Quotes About Courage

he who has the right needs not to fear.

Even when it hurts like hell, hold fast. The pain is the arrow coming out, not the arrow going in. Faith is not about trusting a God who will rescue you from arrows but trusting in the process. Faith will center you, not rescue you. As the pain and fear pass, I hold fast.

Noble and great. Courageous and determined. Faithful and fearless. That is who you are and who you have always been. And understanding it can change your life, because this knowledge carries a confidence that cannot be duplicated any other way.

It is possible to be clean in a dirty world.

Warriors are those who desire battle more than peace. Those who seek battle despite peace. Those who thump their spears on the group and talk of honor. Those who leap high in the battle dance and dream of glory.... The good of dead warriors, Mother, is that they are dead.

The world, even the smallest parts of it, is filled with things you don't know. If you care about something enough, it's going to make you cry. But you have to use it. Use your tears. Use your pain. Use your fear. Get mad.

Those Montana Indians were so tough that white people were scared of them. Can you imagine a place where white people are scared of Indians and not the other way around? That's Montana.

And then I realized that my sister was trying to LIVE a romance novel. Man, that takes courage and imagination. Well, it also took some degree of mental illness, too, but I was suddenly happy for her. And a little scared. Well, a lot scared.

son, Mr. P said. You're going to find more and more hope the farther and farther you walk away from this sad, sad, sad reservation.

Hey, Mom, I'm a married woman now. I want to have ten babies and live here forever and ever. How weird is that? It's almost ROMANTIC. And then I realized that my sister was trying to LIVE a romance novel. Man, that takes courage and imagination. Well, it also took some degree of mental illness, too, but I was suddenly happy for her. And a little scared.

And that's when I knew that I was going to be okay.

I felt brave all of a sudden. Yeah, maybe it was just a stupid and immature school yard fight. Or maybe it was the most important moment of my life. Maybe I was telling the world that I was no longer a human target.

If you care about something enough, it's going to make you cry. But you have to use it. Use your tears. Use your pain. Use your fear.

It's one of the simplest sentences in the world, just four words, but they're the hugest words in the world when they're put together. You can do it.

Sherman Alexie

We sat there in silence. A masculine silence. Thick and strong. Oh, I'm full of shit. We were terrified and clueless.

How weird is that? It's almost romantic. And then I realized that my sister was trying to LIVE a romance novel. Man, that takes courage and imagination. Well, it also took some degree of mental illness, too, but I was suddenly happy for her. And a little scared.

Do you understand how one small dog—afraid of the wolves who had attacked him and those who would attack him anew—might stand on his hind legs, might evolve in a moment, so he could run away and never return?

Poverty was our spirit animal.

Why did you punch him?" she asked. "He was bullying me." "You should have just walked away." "He called me 'chief.' And 'squaw boy.' " "Then you should have kicked him in the balls.

She kissed him like he was a warrior; she kissed him like she was a warrior.

Man, I've always cried too easily. I cry when I'm happy or sad. I cry when I'm angry. I cry because I'm crying. It's weak. It's the opposite of warrior.

I wasn't afraid of the dark nearly as much as I was afraid of the monsters who hunted by night and day.

taste failure in the tap water