Quotes About Courage

It's not like I didn't feel sorry for myself sometimes. I've cried my heart out. Sometimes I cried till I couldn't stand up straight. It's just that I never cried like that in front of anyone." "I

What lies behind us and what lies before us are but tiny matters compared to what lies within us. —Ralph Waldo Emerson

I think at the end of the day, we're all alone, aren't we? We all have to stand on our own no matter how many people surround us. I guess you'll have to be strong. Like you have always had to be.

I'm positive he's still scared of me. I know he's been slapped, but I hold the sole distinction of taking him down." "And she put a boot on his chest to hold him down while she threatened his life," Jack said. "I'm telling you, I almost exploded with lust. I had to marry her." Ellie

It turns out the mark of a happy life isn't staying just one step ahead of the grim reaper. It's knowing you're strong.

It took a lot to straighten your back like that, hold your head up, be the strength and not the victim.

I'll fix you up. Let me take it a lot shorter, give you a chance to catch up over here. I promise, it won't be awful. You'd look good with shorter hair." "Yeah, that's what the Marine Corps thought. They thought I was cute as a button as a jarhead. Anything you do is fine. I appreciate it." "You

about knocks you

When your heart aches with love, just the fear of having it thrust away is enough to frighten the boldest from spilling their simple truth.

difficult and beautiful.

the night, Charlene made the long ride

Tell me your secrets. Tell me when you were most afraid.

I'm the weak one, he thought dismally, and she's the one with the strength of a thousand soldiers.

Paige looked up at him, smiled sweetly, and it made him feel all soupy inside. Her eyes were so sad, so scared. She couldn't help it, he understood that. If it weren't for the fear, he might actually take her hand to give her courage—but she wasn't just afraid of whoever did that to her. She was afraid of everything, including him.

So—you made it." "Jack, you are my hero. It was such a challenge to just be there, I don't know how you delivered David. Honest to God, I don't." "I had directions," he said, lifting his glass. "I'm not doing it again, however. I'm going to keep a really close eye on her next time. I want to watch, that's all." It

my mother—a young woman with a passel of kids and no

After a little while, Jack pulled him up, hoisted him over his shoulder and carried him about a mile down the road to meet their convoy. And Jack had said, Let it out, buddy. After you get it all out, you stick to me like duct tape—I'm your mother now.

Because sometimes it is as bad as you fear, or even worse. And sometimes you have to do it anyway, because the kind of life you're left with if you don't isn't really of the same value.

The two important things I did learn were that you are as powerful and strong as you allow yourself to be, and that the most difficult part of an endeavor is taking the first step, making the first decision.

The two important things I did learn were that you are as powerful and strong as you allow yourself to be, and that the most difficult part of any endeavor is taking the first step, making the first decision.

I had learnt to use my fears as stepping stones rather than stumbling blocks

The two important things that I did learn were that you are as powerful and strong as you allow yourself to be, and that the most difficult part of any endeavour is taking the first step, making the first decision.

To be free is to learn, to test yourself constantly, to gamble. It is not safe. I had learnt to use my fears as stepping stones rather than stumbling blocks, and

I experienced that sinking feeling you get when you know you have conned yourself into doing something difficult and there's no going back.