Quotes About Courage

He remembered his own code that he had made up when he was about twelve, a code of three points only: 'Never betray a friend. Never betray beauty. Never betray the sword.' By that last he had meant being brave when he was afraid.

It is, I think, that we are all so alone in what lies deepest in our souls, so unable to find the words, and perhaps the courage to speak with unlocked hearts, that we don't know at all that it is the same with others.

Between the probable and proved there yawns A gap. Afraid to jump, we stand absurd, Then see behind us sink the ground and, worse, Our very standpoint crumbling. Desperate dawns Our only hope: to leap into the Word That opens up the shuttered universe.

we are all so alone in what lies deepest in our souls, so unable to find the words and perhaps the courage to speak with unlocked hearts, that we do not know at all that it is the same with others.

If you don't quit, and don't cheat, and don't run home when trouble arrives, you can only win.

When you love, when you really love, fear becomes irrelevant.

Insecurity is designed to take away from you. That is why you should never give into it.

Be true to what naturally interests you - and be brave enough to turn an obsession into a profession.

Now listen up, you Navy-loving son of a bitch! If my friend wants that bear, she's gonna get that bear. And neither hell nor you nor some big-haired, twenty-hour-sleeping king of the idiots is gonna stop me from making sure she gets that bear!

She never discussed her past in detail, but a few tidbits she'd dropped here and there over the last few months they'd all been hanging together convinced Ronnie and Sissy that the woman hadn't merely lived on the wild side, but instead owned prime real estate there.

That's nothing. To impress a polar bear I met in Switzerland, I once got on two tiny sticks and flew down a snow-covered mountain.

Either Mitch goes with me…or get used to finding your wife hiding in trees." "That's just mean." "I'm a Smith. What did you expect?" "Good point.

To quote my daddy, don't be such a pussy." "But I am a pussy.

Okay then." She nodded. "Then let's do this." "Now before we start, there is one thing you always need to keep in mind during this process." "What?" "That everyone, at some point in their life, wants to fly. And soon you'll actually be doing it." "Which means . . . what? Exactly." "That you're better than everyone else.

I cannot and will not give any undertaking at a time when I, and you, the people, are not free. Your freedom and mine cannot be separated.

So we become alive in a time of fear.

I fear feeling my heart break a second time, because I'm not sure I could survive it. I'd rather live alone than risk the pain.

Even after all this time, I keep forgetting that heroes can be found in unlikely places and persons -- like mechanics who can turn into coyotes.

You have to put your body on the line from time to time in order to make a statement or change a law.

Isn't it about time you fought back?

Whether your time calls you to live or die, do both like a prince.

I'd learned that my mother was a badass in disguise. She was Van Helsing in an apron and heels, and—at least for the time being—I couldn't think of a single thing cooler than that.

I am always in awe of people who devote their lives to a good cause and are brave enough to take a stance, though it may be controversial in their time.

I've always had a soft spot for dreamers – not those who waste their time thinking 'what if' but the ones who look to the sky and say 'why can't I shoot for the moon?'