Quotes About Courage

The stronger you stand on your principles, the easier it is to fight. The first time, it's tough, but the second time, it's always easier. You just have to push for your rights.

When you're hiding behind a character all the time, as soon as you have to be yourself, you feel kind of terrified.

desolate with the knowledge that she could not face life without the terrible strength of the weak, the gentle, the tender hearted.

Every problem has two handles. You can grab it by the handle of fear or the handle of hope.

Strong people don't like witnesses to their weakness.

La gente piccola dev'essere solida per poter sopravvivere fra i grandi.

We will not be stupid girls. We will not be powerless girls. We will not be useless girls

Mother came over and gave Luke's shoulder a reassuring squeeze before turning back to the stove. They had defied the Government once, with Luke. That had taken all the defiance they had in them. Maybe more.

It's like I'd been walking a tightrope with a big safety net underneath me, but I never really thought about the net until someone took it away. And then every single step scared me to death.

The story begins like so much else,' she says slowly, 'With hope. Hope and dreams and daring...

Maybe everyone is just waiting for some else to save them.

It's not whether you get knocked down; it's whether you get up.

Margaret Peterson Haddix

The rewards are worth far more than the risks.

Something surprising occurred to Finn. Are you all scared? he asked. Just because you don't know where the spinning room took us? Does it scare you that much when you don't know stuff? He jumped up to the next higher step. You should all remember what it's like to be a second grader. There's lots of stuff I don't know or understand, and I'm fine.

Great, Trey thought. I do one brave thing in my entire life, and now it's like, 'Got anything dangerous to do? Send Trey. He can handle it.' Doesn't anyone remember that Cowardice is my middle name?

Margaret Peterson Haddix

Nina's wrists and ankles were rubbed raw from the handcuffs and ankle cuffs that chained her to the wall. The skin had been whipped from her back; even the slightest touch of her shirt against her spine sent pain shrieking through her body. One of her eyes seemed to be swollen shut from the beating.

Kaderimi deÄŸiÅŸtirmiÅŸtim. Bana yapamayaca??m? söyledikleri ÅŸeyi yapmay? baÅŸarm??t?m. Kendi hayat?m? kendi kendime deÄŸiÅŸtirmiÅŸtim. Bir iyilik perisi her ÅŸeyi deÄŸiÅŸtirebilirdi. (syf. 64 – 65)

Margaret Peterson Haddix

And those were the ingredients for my happily ever after.

Do not enter with defeat in your heart for that is the first victory of evil.

Be the hero of your own life. Don't let somebody else play that role. (Vasu)

Puny human body, my ass!