Quotes About Courage

Good luck. Be safe. And if you can't be safe... be yourself.

It was a counterweight, the first I have felt in years. It was a note on a ram's horn, before the walls of Jericho.

Because with joy, we overcome the terror. With love, strength, and hope, we prevail.

I don't believe in failure, because simply by saying you've failed, you've admitted you attempted. And anyone who attempts is not a failure. Those who truly fail in my eyes are the ones who never try at all. The ones who sit on the couch and whine and moan and wait for the world to change for them.

She fell, she hurt, she felt. She lived. And for all the tumble of her experiences, she still had hope. Maybe this next time would do the trick. Or maybe not. But unless you stepped into the game, you would never know.

You can't just turn your heart off like a faucet; you have to go to the source and dry it out, drop by drop.

It's so, so stupid what we do to ourselves because we're afraid. It's so stupid.

The bottom line is, what defines you isn't how many times you crash, but the number of times you get back on the bike. As long as it's one more. you're all good.

If you're not getting hurt, you're not riding hard enough.

Total commitment, I said. You know, the idea of discovering something that, for all intents and purposes, goes against your abilities, and yet still deciding to do it anyway. That takes guts, you know?

When you can't save yourself or your heart, it helps to be able to save face.

I had stepped into his arms, showing him my raw, broken heart.

It's true. It's like the hidden secret that no one tells you. we can all be beautiful girls, Colie. it's so easy. it's like Dorothy clicking her heels to go home. You could do it all along.

I paused, only just now realizing that the subject was hitting a little close to home. You know, getting hurt. Putting herself out there, opening up to someone. Yeah, he said adding some cheese straws to the cart, but risk is just part of relationships. Sometimes they work, sometimes they don't. I picked up a box of cheese straws, examining it. Yeah, I said. But it's not all about chance, either.

Being brave and self-confident doesn't necessarily start inside...It starts with the rest of the world, and it leads back to you.

Believe in yourself up here and it will make you stronger than you could ever imagine.

Oh darling, don't be bitter. It's the first instinct of the weak.

My mother was strong, in all the ways I was weak. She fell, she hurt, she felt. She lived. And for all the tumble of her experiences, she still had hope. Maybe this next time would do the trick. Or maybe not. But unless you stepped into the game, you will never know.

If there's one thing I've learned in the last few months, it's that sometimes you just have to close your eyes and jump.

It's a big deal when you finally get the chance to do the one thing you want to do -need to do- more than anything. It can kind of scare the crap out of you.

Okay. Enough. I got out of the closet, brushing myself off, then turned around to face her. This is happening. So you need to go downstairs, face your fears, and make the best of it, and everything will be okay. She narrowed her eyes at me. When did you suddenly become so positive? Just get out of there.

nothing is guaranteed.... So don't be afraid. Be alive.

How it felt to have the world moving beneath me, a hand gripping mine, knowing if I fell, at least I wouldn't do it alone.

When faced with the scariest of things, all you want to do is turn away, hide in your own invisible place. But you can't. That's why it's not only important for us to be seen, but to have someone to look for us, as well.