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Courage Quotes


"Obstacles must be overcome. Problems must be solved. Doubt must be resisted. Fear must be defeated."


"Never let your fears hold you back. Fears are not easily overcome but when you take the time to be brave it is worth the struggle."


"It is what you do about the fear you feel that sets you apart, to be a coward or a courageous person."


"The most important experiences a man can have are those that take him to the very limit; that is the only way we learn, because it requires all our courage."


"One of the bravest things you can do is take action towards your dreams. To overcome the fear that holds you back makes you so strong. Your mind will tell you no while your heart says yes and you have to choose which side you will fall on. Let your choice be to take action for the pursuit of your life goals. You may not succeed right away, but had you not taken action, you would never have succeeded anyway. Be brave."


"I think I speak for everyone," he says, "when I say you have earned the title of Dauntless"."


"You need courage because at various moments in your life you might need to attempt something new, push yourself outside your comfort zone, challenge the status quo, change your story, or overcome your fear."


"If you are foe, we do not fear you. If you are friend, your foes will be taught the fear of us."


"Acknowledge your fear, odd one. Fearlessness is for the insane and the arrogant. You are neither. Those who rely on you for their lives will be well served only if you fear what you should fear. You are a unique soul, a child of grace, but you can still fail yourself and others."


"If you care about something you have to protect it " If you're lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it."


"To risk life to save a smile on a face of a woman or a child is the secret of chivalry."


"My old man says when it's time to be counted, the important thing is to be man enough to stand up."


"Keep your innocence and ignorance aside, and expose yourself to dangerous situations, and understand the deeper secrets of life."


"You beg fate to make your fears into reality, Aleran. But for the moment, they are only fears. They may come. If so, then face them and overcome them. Until then, pay them no mind. You have enough to think on."


"Feelings that would not have disgraced a leader who, now that the snow has begun to fall and the mountain-top is covered in mist, knows that he must lay himself down and die before morning comes, stole upon him, paling the colour of his eyes, giving him, even in the two minutes of his turn on the terrace, the bleached look of withered old age. Yet he would not die lying down; he would find some crag of rock, and there, his eyes fixed on the storm, trying to the end to pierce the darkness, he would die standing. He would never reach R."


"A question is embarrassing for a moment, but not asking is embarrassing for a lifetime."


"A man of great common sense and good taste - meaning thereby a man without originality or moral courage."



"Slowly the shapes around her took on form. Huge empty eyes stared at her hungrily through the gloom, and dimly she saw the jagged shadows of long teeth. She had lost the count. She closed her eyes and bit her lip and sent the fear away. When she looked again, the monsters would be gone. Would never have been. She pretended that Syrio was beside her in the dark, whispering in her ear. Calm as still water, she told herself. Strong as a bear. Fierce as a wolverine. She opened her eyes again. The monsters were still there, but the fear was gone."


"Maybe you know the monsters, Martin," Murphy said quietly. "But I know the guy who stops them. And if they don't return the girl, we'll make them regret it." She nodded at me and said, "Let's go. We can watch Dresden kill the bitch."


"When you notice yourself desperately trying to think of an excuse to avoid a new experience out of FEAR, ANXIETY or INSECURITY, make the decision to say: 'sure, I'll do it' , and see how your life improves."


"I can manage," said Frodo. "I must."


"It seems to me that I cannot afford, as a self-respecting individual, to refuse to do a thing merely because it will make me disliked or bring down a storm of criticism on my head."


"Neither have they hearts to stay Nor wit enough to run away."
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