Quotes About Courage

Here must all distrust be left behind; all cowardice must be ended.

Be as a tower firmly set Shakes not its top for any blast that blows.

El tiempo de los violentos ya se acabo ... y ahora es nuestro tiempo, el de la gente civil, el de la gente que quiere construir paz pero con firmeza. Somos suaves y dulces, pacificos y manzos, pero firmes hasta las ultimas consecuencias. Por eso hemos ganado sobre los violentos. Por eso ganaremos sobre la gente que no sabe dialogar. Hemos perdido el miedo desde hace muchos anos, porque nos atenazo demasiado. Animo ... fuerza.

La mayor parte de los hombres encuentran dificil la virtud. Les resulta mas simple sentir miedo.

Quel peuple!" Ils sont tellement habitués à chercher la vie dans des conditions difficiles qu'ils porteront l'espérance jusqu'en enfer.

Il m'a fallu plus d'un demi-siècle pour retrouver cette force de caractère que j'avais au début. La force du non. Faut s'entêter. Se tenir debout derrière son refus. Presque rein qui mérite un oui. Trois ou quatre choses au cours d'une vie. Sinon il faut répondre non sans aucune hésitation.

Les blessures dont on a honte ne se guérissent pas.

On se sert même du cynisme pour ne pas crever de honte.

The wounds we are ashamed of never heal.

Does it even need to be said that there are times when one must stand up to the community, and use one's voice in support of an unpopular view? Or that complicity is participation? Sometimes the issue at hand may concern a gross injustice, sometimes it may just be about individual boundaries. Sometimes a dissenting view will be heard and accepted, sometimes it will be ignored. None of this changes our obligation to move through the world with honesty and bravery.

The power of persistence is required especially when we're dealing with intense, emotionally devastating circumstances or bunches of hugely difficult things that have stacked up all at once. When you're facing a diagnosis of Graves' disease, a taxi accident, and the imminent death of your sister, and your boyfriend has just moved to Japan, you will definitely need to call on persistence.

The line most often quoted from Frank's diary are her famous words, "I still believe, in spite of everything, that people are truly good at heart." These words are "inspiring," by which we mean that they flatter us.

Either brave or stupid, Rachel thought. Of course, everything brave was also stupid. Sadly the same could not be said of the reverse.

I knew people want most what they pretend to hate, that it takes courage to say what you really want.

Say no! I thought. Say you want yourself all for your own self. Say that you have no specific country, say that you are important without any story from above, say that your home is with me and the other girls up in the sky.

BoÄŸaz?m?za kadar bok içindeyiz, bu doÄŸru ve iÅŸte bu nedenle ba??m?z dimdik yürüyoruz!

Tal como dijo Aretino, «el llanto desconsolado resulta aceptable solo cuando la viuda que lo produce es dueña de un poder que influye, o más aún, es crucial en la vida de los cortesanos. Pero si quien gobierna ha perdido la mayor parte de su poder, el lamento se convierte en una queja insoportable». Lucrecia

Mogao je biti dva puta krupniji od mene, ali onaj koji se ispri?ava uvijek je slabiji od onoga kome se ispri?ava.

The good news is God is beside you, and even if you aren't strong enough to prevail, He will do for you what you don't have the human power to do yourself.

Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows; it empties today of its strength.

Do you feel like you are going under? In that moment, look up, don't lose heart, and hold fast to your faith. Your God will rescue you. Apply Psalm 18 to your life. It's one of my all-time favorites. God himself hears every cry and will always be there to walk you through any storm.

It is so easy to take our eyes off of God and look at the problems around us. That's when we get discouraged and fearful, giving the devil an opportunity to pounce.

For I fully expect and hope that I will never be ashamed, but that I will continue to be bold for Christ, as I have been in the past. And I trust that my life will bring honor to Christ, whether I live or die. Philippians 1:20, NLT

Jesus is our Victor. We simply need to turn to Him when we feel under fire.