Quotes About Courage

After a long, long time she reached an important conclusion. She was never going to stand by and say nothing again.

She was never going to stand by and say nothing again.

Yes, that was the way it had all begun, the game of the hundred dresses. It all happened so suddenly and unexpectedly, with everybody falling right in, that even if you felt uncomfortable as Maddie had there wasn't anything you could do about it. Maddie wagged her head up and down. Yes, she repeated to herself, that was the way it began, that day, that bright blue day.

Dear teacher: My Wanda will not come to your school anymore. Jake also. Now we move away to big city. No more holler Polack. No more ask why funny name. Plenty of funny names in the big city. Yours truly, Jan Petronski.

Her legacy is that of a woman who refused to conform to the misogynistic traditions of her time.

Be glad. Be good. Be brave.

Never be afraid to meet to the hilt the demand of either work, or friendship - two of life's major assets.

It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness.

A woman is like a tea bag. You never know how strong she is until she gets into hot water.

You gain strength, experience and confidence by every experience where you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing you cannot do.

You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, "I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along."… You must do the thing you think you cannot do.

I believe that anyone can conquer fear by doing the things he fears to do, provided he keeps doing them until he gets a record of successful experience behind him.

Women are like teabags. We don't know our true strength until we are in hot water!

I have spent many years of my life in opposition, and I rather like the role.

No man is defeated without until he is defeated within.

You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.... You must do the thing which you think you cannot do.

You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience by which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, "I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.

I believe that anyone can conquer fear by doing the things he fears to do ...

People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built.

We do not have to become heroes overnight. Just a step at a time, meeting each thing that comes up, seeing it as not as dreadful as it appears, discovering that we have the strength to stare it down.

It is better to light a single candle than to curse the darkness.

You must do the thing you think you cannot do.

I could not at any age be content to take my place in a corner by the fireside and simply look on.

It is a brave thing to have courage to be an individual; it is also, perhaps, a lonely thing. But it is better than not being an individual, which is to be nobody at all.