Quotes About Courage

With that one little booklet put back in place, it came as a different story. Because of that burrow through rock and water—lacuna, he called it. This time I read with a different heart, understanding the hero would still be standing at journey's end. Or at least, live or die, he'd known of a chance and aimed to take it.

You are afraid you might forget, but you never will. You will forgive and remember. Think of the vine that curls from the small square plot that was once my heart. That is the only marker you need. Move on. Walk forward into the light.

What matters in a story is the heart of its hero.

Your perceptions are derived from your feelings and your ability to be yourself, to own and trust yourself, and to say what you feel, even when it may be diametrically opposed to everyone eles's opinion. You may be called the Devil Incarnate. You may feel like cow pies are being thrown at you. Sometimes that is part of being true to yourself.

When truthsayers have the courage to say the emperor is wearing no clothes, whether you agree with their point of view or not, send them love. They are to be acknowledged for speaking their truth.

Your power ends where your fear begins.

When one's time approached, how much better to go out in a blaze of glorious lunacy, on a gnu, than to dribble one's life away in a rocking chair. Alexander

in! 'Cause I saw her do that to a roach before! And she is excellent at it!

the bathroom was the boy I can beat up.

for anyone, more like mounting a wild stallion in a Texas rodeo and endeavoring to stay in the saddle on a bucking horse. And to be aware that danger always lurked round every corner

I'm very sure of you. You're so good; so brave. And remember, God never gives us a burden that is too heavy to bear.

Yer nasty bugger!' she cried passionately. 'It was only an accident. The lass didn't do it on purpose.' She regarded Murgatroyd through blazing eyes. 'If I ever sees yer strike that lass again, yer life won't be worth living. I promise yer that. I won't go ter the Squire. Indeed I won't! I'll tell her

I have the heart of a man, not of a woman, and I am not afraid of anything…

I have the heart of a man, not of a woman, and I am not afraid of anything… –ELIZABETH I, Queen of England

He paweth in the valley and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men. —JOB

Only bullfighting, mountain climbing and auto racing are sports, the rest are merely games.

was whining the war

Better a wise r?nin, I decided, than a naïve samurai.

What was that Churchill saying? "Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result." That's what this felt like.

If you focus on the risks, they'll multiply in your mind and eventually paralyze you. You want to focus on the task, instead, on doing what needs to be done.

right now. Today. I'd been foolish, a coward even, to have waited so

Men use these words to frighten us, Livia would tell them. To intimidate and paralyze. We need to habituate to what upsets us so we can fight through it. Deny our attackers the weapon of their words.

Barry Eisler

If you want to get something you never had before, you have to do something you've never done before.