and its spines crumble. Carry the battle to the enemy! Lay your ship alongside his!” – Admiral William “Bull” Halsey

28.) “Trust the still, small voice that says, “this might work and I’ll try it.” – Diane Mariechild

29.) “Come to the edge, He said.

They said: We are afraid.

Come to the edge, He said.

They came. He pushed them,

And they flew . . .” – Guillaume Apollinaire, French poet

Courage quotes about strength and love

30.) “Never forget that no military leader has ever become great without audacity.” – Karl von Clausewitz

31.) “Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm.” – Winston Churchill, British Prime Minister

32.) “To look at something as though we had never seen it before requires great courage.” – Henri Matisse

33.) “Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear – not the absence of fear. Except a creature be part coward it is not a compliment to say it is brave.” – Mark Twain, The Tragedy of Pudd’nhead Wilson

34.) “Courage is being scared to death—but saddling up anyway.” – John Wayne

35.) “Begin it now. The moment one definitely commits oneself, then providence moves too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise occurred. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one’s favor all manner of unforeseen incidents and meetings and material assistance which no man could have dreamed would have come his way. ”

36.) “We need to wake up from a thought that lasts too long.” – Paul Valéry

37.) “In the age-old contest between popularity and principle, only those willing to lose for their convictions are deserving of posterity’s approval.” – Gerald R. Ford

38.) “To uncover your true potential you must first find your own limits and then you have to have the courage to blow past them.” – Picabo Street

39.) “Courage is more exhilarating than fear and in the long run it is easier. We do not have to become heroes overnight. Just a step at a time, meeting each thing that comes up, seeing it is not as dreadful as it appeared, discovering we have the strength to stare it down.”- Eleanor Roosevelt, You Learn By Living (1960)

40.) “I have endured a great deal of ridicule without much malice; and have received a great deal of kindness, not quite free from ridicule. I am used to it.” – Abraham Lincoln, November 2, 1863 in letter to James H. Hackett

41.) “Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.” – Marie Curie

Courage quotes on following your dreams

42.) “Remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see and wonder about what makes the universe exist. Be curious. And however difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at. It matters that you don’t just give up.” ― Stephen Hawking

43.) “I know what I want, I have a goal, an opinion, I have a religion and love. Let me be myself and then I am satisfied. I know that I’m a woman, a woman with inward strength and plenty of courage.” ― Anne Frank

44.) “We need a backbone, not a wishbone.” ― Joyce Meyer

45.) “Stories make us more alive, more human, more courageous, more loving.” ― Madeleine L’Engle

46.) “When I step out on stage in front of thousands of people, I don’t feel that I’m being brave. It can take much more courage to express true feelings to one person. […] In spite of the risks, the courage to be honest and intimate opens the way to self-discovery. It offers what we all want, the promise of love. ” ― Michael Jackson

47.) “I told myself, Malala, you have already faced death. This is your second life. Don’t be afraid — if you are afraid, you can’t move forward.” ― Malala Yousafzai

48.) “The only tyrant I accept in this world is the ‘still small voice’ within me. And even though I have to face the prospect of being a minority of one, I humbly believe I have the courage to be in such a hopeless minority.” ― Mahatma Gandhi

49.) “What we know matters but who we are matters more.” ― Brené Brown

50.) “Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others.” ― Aristotle

Courage quotes to help you find your inner bravery

51.) “I beg you take courage; the brave soul can mend even disaster.” – Catherine the Great

52.) “Faced with what is right, to leave it undone shows a lack of courage.” – Confucius

53.) “Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can’t practice any other virtue consistently.” – Maya Angelou

54.) It takes courage to examine your life and to decide that there are things you would like to change, and it takes even more courage to do something about it. – Sue Hadfield

55.) “Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, “I will try again tomorrow.” – Mary Anne Radmacher

Motivational courage quotes

56.) “Courage is looking fear right in the eye and saying, “Get the hell out of my way, I’ve got things to do.” – Unknown

57.) “It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.”― E.E. Cummings

58.) “You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore.”― William Faulkner

59.) “Everyone has talent. What’s rare is the courage to follow it to the dark places where it leads.” ― Erica Jong

60.) “Courage is found in unlikely places.” ― J.R.R. Tolkien

Powerful courage quotes

61.) “Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.” – Helen Keller

62.) “With enough courage, you can do without a reputation.” ― Margaret Mitchell

63.) “He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.” – Muhammad Ali

64.) “Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.” – Winston Churchill

65.) “Bravery is being the only one who knows you’re afraid.” ―Franklin P. Jones

66.) “You can choose courage, or you can choose comfort, but you cannot choose both.” ―Brené Brown

67.) “Courage isn’t having the strength to go on – it is going on when you don’t have strength.” ― Napoleon Bonaparte

68.) “Courage is grace under pressure.” ― Ernest hemingway

69.) “Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become.” ―Steve Jobs

70.) “Fortune always favors the brave, and never helps a man who does not help himself.” ―P. T. Barnum

Other uplifting courage quotes

71.) “Be Brave and Take Risks: You need to have faith in yourself. Be brave and take risks. You don’t have to have it all figured out to move forward.” ― Roy T. Bennett

72.) “Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.”― Lao Tzu

73.) “The courage to imagine the otherwise is our greatest resource, adding color and suspense to all our life.” – Daniel J Boorstin

74.) “It is courage, courage, courage, that raises the blood of life to crimson splendor. Live bravely and present a brave front to adversity.” – Horace

75.) “Courage conquers all things: it even gives strength to the body.” – Ovid

76.) “Without fear there cannot be courage.” ― Christopher Paolini

77.) “Real courage is knowing what faces you and knowing how to face it. – Timothy Dalton

78.) “Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others.” ― Robert Louis Stevenson

79.) “If you have a dream, don’t just sit there. Gather courage to believe that you can succeed and leave no stone unturned to make it a reality.” ― Dr Roopleen

80.) “The courage it took to get out of bed each morning to face the same things over and over was enormous.” ― Charles Bukowski

Did you enjoy these courage quotes?

It’s not easy to forget your fear.

But by understanding that courage was never the absence of it, you will find that it’s possible to be really brave every day.

We hope that these courage quotes have redefined what it means to be brave in the face of challenges or adversity today.

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73 Inspirational Quotes on Fear [Updated for 2018]

Fear.

Sometimes it’s a very helpful thing that keeps us from harm.

But many times it’s an inner voice and barrier that keeps us stuck.

That keeps us from getting what we want and becoming who we honestly deep down want to be.

Learning to handle fear and overcome it – even if that’s sometimes just for 10 or 30 seconds so you can take an important action – is critical to living your life fully.

So in this article I’d like to share timeless and time-tested wisdom from the people that walked this earth long before us (and from a few that are still here with us).

Here are 73 inspirational, thought-provoking and practically helpful quotes on fear.

[NOTE: This used to be a much shorter and more unstructured blog post that has somehow only become more popular in the past 11 years since I first created it. It is has now been updated with 51 additional quotes and received some well-needed polishing.]

“People living deeply have no fear of death.” — Anais Nin

“When a resolute young fellow steps up to the great bully, the world, and takes him boldly by the beard, he is often surprised to find it comes off in his hand, and that it was only tied on to scare away the timid adventurers.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.” — Bertrand Russell

“Fears are educated into us, and can, if we wish, be educated out.” — Karl Augustus Menninger

“Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem to be more afraid of life than death.” — James F. Byrnes

“Of all the liars in the world, sometimes the worst are our own fears.” — Rudyard Kipling

“Curiosity will conquer fear even more than bravery will.” — James Stephens

“Ignorance is the parent of fear.” — Herman Melville

“Fear: False Evidence Appearing Real.” — Unknown

“I am not afraid of tomorrow, for I have seen yesterday and I love today.” — William Allen White

“Who sees all beings in his own self, and his own self in all beings, loses all fear.” — Isa Upanishad, Hindu Scripture

“We are more often frightened than hurt; and we suffer more from imagination than from reality.” — Seneca

“Do the thing you fear and the death of fear is certain.”’ — Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Where no hope is left, is left no fear.” — Milton

“Laughter is poison to fear.” — George R.R. Martin

“Fear is only as deep as the mind allows.” — Japanese Proverb

“Instead of worrying about what people say of you, why not spend time trying to accomplish something they will admire.” — Dale Carnegie

“One of the greatest discoveries a man makes, one of his great surprises, is to find he can do what he was afraid he couldn’t do.” — Henry Ford

