Quotes About Courage

Ignatius of Lyon said this in the second century: "Christianity is not a matter of persuasive words. It is a matter of true greatness as long as it is hated by the world.

Rosa Parks commented, "People always say that I didn't give up my seat because I was tired, but that isn't true. No, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in.

Andre Trocmé, who pastored the remarkable Le Chambon community during World War II, said, "Nonviolence was not a theory superimposed upon reality; it was an itinerary that we explored day after day in communal prayer and in obedience to the commands of the Spirit.

In college, one of my professors said, "Don't let the world steal your soul. Being a Christian is about choosing Jesus and deciding to do something incredibly daring with your life.

All around you, people will be tiptoeing through life, just to arrive at death safely. But dear children, do not tiptoe. Run, hop, skip, or dance, just don't tiptoe.

So if the world hates us, we take courage that it hated Jesus first. If you're wondering whether you'll be safe, just look at what they did to Jesus and those who followed him. There are safer ways to live than by being a Christian.

Dance until they kill you, and then we'll dance some more.

Brave doesn't mean 'fearless,' you know. It means doing the right thing even if you're frightened.

Hope also walks hand in hand with fear, one of the most universal and most painful emotions. When fear is working for us, it reminds us of realistic limits or alerts us when we're straying from our path to a meaningful future. But fear can also hijack us. Fear gives us only three behavioral options: fight, flight, or freeze.

I've been shot down so many times I get altitude sickness just from standing up for myself.

Try. The tiniest dream that you try to make happen, is worth more than the biggest dream you never attempt.

But he never threw a fight when the fight was right So they sent him to the war

Hear the rebels' voices calling 'I shall not die, though you bury me!' from 'Aisling

For a while I couldn't leave the house by myself. Even if I was just grocery shopping alone, I'd get self-conscious.

Life had hurt her, but it hadn't beaten her. Every time life had thrown a new punch her way, she'd just turned around

I'm Razo, a member of Bayern's Own," he said, stopping himself from adding "Loafing is just a hobby of mine." "Bayern's Own? But you're a child." Razo looked up to the sky. "I'm not a child, I'm just short.

Go on, son, you're not doing me any good by bleeding.

Ani felt a stirring, a hope, a winged thing waking up in her chest and brushing her heart with it's feathers.

Enna leaned back her head and laughed at the sky. 'Of course he wasn't! Who could kill Razo?

No wolf falters before the bite So strike No hawk wavers before the dive Just strike

No matter that we could be beheaded for this," said Esa. "Heads are overrated." "Yes, they are so unfashionable," said Miri, imitating an Aslandian accent. "This spring, ladies of style are wearing their feathers in their necks.

A heart's a heart, in a child or a man. You are tougher than you feel right now. Your roots are deep, your canopy's spread wide. You're going to show everyone what it means to be a king.

No wolf falters before the bite, so strike. No hawk wavers before the dive, so swing. No sun pauses before the set, just strike. No rain delays before the fall, just swing.

Courage is feeling justly afraid and yet still doing what is right.