--- title: "Best Cressida Cowell Sayings" description: "Cressida Cowell is a British author. She is best known for the book series How to Train Your Dragon, which has subsequently become a media franchise as ..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-cressida-cowell-25467.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Cressida Cowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-cressida-cowell-25467.jpg) # Cressida Cowell (1966) Writer United Kingdom **89** quotes in **243** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Cressida Cowell is a writer from the United Kingdom, best known for *What Shall We Do With The Boo-hoo Baby?*. ## Quick Facts About Cressida Cowell Born April 15, 1966 Nationality United Kingdom Profession Writer Notable works What Shall We Do With The Boo-hoo Baby? Known for How to Train Your Dragon Spouse Simon Michael Cowell ## About Cressida Cowell Cressida Cowell is a British author. She is best known for the book series How to Train Your Dragon, which has subsequently become a media franchise as adapted by DreamWorks Animation. As of 2015, the series has sold more than seven million copies around the world. ## Awards & Honors Nestlé Children's Book Prize Member of the Order of the British Empire Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature ## Quotes by Cressida Cowell · Page 3 > [“I dream of an Heir who shall be a Dragon-Whisperer, a Swordfighter, a Man who talks with Monsters and who will harness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cressida-cowell/i-dream-of-an-heir-who-shall-be-a-dragon-whisperer-a-swordfighter-a/) [Cressida Cowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cressida-cowell/) [Dragon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dragon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/700/cressida-cowell-7158_dreams_i-dream-of-an-heir-who-shall-be-a-dragon_1616036.jpg) > [“Being frightened is not the same as being a coward. Maybe he was as brave as anyone else there, because he went…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cressida-cowell/being-frightened-is-not-the-same-as-being-a-coward-maybe-he-was-as/) [Cressida Cowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cressida-cowell/) [Coward](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/coward/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e6d/cressida-cowell-7158_coward_being-frightened-is-not-the-same-as-bein_2419888.jpg) > [“Sometimes it is not until the Final Chapter that you realise what a quest has REALLY been about all along.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cressida-cowell/sometimes-it-is-not-until-the-final-chapter-that-you-realise-what-a/) [Cressida Cowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cressida-cowell/) [Adventure](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/adventure/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/64c/cressida-cowell-7158_adventure_sometimes-it-is-not-until-the-final-chap_2595517.jpg) > [For a Hero cannot triumph all the time. Sometimes he will be defeated, and how he faces that defeat is a test…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cressida-cowell/for-a-hero-cannot-triumph-all-the-time-sometimes-he-will-be-defeated/) [Cressida Cowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cressida-cowell/) [Character](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/character/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/20c/cressida-cowell-7158_character_for-a-hero-cannot-triumph-all-the-time-s_72433.jpg) > [“There may yet come a time when Heroes are needed once more. There may yet come a time when the dragons will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cressida-cowell/there-may-yet-come-a-time-when-heroes-are-needed-once-more-there-may/) [Cressida Cowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cressida-cowell/) [Dragon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dragon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/534/cressida-cowell-7158_time_there-may-yet-come-a-time-when-heroes-ar_2204081.jpg) > [Most of us are lucky not to be Kings and Heroes, because we do not have to make the choices that Kings…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cressida-cowell/most-of-us-are-lucky-not-to-be-kings-and-heroes-because-we-do-not/) [Cressida Cowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cressida-cowell/) [Choices](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/choices/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/064/cressida-cowell-7158_choices_most-of-us-are-lucky-not-to-be-kings-and_45958.jpg) > [“Glory comes not to the weak A treasure land shines out so strong We see it clear from far away O Great…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cressida-cowell/glory-comes-not-to-the-weak-a-treasure-land-shines-out-so-strong-we/) [Cressida Cowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cressida-cowell/) [Glory](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/glory/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d6/cressida-cowell-7158_glory_glory-comes-not-to-the-weak-a-treasure-l_2890543.jpg) > [“Toothless crossed his eyes and made a gulping noise with his throat as if he was swallowing ... "AAAAAAARGH!" screamed Hiccup. Toothless…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cressida-cowell/toothless-crossed-his-eyes-and-made-a-gulping-noise-with-his-throat/) [Cressida Cowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cressida-cowell/) [Cowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cowell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bcc/cressida-cowell-7158_cowell_toothless-crossed-his-eyes-and-made-a-gu_1652326.jpg) > [“Oh for Thor's sake,' said Camicazi in exasperation. 'Have you not hung around with him for long enough to know that you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cressida-cowell/oh-for-thor-s-sake-said-camicazi-in-exasperation-have-you-not-hung/) [Cressida Cowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cressida-cowell/) [Hiccup](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hiccup/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/33a/cressida-cowell-7158_hiccup_oh-for-thor-s-sake-said-camicazi-in-exas_3157633.jpg) ## Cressida Cowell by topic [Cowell (10)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cowell/cressida-cowell/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cressida-cowell/#itemlist", "name": "Cressida Cowell Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I dream of an Heir who shall be a Dragon-Whisperer, a Swordfighter, a Man who talks with Monsters and who will harness the power of Thor's thunder itself...”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Cressida Cowell" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cressida-cowell/i-dream-of-an-heir-who-shall-be-a-dragon-whisperer-a-swordfighter-a/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/700/cressida-cowell-7158_dreams_i-dream-of-an-heir-who-shall-be-a-dragon_1616036.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/700/cressida-cowell-7158_dreams_i-dream-of-an-heir-who-shall-be-a-dragon_1616036.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/700/cressida-cowell-7158_dreams_i-dream-of-an-heir-who-shall-be-a-dragon_1616036.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I dream of an Heir who shall be a Dragon-Whisperer, a Swordfighter, a Man who talks with Monsters and who…” — Cressida Cowell", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Being frightened is not the same as being a coward. 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