Quotes About Courage

for everyone there is something unendurable - something that cannot be contemplated. Courage and cowardice are not involved. If you are falling from a height it is not cowardly to clutch at a rope. If you have come up from deep water it is not cowardly to fill your lungs with air. It is merely an instinct which cannot be disobeyed

Being in a minority, even a minority of one, did not make you mad. There was truth and there was untruth, and if you clung to the truth even against the whole world, you were not mad.

Tengo mujer y tres hijos. El mayor de ellos no tiene todavía seis años. Podéis coger a los cuatro y cortarles el cuerpo delante de mí y yo lo contemplaré sin rechistar. Pero no me llevéis a la habitación 101

If you are falling from a height it is not cowardly to clutch at a rope.

Nothing in the world was so bad as physical pain. In the face of pain there are no heroes, no heroes, he thought over and over as he writhed on the floor, clutching uselessly at his disabled left arm.

War, for all its evil, is at any rate an unanswerable test of strength, like a try-your-grip machine. Great strength returns the penny, and there is no way of faking the result.

had thought earlier in the night that you can't run when you are sodden from head to foot and weighted down with a rifle and cartridges; I learned now you can always run when you think you have fifty or a hundred armed men after you.

By itself," he said, "pain is not always enough. There are occasions when a human being will stand out against pain, even to the point of death. But for everyone there is something unendurable—something that cannot be contemplated. Courage and cowardice are not involved. If you are falling from a height it is not cowardly to clutch at a rope. If you have come up from deep water it is not cowardly to fill your lungs with air. It is merely an instinct which cannot be destroyed.

Debant la douleur, il n'y a pas de héros, aucun héros.

Do you believe in God, Winston?" "No." "Then what is it, this principle that will defeat us?" "I don't know. The spirit of Man.

Perché non gridavano mai così contro le cose che contavano?

If publishers and editors exert themselves to keep certain topics out of print, it is not because they are frightened of prosecution but because they are frightened of public opinion. In this country intellectual cowardice is the worst enemy a writer or journalist has to face

I myself think it was right, because I believe that it is better even from the point of view of survival to fight and be conquered than to surrender without fighting.

Valor, lobito, ¡siempre valor! Recuerda que los malos tiempos no duran siempre, y que las dificultades que hoy nos parecen tan terribles acabaran desapareciendo.

Good novels are written by people who are not frightened.

All the best matadors were Fascists.

Heureusement l'ennemi était on ne peut moins entreprenant. Il y eut des nuits où notre position eût pu être prise d'assaut par vingt boy-scouts armés de carabines à air comprimé, ou tout aussi bien par vingt girl-guides armées de raquettes.

En este país la cobardía intelectual es el peor enemigo al que tiene que enfrentarse un escritor o periodista, y ese hecho no parece haber recibido la atención que merece.

You understand, that you will be fighting in the dark. You will always be in the dark.

Non esiste nulla di peggio del dolore fisico. Davanti al dolore, continuò a pensare Winston mentre si contorceva sul pavimento, stringendo inutilmente il braccio sinistro ormai invalido, non ci sono eroi. No, davanti al dolore non ci sono eroi.

Somos diferentes de todas las oligarquías del pasado porque sabemos lo que estamos haciendo. Todos los demás, incluso los que se parecían a nosotros, eran cobardes o hipócritas. Los nazis alemanes y los comunistas rusos se acercaban mucho a nosotros por sus métodos, pero nunca tuvieron el valor de reconocer sus propios motivos.

Gelecekten o kadar korkuyoruz ki bir tavÅŸan gibi doÄŸruca boa y?lan?n?n g?rtla??ndan içeri atl?yoruz.

No pueden penetrar en nuestra alma. Si podemos sentir que merece la pena seguir siendo humanos, aunque esto no tenga ningún resultado positivo, los habremos derrotado.

It was merely a few words of encouragement, the sort of words that are uttered in the din of battle, not distinguishable individually but restoring confidence by the fact of being spoken.