Quotes About Courage

But you never know what you can do until you try, and if you're lucky, what you love will always be waiting for you.

She fell, she hurt, she felt. She lived.

It was one thing to let these thoughts haunt the dark spaces of my mind, but another entirely to put them into the light, making them real.

The first step is always the hardest

Failing sucks. But it's better than the alternative...not even trying...life's short.

It's about the courage to go for what you want, not just what you think you need. Sometimes, we don't even know what that is.

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

Don't be afraid. Be alive ~Kristy

As our eyes met, I thought again of that long-ago afternoon in the courthouse. When faced with the scariest of the things, all you want is to 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.

Okay, he said. He took a breath. What would you do, if you could do anything? I took a step toward him, closing the space between us. This, I said. And then I kissed him

It's kind of impressive...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.

When faced with the scariest of things, all you want is to 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.

So don't be afraid. Be alive.

Dreams, and plans, and a stark desire to change your life, all on your own. I wanted that too, but I didn't want to have to run away to do it.

As I crossed the lobby to the boardwalk, all I could think was that regardless of the performance I'd just witnessed, it didn't make you noble to step away from something that wasn't working, even if you thought you were the reason for the malfunction. Especially then. It just made you a quitter. Because if you were the problem, chances were you could also be the solution. The only way to find out was to take another shot. (302)

it didn't make you noble to step away from something that wasn't working, even if you thought you were the reason for the malfunction. Especially then. It just made you a quitter. Because if you were the problem, chances were you could also be the solution. The only way to find out was to take another shot.

It's so stupid," she added softly, "what we do to ourselves because we're afraid. It's so stupid." And she kept her head turned, as if I wasn't even there.

That racing of my heart, the flushing of my face I was feeling: it was what happened when you got hurt, true, but also when you got back up and went on.

You would be surprised by the strength of a desperate man.

Sometimes it is useful to fear something too much, for it makes the real thing quite bearable.

Somebody out of touch with reality, when she jumped she probably thought she'd fly.

You are not made of metaphors, Not apologies, not excuses.

I want her to know that this world is made out of sugar. It can crumble so easily but don't be afraid to stick your tongue out and taste it.

It does not matter how long we have been kept in cages. It does not matter how strong your gravity is. We were always meant to fly.