Quotes About Courage

Men and women are not limited by the place of their birth, not by color of their skin, but by the size of their hope.

Martyrs were innumerable, among them, Saint Denis, 3rd century bishop of Paris, who, when beheaded, calmly picked up his severed head and walked several miles to the site of the abbey that bears his name while preaching a sermon on repentance. It seems a long way but, as the French regularly point out, 'c'est le premier pas qui compte', it's the first step that counts.

In a place filled with fears, they were looking for the man who had none.

En un lugar lleno de temores, buscamos al hombre que no tiene ninguno.

As they marched across the yard, at one point the black flier glanced over toward the two white men and grinned as he said, "Don't look so glum, Tommy, Hugh. I've been looking forward to this day since I was first accused of this crime. Usually lynchings don't work this way for black folks. Usually we don't get the chance to stand up in front of everyone and tell them how goddamn wrong they are

te sientes mejor cuando abordas directamente la raíz de tus problemas»

El miedo y el mar son una combinación letal.

En mi lápida quiero que diga: «Estaba loco, pero al menos lo intentó.» —¡Papá!

La Tierra es redonda, pero es la gente que vive en ella la que crea los límites, y hace que sea terriblemente fácil caer al abismo, donde todavía hay monstruos que esperan ansiosos para tragarte.

Puedes escalar una montaña, puedes surcar a nado el mar. Puedes lanzarte a las llamas, pero nunca serás libre...

Vive en libertad o muere.»

Daba igual la cantidad de cerrojos que tuviera en la puerta, no impedirían la entrada a mis peores miedos.

That truth is far stronger than death.

I was never afraid of failure; for I would sooner fail than not be among the greatest.

Kalau anda bertekad untuk tidak mau termangu-mangu dan ragu-ragu lagi saat suara hati anda menyuruh anda untuk bertindak, artinya anda sudah menerima kunci restu.

Soldiers, when committed to a task, can't compromise. It's unrelenting devotion to the standards of duty and courage, absolute loyalty to others, not letting the task go until it's been done.

If I must have an ill, may it be real, That I may meet it eye to eye and fight, And wheresoever it may strength reveal Get after it with all my main and might. The woe that but impends and wears the mind With worry deep and most vexatious care, Is harder fighting than the realler kind, For when you come to strike—it isn't there!

All of the great leaders have had one characteristic in common: it was the willingness to confront unequivocally the major anxiety of people in their time. This, and not much else, is the essence of leadership.

Washington is a place where people praise courage and act on elaborate personal cost-benefit calculations.

It would have been a longer and slower job, Im sure, and probably there would have been a high price to pay. But what is the price of freedom? Whats the price of life? Donald countered bitterly.

You've got to make a stand, show a bit of class, all you've got to do is say no, but you know you're going to hate yourself in the morning.

Life is cruel enough without unnecessary brutality. Fight it.

Resistance to tyranny is obedience to God.

A man with God is always in the majority.