Quotes About Courage

It was surely well for man that he came late in the order of creation. There were powers abroad in earlier days which no courage and no mechanism of his could have met. What could his sling, his throwing-stick, or his arrow avail him against such forces as have been loose tonight? Even with a modern rifle it would be all odds on the monster.

We are bound to go." My answer was to rise from the table. "You are right, Holmes. We are bound to go." He sprang up and shook me by the hand. "I knew you would not shrink at the last," said he, and for a moment I saw something in his eyes which was nearer to tenderness than I had ever seen. The next instant he was his masterful, practical self once more.

The weak man becomes strong when he has nothing, for then only can he feel the wild, mad thrill of despair.

for it is only when a man goes out into the world with the thought that there are heroisms all round him, and with the desire all alive in his heart to follow any which may come within sight of him, that he breaks away as I did from the life he knows, and ventures forth into the wonderful mystic twilight land where lie the great adventures and the great rewards.

Never mind, he answered; and, slinging his weapon over his shoulder, strode off down the gorge and so away into the heart of the mountain to the haunts of the wild beasts. Amongst them all there was none so fierce and so dangerous as himself.

he breaks away as I did from the life he knows, and ventures forth into the wonderful mystic twilight land where lie the great adventures and the great rewards.

my orderly, who threw me across a pack-horse, and succeeded in bringing me safely to the British lines. Worn with pain, and weak from the prolonged hardships

I assure you that I little thought when I left my professional chair in London that it was for the purpose of heading a raid of savages upon a colony of anthropoid apes.

We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark, but the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light. When we refuse to see the truth that lies before us because facing it is too hard and scary for us. Because when we acknowledge that light, then we see the monsters the dark no longer hides and we are honor bound to do something to stop them.

No dejaré que mueras sin pelear.

Las cosas siempre aparecen cuando las necesitamos. —Eso no es verdad—replicó. —Sí que lo es. Sólo tienes que decidir si eres lo bastante fuerte y valiente como para aprovechar la oportunidad que se te presenta.

There are some pains that run very deeply, as so that the strongest one accept them without being broken.

Follow me down before anyone else gets show. Especially before I get shot, 'cause that would just ruin an otherwise nice day. (Jack)

Life isn't finding shelter in the storm, or waiting for the storm to pass. It's about learning to dance in the rain.

Quiero que siempre lleves la cabeza bien alta y que persigas tus sueños, sean cuáles sean. No le hagas caso a la gente que quiera hacerte daño, no permitas que te hagan llorar. Escucha lo que te dice tu corazón para ser mejor que los otros. Nadie consigue nada hiriendo a los demás. La felicidad siempre proviene del interior. Vive tu vida como tú quieras vivirla y así serás feliz. Siempre. Eso es lo más importante, Torimou. (Theron)

Any game plan? (Xypher) Don't die. (Sin) I like it. Simple, bold. Impossible. Works for me. (Xypher)

Thieves, drunkards, lunatics, wastrels, and whores we might all be, but there ain't a coward among us.

Ain't real big on fear. I tried it once, and well… didn't like the taste of it. Burped it up for days afterwards and have no intention of doing that again. -Jess 'Sundown

Lo que uno más lamenta es lo que alguna vez no tuvo el coraje de hacer

life isn't about finding shelter in a storm. It's about learning to dance in the rain.

People don't lose their lives, Your Majesty. Their lives are taken from them, or else they lay them down themselves. And which will be your fate, Gabriel? I'll lay mine down, Lady.

Her spirit is all spit and fire

Or is this just what you do? You start to get involved, get scared when the emotions are too much, and then dream up any excuse you can to run? Or to invite the other person to dump you?

Smart people don't wallow in self-pity. They find a new dream.