Quotes About Courage

Enrique Vila-Matas

Era valiente', nos dijo, 'pero yo tengo resaca y no estoy para perdonar la vida de nadie.

Lo más terrible de todo es saber en que consiste esta miserable vida y, pese a todo, y con la mayor alevosía, tener hijos. Se necesita mucho cinismo, valor y crueldad para una cosa de ese estilo.

A ship ought not to be held by one anchor, nor life by a singe hope.

A ship ought not to be held by one anchor, nor life by a single hope.

We should not moor a ship with one anchor, or our life with one hope.

It is not death or pain that is to be dreaded, but the fear of pain or death.

Tell me where I can escape death: discover for me the country, show me the men to whom I must go, whom death does not visit. Discover to me a charm against death. If I have not one, what do you wish me to do? I cannot escape from death, but shall I die lamenting and trembling? . . . Therefore if I am able to change externals according to my wish, I change them: but if I cannot, I am ready to tear the eyes out of him who hinders me.

Why should I fear death? If I am, then death is not. If Death is, then I am not. Why should I fear that which can only exist when I do not? Long time men lay oppressed with slavish fear. Religious tyranny did domineer. At length the mighty one of Greece Began to assent the liberty of man.

You don't develop courage by being happy in your relationships everyday. You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity.

Why should I fear death If I am, Death is not If death is, I am not Why should I fear that which could not exist when I do?

Against other things it is possible to obtain security, but when it comes to death, we human beings all live in an unwalled city.

Gassed. They were killed, and soap was made from the bones. The people were nothing more than that. Wasn't it especially dangerous to talk about that? It wasn't dangerous.

my cousin hid out at a friend's place. They already knew that it was dangerous for them, because the SA had been marching around grabbing up people from their homes and hauling them off. So my cousin went into hiding, and then the Nazis took his mother into custody, the so-called Sippenhaft [a kind of special arrest for family members].

nearly half of all respondents, both Jewish and non-Jewish, had broken the law in a variety of minor ways. Typical of these were listening to illegal foreign radio broadcasts, belonging to illegal youth groups, offering aid and support to people threatened by the Nazis, and speaking critically about Nazi leaders and policies in the company of friends and acquaintances.

While only a handful of the thousands of non-Jews who took our survey had ever been sent to jail, taken into protective custody, or sent to a concentration camp even though the majority had committed illegal acts during the Third Reich, great numbers of the Jewish respondents

I tell you this, my friend; all men are cowards. They dislike a fact except when it is so wrapped up in lies and sentiments that the sharp edge of it cannot hurt them. When a man tells the truth he his, depend upon it, a dangerous man.

It was Napoleon who said that one spy in the right place was worth twenty thousand men in the field. He was speaking of his own spy, Schul-meister, a man of amazing courage, skill, and loyalty. But when the time came to reward Schulmeister for his services it was the same Napoleon who refused him the Legion of Honor for which he had been recommended, and the same Napoleon who commented that money was the only suitable reward for

If one truly has lost hope, one would not be on hand to say so.

If you take away the big words and the solemn face, there is still plenty left, so there is no need to be scared.

Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming, 'Wow Ã¢â'¬Â¦ what a ride.' Ã¢â'¬Â Billy liked it so much he jotted it down in

Don't ever put your life on the line for something you don't believe in.

You gotta do what you gotta do, and when you're done, you'll be stronger.

Tender Warrior," Adam replied and showed John the cover. "You can read it; I'm almost done. Check this out," he said, thumbing backward through the pages. "It was written by Stu Weber, a Vietnam veteran, Special Forces. He became a chaplain.