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Courage Quotes
"In the action business, when you don't want to say you ran like a mouse, you call it 'taking cover.' It's more heroic."
"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."
"The fearful person wilts and submits to what they call fate. The fearless negotiates with fate for a compromise."
"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."
"And it's all my fault, Gale. Because of what I did in the arena. If I had just killed myself with those berries, none of this would've happened. Peeta could have come home and lived, and everyone else would have been safe, too."Safe to do what? he says in a gentler tone. "Starve? Work like slaves? Send their kids to the reaping? You haven't hurt people " you've given them an opportunity. They just have to be brave enough to take it."
"We are very much what others think of us. The reception our observations meet with gives us courage to proceed, or damps our efforts."
"I have done, this year, what I said I would: overcome my fear of facing a blank page day after day, acknowledging myself, in my deepest emotions, a writer, come what may."
"Gavriel's son was bellowing Whitethorn's name. A gods-damned victory cry. Over and over, the men taking up the call. Then Fenrys's voice lifted. And Gavriel's. And that red-haired queen. The Havilliard king.On into battle, on into bloodshed, they called the prince's name."
"This is your chance. Are you going to cower and make excuses or are you going to do what you really want to do?"
"Courage is to walk hand in hand with the fear!"
"Never show your weakness before adversary."
"Growing up, I always had a soldier mentality. As a kid I wanted to be a soldier, a fighter pilot, a covert agent, professions that require a great deal of bravery and risk and putting oneself in grave danger in order to complete the mission. Even though I did not become all those things, and unless my predisposition, in its youngest years, already had me leaning towards them, the interest that was there still shaped my philosophies. To this day I honor risk and sacrifice for the good of others - my views on life and love are heavily influenced by this."
"I tell people not to be afraid of their fears; because their fears are not there to scare them, they're there to let them know that something is worth it. Yet I am often afraid. I guess that means in my life, lots of things have been worth it!"
"I'm a lion in a strange land."
"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."
"Be fearless in releasing the productivity of your time."
"Did you think you could stop me? I'll burn the world down to save her."
"He who runs from a challenge runs from an opportunity."
"So, preferring death to capture, I accomplished the most astonishing deeds, and which, more then once, showed me that the too great care we take of our bodies is the only obstacle to the sucess of those projects which require rapid decision, and vigorous and determined execution. In reality, when you have once devoted your life to your enterprises, you are no longer the equal of other men, or, rather, other men are no longer your equals, and whosoever has taken this resolution, feels his strength and resources doubled."
"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."
"So I forced myself to step out of my comfort zone and go out and connect with people. I realised that no one knew me here. I could become whoever I wanted to be for these people, and that became my courage."
"She let the fear burn inside her like fuel, making her voice even stronger."
"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."
"Extraordinary storms turn average seamen into extraordinary sailors."
"If you are positive about your calling, then it does not matter how hard or complicated it is."
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