Quotes About Courage

not every boy thrown to the wolves becomes a hero.

Noble souls, through dust and heat, rise from disaster and defeat the stronger.

He invented the Fuse Box Dwarf, a little man who popped out at you from behind the paint cans in the cellarway and screamed, "Dreeb! Dreeb! I am the Fuse Box Dwarf!" Lewis was not scared by the little man, and he felt that those who scream "Dreeb" are more to be pitied than censured.

It ain't over now 'cuz when the going gets tough, the tough get going.

The single word that counted on Wednesday was the one that came from the muzzle of a gun, addressed to somebody on their knees. Better to choose our hour than to accept this. We know each other. We've known each other from the time of Crocodilopolis. [Letter unsent]

Most people, she said, can't stand the truth. It's too bad but there it is, most people can't stand it.

I was scared of one thing after another. I still am. Naturally. How could it be otherwise? You can either be fearless or you can be free, you can't be both.

I don't see how Henry, priedopen for all the world to see, survived.

Gift us," Berryman prays to God, "with long cloaks & adrenaline" ("Eleven Addresses

The trouble with this country is that a man can live his entire life without knowing whether or not he is a coward.

Heartmating hesitating unafraid

If we don't risk being hurt, we cannot give unconditional love. Unconditional love gives others the right to hurt us.

The miracle isn't that I finished. The miracle is that I had the courage to start.

Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill

John Birmingham

He looked down and did something quite out of character for him: he took hold of Shmuel's tiny hand in his and squeezed it tightly. "You're my best friend, Shmuel," he said. "My best friend for life.

Peace is that state in which fear of any kind is unknown.

I am an ordinary sort of fellow, not braver than other people, but I hate to see a good man downed, and that long knife would not be the end of Scudder if I could play the game in his place.

But the big courage is the cold-blooded kind, the kind that never lets go even when you're feeling empty inside, and your blood's thin, and there's no kind of fun or profit to be had, and the trouble's not over in an hour or two but lasts for months and years.

If you're going to be killed you invent some kind of flag and country to fight for, and if you survive you get to love the thing

It's a great life if you don't weaken

He that is down needs fear no fall.

He that is down need fear no fall.

I fought till my sword did cleave to my hand; and then they were joined together as if a sword grew out of my arm; and when the blood ran through my fingers, then I fought with most courage.