Quotes About Courage

The war mages might have been running a full-on offensive, but she'd been right there with them. She'd sent them screaming in terror. She'd imprisoned one like a bug under glass. She'd run one the hell down. Mom, I realized in shock, had been kind of a badass.

Pritkin might be a hostile son of a bitch, but he was a damn good guy to have in a fight.

Have you lost your mind?" "No. It got scared and ran away.

You can take him!" Ray whispered in my ear. "Damn straight." The next thing I remember, Ray was fishing me out from under the table. Or, at least, he was trying to, but Scarface's foot was in the way. "On. Her. Ass," Scarface said proudly. "She just slipped," Ray said, sounding frantic. "Anybody could slip. She's fine!

the idea of facing down the god of war made me feel incontinent

It was said with all the panache of a dying hero announcing a mortal blow.

But I didn't lose it and run screaming across the yard, although I don't get any points for that considering that my knees had just locked and I couldn't seem to move.

I'd have been dead a long time ago if not for my friends, one of whom had just jumped off the cliff after me. I'd have been a lot more appreciative if he hadn't pushed me first." ~Cassandra Palmer

Think you can maybe not die for five minutes?" "I'll try,"I told him seriously. "You know, if anyone else said that, it would be funny.

I cannot escape my life but can only use my determination and courage to make it the best I can.

Alyce," she breathed. Alyce sounded clean and smart. You could love someone maned Alyce. She looked back at the face in the water. "This is me, Alyce." It was right. So the newly called Alyce shifted the pack on her shoulders, and with her head back and bare feet solid on the ground, she headed back to the midwife's cottage and never noticed when it grew dark, for heat and light were within her.

As the illness attempts to diminish you, destroy you, or distract you, you've got to rely on your sense of style to help you to divert it, to defeat it and transcend it . . . . "illness style." A good synonym might be "strategy" except the word is too cold to describe something that's about being as alive and vibrant as possible.

It feels good to know that if I died tomorrow I would have absolutely no regrets about things I wanted to do in life but did not try.

Start dreaming. Pray hard. And if God is calling you, don't be afraid to take a step of faith.

She pulled the blanket tighter around her, as if to demonstrate her vulnerability. "Anything can happen," she said. "Haven't you realized that yet?

I am supposed to buck up and celebrate a life

I can do this, I told myself. Somehow, I will survive and thrive.

Thomas, says there are no real dragons. Only they are in your head, he says." "Thomas is right, my love, so do not be afraid of the dark." "But they are in my head sometimes, so I guess they are real.

You are Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon

there may come a time when you must go on, be strong without a friend until you can make new ones, stand on your own.

One thing I have learned from Mama is to fight for what I want

I've learned that you have to choose courage each day like you choose what shirt to wear. It is not automatic.

I've often thought it unfair that women are expected to stay at home when there's a fight to be won. If a woman has the strength to bear a child, she can swing a sword as well as any man.

Don't hide, child. People who really live have a little wear and tear. But that's good. It's what makes us interesting.