Quotes About Courage

Man must confront his worst fear to find his virtue.

Life is not being sure what will come next or how it will come. We guess at everything we do. We take leap after leap in the dark and that's the joy of living and the beauty of faith. When we grow tired, when we sit still, that's when we begin to die.... One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.

Angela Elwell Hunt

him; they gladly fought for Israel. He extended the glory of his people. Like a giant he put on his breastplate; he girded on his armor of war and waged battles, protecting the host by his sword. He was like a lion in his deeds, like a lion's cub roaring for prey. He searched out and pursued the lawless; he burned those who troubled his people.

If I make a fool of myself, who cares? I'm not frightened by anyone's perception of me.

You'd think, 'What if I make a mistake today, I'll regret it'. I don't believe in regret, I feel everything leads us to where we are and we have to just jump forward, mean well, commit and just see what happens.

I did not design this game; I did not name the stakes. I just happen to like apples; and I am not afraid of snakes.

I don't care if they eat me alive, I've got better things to do than survive.

They can call me crazy if I fail, all the chance that I need, is one-in-a-million and they can call me brilliant if I succeed.

once you stop worrying what the world will think of you, your life will become that much easier to live.

Le donne sono forti. Le donne possono fare tutto, bene quanto gli uomini. Le donne possono fare molto di più. Ma una donna deve cercare dentro di sé quel filone di forza. Non si manifesta naturalmente da solo.

Only those who have been truly afraid can understand the crippling hold it can have on you.

The difficulty lay with the mind accommodating itself to the notion of the plane, with all its weight, defying gravity, staying aloft. She understood the aerodynamics of flight, could comprehend the laws of physics that made flight possible, but her heart, at the moment, would have none of it. Her heart knew the plane could fall out of the sky.

Were you frightened? One gets tired of being frightened, wouldn't you agree?

you have to look at life, feel it, face it, and deal with it.

Anita Stansfield

Anita Stansfield

For the first time in her life she was proud of her size, proud of her strength, even proud of her oddly boyish face. She could see interest, even admiration in the faces of many of the girls.

Does it ever happen that a nice girl is a Lesbian? she asked him shyly.

If you ever meet a guy and you fall in love with him, but because of some weird genetic mutation he doesn't seem to return the feeling?... Wear that dress.

She knew that when she got old it would be more fun to look back on a life of romance and adventure than a life of quiet habits. But looking back was easy. It was the doing that was painful. There were plenty of things she would like to look back on but wasn't willing to risk ...

Wear them, they will make you brave.

She had to have faith not just in trying but in failing. Was she strong enough to fail Was she strong enough not to

she never showed girly weaknesses like cellulite or crushes. she never lingered on injustices committed against her.