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Courage Quotes
"Sometimes walking away has nothing do with weakness, and everything to do with strength. We walk away not because we want others to realize our worth and value, but because we finally realize our own."
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"It is your life, enthusiastically accept the challenge."
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"A threat leads to nothing if it is not accepted. In fighting the good fight, you should never forget that. Just as you should never forget that both attacking and fleeing are part of the fight. What isn't a part of the fight is becoming paralyzed by fear."
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"But the Warrior never allows himself to be discouraged."
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"We must intentionally push ourselves out of our comfort zones if we are to make any significant progress on this side of life."
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"Don't quench the courageous spirit you begun with, you'll still need it when the going gets tough and all things seem impossible on your journey!"
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"Be as fierce as a lion. Let the world hear you roar."
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"We are fighting for the distinction between sacrifice and mysticism, between energy and violence, between strength and cruelty, for that even finer distinction between the true and the false, between the man of the future and the cowardly gods you revere."
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"Vulnerability is not knowing victory or defeat, it's understanding the necessity of both; it's engaging. It's being all in."
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"Don't look at your circumstance. Be courageous!"
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"We are taught to fear anything that can bring us closer to death - to keep us from taking huge leaps that involve risk. The only thing you should fear in this lifetime is not taking risks while you are living. I do not mean to go jump off a bridge. I mean, to go all out to reach your dreams, to dare to do things you typically would not do out of fear. Pain has a threshold and so does death. Fear neither, and never fear what has no right to be feared."
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"A cowardly warrior is like a toothless lion."
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"I tread paths by moonlight that others fear to speak of during day."
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"To keep a warm heart in a cold world is the real victory."
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"You can either be a person who is a coward, afraid, ready to submit, surrender, a person who has himself no dignity, no respect for his own being-or you can be fearless. But then you are going to be a rebel, you cannot avoid that. Either you can be a man of faith or you are going to be a rebellious spirit."
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"I did not fear that I might tread upon a live rail and be killed. I feared something far more intangible-doing what was not contemplated by the Machine. Then I said to myself, "Man is the measure, and I went, and after many visits I found an opening."
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"An unbelieved truth can hurt a man much more than a lie. It takes great courage to back truth unacceptable to our times. There's a punishment for it, and it's usually crucifixion."
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"With courage, always go where you fear to go."
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"Get scared later, and if you're scared now remember what Kit always said. If you're not scared, she told me, it's not bravery. And you want to be brave, don't you, Snicket?"
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"What is easy for one person may be terrifying for another. Not all people have developed an unshakable confidence to kick butt and conquer. How can meek and quiet wallflowers, both women and men, join the ranks of the risk takers and event shakers? The first step is to ask yourself how you may be feeling stuck and then get moving."
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"Isn't bravery always sort of beautiful?"
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"Satan's first appearance in the Bible included an attack on a marriage-trying to divide Adam and Eve. His tactics have not changed. He wants our marriages to flounder and fail, because he knows that few things will discourage us more."
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"He stepped off the pavement like a man jumping off a bridge, as calm as a swimmer with an ocean out below. Lucy had known what he was going to do the instant their eyes met. She'd know what he intended because she would have done the very same thing if she'd had his courage. Nothing was going to break his fall."
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"Be like stars; when darkness tries to stop you from shining, shine all the more."
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"From the beginning, I've told journalists that I planned to write better than any writer of my era who graduated from an Ivy League college. It sounds boastful and it is. But The Citadel taught me that I was a man of courage when I survived that merciless crucible of a four-year test that is the measure of The Citadel experience. I'm the kind of writer I am because of The Citadel."
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"Walking on water is safer than sailing in a leaking boat."
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"Staying silent is like a slow growing cancer to the soul and a trait of a true coward. There is nothing intelligent about not standing up for yourself. You may not win every battle. However, everyone will at least know what you stood for-YOU."
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"You cannot be truthful if you are not courageous. You cannot be loving if you are not courageous. You cannot be trusting if you are not courageous. You cannot inquire into reality if you are not courageous. Hence courage comes first and everything else follows."
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