Quotes About Bravery

Life in District 12 isn't really so different from life in the arena. At some point, you have to stop running and turn around and face whoever wants you dead. The hard thing is finding the courage to do it.

We have to joke about it because the alternative is to be scared

And right when your song ended I knew - just like your mother - I was a goner," Peeta says. "Then for the next eleven years, I tried to work up the nerve to talk to you.

Fly you high, Gregor the Overlander. Fly you high!

The rules of the Hunger Games are simple. In punishment for the uprising, each of the twelve districts must provide one girl and one boy, called tributes, to participate. The twenty-four tributes will be imprisoned in a vast outdoor arena that could hold anything from a burning desert to a frozen wasteland. Over a period of several weeks, the competitors must fight to the death. The last tribute standing wins.

There was no discussion between them; it was as if the bugs had worked out this whole scenario long ago. Temp put on a burst of speed for the end of the bridge, and Tick turned to face down the army of rats alone.

I don't know how to say it exactly. Only...I want to die as myself. Does that make any sense?' he asks. I shake my head. How could he die as anyone but himself. 'I don't want them to change me in there. Turn me into some kind of monster that I'm not.

En algún momento hay que dejar de correr y hacerles frente a tus enemigos, lo difícil es reunir el valor suficiente para hacerlo.

You haven't hurt people—you've given them an opportunity. They just have to be brave enough to take it.

Mutually counting on each other, watching each other's backs, forcing each other to be brave.

Tuck in your tail, little duck.

No has hecho daño a nadie..., les has dado una oportunidad. Sólo tienen que ser lo suficientemente valientes para aprovecharla.

I mean I know it's cold out here and not everybody has a sleeping bag. But when you grit your teeth and stick it out until dawn!

Then I dive into my tent before I do something stupid like cry.

How did Rue end up on that stage with nothing but the wind offering to take her place?

Deciding not to run away is a crucial first step.

Tiny, searing stabs. Wherever the droplets of mist touch my skin. "Run!" I scream at the others. "Run!" Finnick snaps awake instantly, rising to counter an enemy. But when he sees the wall of fog, he tosses a still-sleeping Mags onto his back and takes off. Peeta is on his feet but not as alert. I grab his arm and begin to propel him through the jungle after Finnick.

Hope. It is the only thing stronger than fear.

Suzanne Collins

La esperanza es lo único más fuerte que el miedo.

My heart starts to pound, I can feel my face burning. Without thinking, I pull an arrow from my quiver and send it straight at the Gamemakers' table. I hear shouts of alarm as people stumble back. The arrow skewers the apple in the pig's mouth and pins it to the wall behind it. Everyone stares at me in disbelief. "Thank you for your consideration," I say. Then I give a slight bow and walk straight towards the exit without being dismissed.

At some point, you have to stop running and turn around and face whoever wants you dead. The hard thing is finding the courage to do it.

If the careers want me, let them find me.

Prim... Rue... aren't they the very reason I have to try to fight? Because what has been done to them is so wrong, so beyond justification, so evil that there is no choice? Because no one had the right to treat them as they have been treated? Yes. This is the thing to remember when fear threatens to swallow me up.