Quotes About Courage

Men have been found to resist the most powerful monarchs and to refuse to bow down before them, but few indeed have been found to resist the crowd, to stand up alone before misguided masses, to face their implacable frenzy without weapons and with folded arms to dare a no when a yes is demanded.

There was no doubt in her mind about what she had to do now. She had to leave, had to go and take all of her

So remember this; as long as you are willing to be Acceptance-with-Joy and Bearing-in-Love, you can never again be crippled, and you will be able to go wherever I lead you. You will be able to go down into the Valley of the world to work with me there, for that is where the evil and sorrowful and ugly things are which need to be overcome.

Blessed is the match, consumed in kindling flame. Blessed is the flame that burns in the heart's secret places. Blessed is the heart that knows, for honors sake, to stop its beating. Blessed is the match, consumed in kindling flame.

I could have been 23 next July I gambled on what mattered most, the dice were cast. I lost.

Write your own fairytale. . .

It is a law of the spiritual life that every act of trust makes the next act less difficult. Trusting becomes like breathing, the natural unconciousness of the redeemed soul.

Sharp knives seemed to cut her delicate feet, yet she hardly felt them--so deep was the pain in her heart.

And if I perish, I perish

If somebody tells you a rule, break it. That's the only thing to move things forward.

If somebody tells you a rule, break it. That's the only way to move things forward.

If you give desperation any wiggle room, it will toy with you.

We don't pray in foxholes because we are ready to meet our Maker. We pray because we don't want to.

They take in the full experience of great loves and great tragedies without backing down or crouching into some sort of defensive stance. If life is going to punch them in the face, they stick their chins out and savor the moment. That is living life to the fullest.

God, grant me the SERENITY to accept the things I cannot change, The COURAGE to change the things I can, The WISDOM to know the difference.

A tip jar read: FEAR CHANGE. LEAVE IT WITH US.

Win looked at him. "Were you ever in the military?" he asked. Pants seemed confused. "No." "You are a worthless punk," Win said in the same tone he might use when discussing a mixed stock report. "A pitiful ectoplasm such as yourself wearing army fatigues is an affront to any man or woman who has ever experienced real combat. If I ever happen across you again donning any similar garb, I will hurt you severely. Do I make myself clear?

None of this was comforting. It was weird and it hurt. But (...) I did it anyway.

Ali gestured with her eyes for me to look right. I followed the gesture to Coach Bobby. "Don't you dare fight him," she said. "He challenged me," I said. "The bigger man steps away." "In the movies maybe. In places filled with pixie dust and Easter Bunnies and pretty fairies. But in real life, the man who steps away is considered a big-time wuss.

But they also were on some base level congenitally brave.

But they also were on some base level congenitally brave. There was a selflessness within them, a purity of action.

There's some quality you get when you're not totally comfortable. When you're not doing what you're used to, you could completely fall on your face. You could completely blow it.

Scare yourself every day, and do something that makes you feel totally excited and totally terrified.

I want to play an action hero. I'm ready for roles that totally aren't me.