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Quotes About Courage

The most effective way to live is as a warrior. A warrior may worry and think before making any decision, but once he makes it, he goes his way, free from worries or thoughts; there will be a million other decisions still awaiting him. That's the warrior's way.
~ Carlos Castaneda
The art of being a warrior is to balance the wonder and the terror of being alive.
~ Carlos Castaneda
The hardest thing in the world is for a warrior to let others be.
~ Carlos Castaneda
A warrior takes his lot, whatever it may be, and accepts it in ultimate humbleness. He accepts in humbleness what he is, not as a grounds for regret but as a living challenge.
~ Carlos Castaneda
Once you decide something put all your petty fears away. Your decision should vanquish them. I will tell you time and time again, the most effective way to live is as a warrior. Worry and think before you make any decision, but once you make it, be on your way free from worries or thoughts; there will be a million other decisions still awaiting you. That's the warrior's way. A warrior thinks of his death when things become unclear. The idea of death is the only thing that tempers our spirit.
~ Carlos Castaneda
A man goes to knowledge as he goes to war, wide awake, with fear, with respect, and with absolute assurance.
~ Carlos Castaneda
A warrior, or any man for that matter, cannot possibly wish he were somewhere else; a warrior because he lives by challenge, an ordinary man because he doesn't know where his death is going to find him.
~ Carlos Castaneda
A warrior considers himself already dead, so there is nothing to lose. The worst has already happened to him, therefore he's clear and calm; judging him by his acts or by his words, one would never suspect that he has witnessed everything.
~ Carlos Castaneda
The art of a warrior is to balance the terror of being a man with the wonder of being a man.
~ Carlos Castaneda
Only as a warrior can one withstand the path of knowledge . . ..
~ Carlos Castaneda
One of the Greatest Forces in the Lives of Warriors is Fear. It Spurs them to Learn.
~ Carlos Castaneda
Suspiré.Nos amparaba el anochecer y aquel silencio de abandono que une a los extraños, y me sentí con valor de decir cualquier cosa, aunque fuese por última vez.
~ Carlos Ruiz Zafon
In those days I learned that nothing is more frightening than a hero who lives to tell his story, to tell what all those who fell at his side will never be able to tell.
~ Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Wars have no memory, and nobody has the courage to understand them until there are no voices left to tell what happened
~ Carlos Ruiz Zafon
It's curious how easy it is to tell a piece of paper what you don't dare say to someone's face.
~ Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Destiny doesn't do home visits... you have to go for it yourself.
~ Carlos Ruiz Zafon
I've always thought that anyone who needs to join a herd so badly must be a bit of a sheep himself.
~ Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Nothing feeds forgetfulness better than war.... We all keep quiet and they try to convince us that what we've seen, what we've done, what we've learned about ourselves and about others, is an illusion, a passing nightmare. Wars have no memory, and nobody has the courage to understand them until there are no voices left to tell what happened, until the moment comes when we no longer recognize them and they return, with another face and another name, to devour what they left behind.
~ Carlos Ruiz Zafon
A good friend once told me that the problems are like cockroaches. If drawn to light, they'll get scared.
~ Carlos Ruiz Zafon
deep down nobody is bad, only frightened.
~ Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Every labyrinth has its minotaur
~ Carlos Ruiz Zafon
I was aware of the risks I was taking, but I did'nt care.
~ Carlos Ruiz Zafon
A good friend once told me that problems are like cockroaches. If you bring them out into the light, they get scared and leave.
~ Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Nada asusta más a un cafre que una mujer que sabe leer, escribir, pensar y encima enseña las rodillas.»
~ Carlos Ruiz Zafon