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Courage Quotes


"If you build the guts to do something, anything, then you better save enough to face the consequences."


"Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to die."


"Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience."


"To live we must conquer incessantly, we must have the courage to be happy."


"If rape or arson, poison or the knifeHas wove no pleasing patterns in the stuffOf this drab canvas we accept as life -It is because we are not bold enough!"


"Always seek out the seed of triumph in every adversity."



"Song of myselfWith music strong I come, with my cornets and my drums, I play not marches for accepted victors only, I play marches for conquer'd and slain persons. Have you heard that it was good to gain the day? I also say it is good to fall, battles are lost in the same spirit in which they are won. I beat and pound for the dead, I blow through my embouchures my loudest and gayest for them. Vivas to those who have fail'd! And to those whose war-vessels sank in the sea! And to those themselves who sank in the sea! And to all generals that lost engagements, and all overcome heroes! And the numberless unknown heroes equal to the greatest heroes known!"



"If the statue engulfs people in fire, we should send Leo.' 'I love you too, man.' 'You know what I mean. You're immune. Or, heck, give me some of those nice water grenades and I'll go. Ares and I have tangled before."


"I'm sick of not having the courage to be an absolute nobody."


"It takes a certain courage and a certain greatness to be truly base."


"Untutored courage is useless in the face of educated bullets."


"Political courage is not political suicide."


"Let your life be a reflection of your bravery not of your fear. Someone who does not take risks and leave their comfort zone will remain stagnant. They will never change, never move, never leave the place they are right now. Be brave in the face of your fears."


"Go back?" he thought. "No good at all! Go sideways? Impossible! Go forward? Only thing to do! On we go!" So up he got, and trotted along with his little sword held in front of him and one hand feeling the wall, and his heart all of a patter and a pitter."


"You'll feel afraid at times. You'll feel weak at times. But remember, fear and weakness are not your enemies. They are forms of evolutionary wisdom in the face of danger. Take some time to assess the situation and shake the weakness and fear off your limbic system."


"I'll know how to die with courage; that is easier than living."



"We're on a hunt, Cooper. When you're on a hunt, you do whatever it takes."



"Don't die on me," she whispered when the clock struck midnight and he still had not moved. "It's only a little shoulder wound. Goddess, George-don't die on me."His eyes flickered open and he smiled. "I didn't know you cared," he whispered. "And why insult me? I won't die for a wee nick like this; I've had worse in my day."Alanna wiped her wet cheeks. "Of course I care, you unprincipled pickpocket!" she whispered. "Of course I care."


"Optimism is the foundation of courage."


"You don't develop courage by being happy in your relationships everyday. You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity."


"Never let your fear of the unknown and things being too difficult make your choices for you in life. One of the saddest lessons in life is finding out that your fear made the situation worse than what it was and a braver person stole the dream you gave up on."


"Humanity does not pass through phases as a train passes through stations: being alive, it has the privilege of always moving yet never leaving anything behind. Whatever we have been, in some sort we are still."



"New lesson class... most monsters will vaporize when sliced with a celestial bronze sword.this change is perfectly normal, and will happen to you RIGHT NOW if you don't BACK OFF!.... CLASS DISMISSED!"



"The best thing to do is stare it in the face and move on. We have to face our fears and plow through. I think taking chances takes a lot more courage than staying stagnant and doing what's safe and comfortable."



"Courage without conscience is a wild beast."


"Honest conviction is my courage; the Constitution is my guide."


"Soldiers, when committed to a task, can't compromise. It's unrelenting devotion to the standards of duty and courage, absolute loyalty to others, not letting the task go until it's been done."


"Don't jump to-"I'm not, Dekka said. "But if that's what it is, if it's those things, I'm going to ask you to take care of me."We've been over this, Sam said, pulling his hand away."If I tell you it's time, you do it, okay, Sam?He couldn't answer."I'm not afraid to die, Dekka said."
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