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Courage Quotes
"Olive was way beyond hearing anything, but her chin was set and she was determined to help the pilot so that he would not be too afraid before they hit the earth. She smiled and nodded again. At the end of each stunt he looked back, and each time she encouraged him. Afterward he said over and over, "She's the goddamest woman I ever saw. I tore up the rule book and she wanted more. Good Christ, what a pilot she would have made!"
"When we choose to stay down, we are in reality confusing wisdom with cowardice. When we choose to stand back up, we are using wisdom to overcome cowardice."
"Do one thing every day that scares you."
"She lives for this-the fight, the battle for survival. She actually enjoys it."
"Until that moment she had never thought she could do it. Never thought she would be brave enough or scared enough, or desperate enough to dare."
"It wasn't brave because he wasn't scared: it was the only thing he could do. But going back again to get his glasses, when he knew the wasps were there, when he was really scared. That was brave.' 'Because,' she said, 'when you're scared but you still do it anyway, that's brave."
"If you are not willing to stand up for anything or anybody, then why should the Creator take a single step to help you?"
"Give us the strength to encounter that which is to come that we may be brave in peril constant in tribulation temperate in wrath and in all changes of fortune and down to the gates of death loyal and loving one to anther."
"The world is full of haters, stand for what you believe in and believe in what you stand for."
"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."
"If you expect to succeed as a writer, rudeness should be the second-to-least of your concerns. The least of all should be polite society and what it expects. If you intend to write as truthfully as you can, your days as a member of polite society are numbered, anyway."
"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."
"I can manage," said Frodo. "I must."
"It is a courage which can find the solution to every problem, not the intelligence."
"Transcend your doubts. Transcend your fears. Transcend your weaknesses. Transcend your limits."
"Knowing the truth is so minuscule compared to having the nerve to say it...and even more to live it."
"Anything you want is just beyond your fear."
"Even if no one is listening to you or you are being persecuted, go on speaking, do not keep quiet."
"Never give in never give in never never never never - in nothing great or small large or petty - never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense."
"Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising that tempt you to believe your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires some of the same courage that a soldier needs. Peace has its victories, but it takes brave men and women to win them."
"In life, courage is sometimes to enter through the door and sometimes it is to walk out the door!"
"Fearlessness is like a muscle. The more you exercise it, the more natural it becomes to not let your fears run you."
"Believers, look up - take courage. The angels are nearer than you think."
"A lion will never be afraid of sheep, no matter how many outnumber it."
"Are you going to threaten to kill anyone?" Vega asked dryly.Even though he knew she wasn't being completely serious, the truth was, he would kill someone if they attempted to harm her. "I won't threaten anyone." Which was the truth. If he had to act, he would just kill, not bother with meaningless threats."
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