Quotes About Courage

In America, we have always believed that if the day was a disappointment, we would win tomorrow. That's what John Lewis believed when he marched across this bridge.

I don't mind a good fight. For reasons known only to God, I've had quite a few tough ones in my life. But I learned an important lesson along the way: In the end, it matters less that you can fight. What you fight for is the real test.

Courage is not the absence of fear, but the capacity to act despite our fears.

Americans Never Quit. We never surrender. We never hide from history. We Make History. -John McCain

We are taught to understand, correctly, that courage is not the absence of fear, but the capacity for action despite our fears.

In Flanders fields the poppies grow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place, and in the sky, The larks, still bravely singing, fly, Scarce heard amid the guns below.

Take up our quarrel with the foe: To you from failing hands we throw The torch; be yours to hold it high. If ye break faith with us who die We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders fields.

Win the ship a name of glory, win the men a death of grace

I firmly believe that one of the hallmarks of a champion—any champion—is the ability to absorb losses and regain confidence immediately.

As C.S. Lewis observed in The Silver Chair, one book in the Chronicles of Narnia series: "Crying is all right in its own way while it lasts. But you have to stop sooner or later, and then you still have to decide what to do.

Remember what we taught you to do when you get to the end of your rope?" "Make a knot and hang on," Ayers says.

The right choice was usually the more difficult one.

We have to hope. When I'm dying and ready to go, you know what I'm going to do? I'm going to hope with all my heart. And then I'm going to let go. Hope I don't disappear. Hope I land somewhere safely.

Some women, Ava realizes, would crumple in a pile and feel sorry for themselves, but not Jennifer. Jennifer puts on her gnome sweater.

This is foxhole religion at its most basic. The only person who wants the soldier to live more than the soldier himself is the soldier's mother.

You need to choose bravery over shame," Leanne says. "Humility over pride.

Telling the truth when you've done something wrong is the most terrifying thing in the world.

I will never be disappointed if you strike out swinging. That means you tried.

She channels her inner Doris Day and feigns a que será será attitude.

Other soldiers at this table may be wishing they were safe in their homes with their families, but Tiger knows that, right now, he's where he's supposed to be.

that's why women don't turn in their abusers, she thinks. It's humiliating—and the possibility of victim-shaming is very real.

anyone. It takes an extraordinary person to handle this kind of loss as graciously as you are." At these words, Ursula sat up and stretched

makes of herself.

backbone, Eddie informed Allegra that she would not have