# Quote — David Gemmell, Legend

> Some of you are probably thinking that you may panic and run. You will not! Others are worried about dying. Some of you will. But all men die. No one ever gets out of this life alive.

- Author: [David Gemmell](https://www.leafyquotes.com/david-gemmell.md)
- Book: [Legend](https://www.leafyquotes.com/david-gemmell/legend.md)
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/David_Gemmell#Legend) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/david-gemmell/legend/some-of-you

## More from this book

> Life is nothing unless death has been faced down.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/david-gemmell/legend/life-is-nothing.md)

> “I understand why some men become soldiers: to protect the nation and all that. But a whole race of people living to be soldiers seems … unhealthy. Does that sound right?”“Indeed it sounds right. But the northern steppes make poor farmland. Mainly they breed goats and ponies. Any luxuries they desire, they must steal.”

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/david-gemmell/legend/i-understand-why.md)

> [H]e who fears to lose will never win.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/david-gemmell/legend/h-e-who-fears.md)