Keep in mind that many people have died for their beliefs; it's actually quite common. The real courage is in living and suffering for what you believe.

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It's better to ask forgiveness than permission. - Brom

Never ask an elf for help; they might decide your better off dead, eh?" (Orik) (Eldest) (Page 207)

Live in the present, remember the past, and fear not the future, for it doesn't exist and never shall. There is only now.

How noble. Oh we would fell many...-you with magic and blade, whilst my weapons would be tooth and claw-but it would be futile in the end. They are too numerous.... We cannot defeat them, only be defeated. - Saphira

A true warrior does not fight because he wishes to but because he has to. A man who yearns for war, a man who enjoys his killing, he is a brute and a monster. No matter how much glory he wins on the battlefield, that cannot erase the fact that he is no better than a rabid wolf who will turn on his friends and family as soon as his foes.