“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” — Franklin D. Roosevelt

“Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold.” — Helen Keller

“You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you.” — Eric Hoffer

“Fear makes us feel our humanity.” — Benjamin Disraeli

“To overcome fear, here’s all you have to do: realize the fear is there, and do the action you fear anyway.” — Peter McWilliams

“If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.” — Marcus Aurelius

“Fear is the lengthened shadow of ignorance.” — Arnold Glasow

“Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.” — Anais Nin

“Fear defeats more people than any other one thing in the world.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil.” — Aristotle

“Do the thing you fear to do and keep on doing it… that is the quickest and surest way ever yet discovered to conquer fear.” — Dale Carnegie

“I have learned over the years that when one’s mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear.” — Rosa Parks

“Keep your fears to yourself but share your courage with others.” — Robert Louis Stevenson

“The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek.” — Joseph Campbell

“In time we hate that which we often fear.” — William Shakespeare

“Fear is the needle that pierces us that it may carry a thread to bind us to heaven.” — James Hastings

“When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe. I am related to the earliest times, and to the latest.” — Henry David Thoreau

“Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything – all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure – these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important.” — Steve Jobs

“Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness.” — Bertrand Russell

“Everything you want is on the other side of fear.” — Jack Canfield

“There are times when fear is good. It must keep its watchful place at the heart’s controls.” — Aeschylus

“I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.” — Nelson Mandela

“There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.” — Andre Gide

“The way you overcome shyness is to become so wrapped up in something that you forget to be afraid.” — Lady Bird Johnson

“Don’t fear failure so much that you refuse to try new things. The saddest summary of a life contains three descriptions: could have, might have, and should have.” — Louis E. Boone

“You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing which you think you cannot do.” — Eleanor Roosevelt

“We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.” — Plato

“Fear makes strangers of people who would be friends.” — Shirley Maclaine

“In skating over thin ice our safety is in our speed.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

“If you’re not willing to risk, you cannot grow. If you cannot grow, you cannot be your best. If you cannot be your best, you cannot be happy. If you cannot be happy, what else is there?” — Les Brown

“The best way out is always through.” — Robert Frost

“Obstacles are like wild animals. They are cowards but they will bluff you if they can. If they see you are afraid of them… they are liable to spring upon you; but if you look them squarely in the eye, they will slink out of sight.” — Orison Swett Marden

“It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.” — Marcus Aurelius

“Don’t fear, just live right.” — Neal A. Maxwell

“Fear of self is the greatest of all terrors, the deepest of all dread, the commonest of all mistakes. From it grows failure. Because of it, life is a mockery. Out of it comes despair.” — David Seasbury

“Fear is a darkroom where negatives develop.” — Usman B. Asif

“If you look into your own heart, and you find nothing wrong there, what is there to worry about? What is there to fear?” — Confucius

“Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the ark, professionals built the Titanic.” — Unknown

“The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown.” — H. P. Lovecraft

“Feed your faith and your fears will starve to death.” — Unknown

“To dare is to lose one’s footing momentarily. To not dare is to lose oneself.” — Soren Kierkegaard

“Find out what you’re afraid of and go live there.” — Chuck Palahniuk

“No power so effectually robs the mind of all its powers of acting and reasoning as fear.” — Edmund Burke

“Fears are stories we tell ourselves.” — Unknown

“Fear has a large shadow, but he himself is small.” — Ruth Gendler

“Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.” — Dale Carnegie

“There are several good protections against temptation, but the surest is cowardice.” — Mark Twain

“Try a thing you haven’t done three times. Once, to get over the fear of doing it. Twice, to learn how to do it. And a third time to figure out whether you like it or not.” — Virgil Thomson

“Fear has two meanings: ‘Forget Everything And Run’ or ‘Face Everything And Rise.’ The choice is yours.” — Zig Ziglar

“Living with fear stops us taking risks, and if you don’t go out on the branch, you’re never going to get the best fruit.” — Sarah Parish

“Anything I’ve ever done that ultimately was worthwhile… initially scared me to death.” — Betty Bender

“The enemy is fear. We think it is hate; but, it is fear.” — Gandhi

“The greatest mistake we make is living in constant fear that we will make one.” — John C. Maxwell

“Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.” — Marie Curie

“I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.” — Frank Herbert

What is your favorite quote on fear? Feel free to share the best one(s) you have found in this article or in your life in the comments section below.

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