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Quotes About Courage

The end of the world had taught Rachel Wheeler many lessons, but the most recent one was this: Running for your life was a bitch when you only had one leg. She tightened the moist, stained bandana that kept the worst of the leaking to a minimum, then hobbled forward another ten feet. The wild dog that had bitten her could have inflicted any number of infections, but it wasn't like she could hobble into the ER and
~ Scott Nicholson
Live bravely in the time you have and smile at the void.
~ Scott Snyder
Maybe that's what Batman is about. Not winning. But failing, and getting back up. Knowing he'll fail, fail a thousand times, but still won't give up
~ Scott Snyder
Batman was human. He had no powers. He stood next to Gods and said, I handle my city.
~ Scott Snyder
It's all up to you, kid. The dinosaurs are dying out. Become a Bird...
~ Scott Snyder
Maybe that's what Batman is about. Not winning. But failing, and getting back up. Knowing he'll fail, fail a thousand times but still won't give up
~ Scott Snyder
But Dixon had once been a soldier. He knew that courage was not the absence of fear but the ability to carry on with dignity in spite of it.
~ Scott Turow
Will banntot turn snow to rain, or roll back the sea, but it can keep you from being simply steamrollered by fate.
~ Scott Turow
He has developed an aesthete's appreciation for the knavishness, the guile, the selfish cleverness of so many of his clients, appreciating human misbehavior for its miserable creativity. In almost every criminal case, there is a moment that combines inspired imagination with sheer audacity in a way that leaves Stern gasping, and full of perverse admiration for conduct he knows he would never have the courage to attempt.
~ Scott Turow
It's not the traveling that takes courage Tally. I've done much longer trips on my own. It's leaving home.
~ Scott Westerfeld
Frighteningly Beautiful, Dangerously Strong, Breathtakingly Fast. Face it Tally-wa you're special...
~ Scott Westerfeld
Not everything made you stronger. It was possible to survive, yet still be crippled for your trouble. Sometimes it was okay to run away, to skip the test, to chicken out. Or at least to get some help.
~ Scott Westerfeld
Alek said, Do you think I'm being a fool? I think you're trying to do something good. But doing good is rarely easy, and no weapon has ever stopped a war.
~ Scott Westerfeld
they walked with a pedatory grace.... one of them ripped off their hood and said, my name is Tally Youngblood and is a special circumstance....
~ Scott Westerfeld
So, there was this beautiful princess. She was locked in a high tower(...)She was stuck up there(...)So the only thing was to jump.
~ Scott Westerfeld
Dude, I just watched you climb up a f*cking building!-Lace
~ Scott Westerfeld
She was a soldier, not some girl twisting her skirts at a village dance.
~ Scott Westerfeld
Thou, Spirit of the Earth, art nearer: Even now my powers are loftier, clearer; I glow, as drunk with new-made wine: New strength and heart to meet the world incite me, The woe of earth, the bliss of earth, invite me, And though the shock of storms may smite me, No crash of shipwreck shall have power to fright me!
~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
I know very well that we are not all equal, nor can be so; but it is my opinion that he who avoids the common people, in order not to lose their respect, is as much to blame as a coward who hides himself from his enemy because he fears defeat. The
~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The question, therefore, is not whether a man is weak or strong, but whether he can endure the full extent of his sufferings, be they of a moral or physical nature.
~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
ill-humour resembles indolence: it is natural to us; but if once we have courage to exert ourselves, we find our work run fresh from our hands, and we experience in the activity from which we shrank a real enjoyment.
~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Still, here goes! Whatever may befall, My hope is in your Nothing to find All.
~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
en conciencia, es más fácil el morir que el soportar con valor y firmeza una vida llena de amarguras y padecimientos.
~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Now, to go out into the world and bear The earth's whole pain and joy, all this I dare; To fight with tempests anywhere, And in the grinding shipwreck stand and not despair!
~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe