Quotes About Courage

Nothing feeds forgetfulness better than war, Daniel. 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. p. 428

Don't be bashful; we're among gentlemen. It's a known fact that we men are the missing link between the pirate and the pig.

Milyen érdekes, hogy az ember oly könnyen kiönti a szívét egy darab papírnak, miközben szemtÅ'l szemben megszólalni sem mer.

El tiempo no nos hace más sabios, sólo más cobardes

A good friend once told me that problems are like cockroaches," he said in the joking tone he used when he wanted to say something serious. "If you bring them out into the light, they get scared and leave.

Hablar es de necios; callar es de cobardes; escuchar es de sabios.

Ein guter Freund hat einmal zu mir gesagt, die Probleme seien wie Kakerlaken. Immer wenn er ernst sein sollte, verfiel er in einen scherzhaften Ton. Wenn man sie ans Licht holt, erschrecken sie und machen sich auf und davon.

Un buen amigo me dijo una vez que los problemas son como las cucarachas. Si los sacas a la luz, se asustan y se van

Everything we need to know is written in the great book of nature," Corelli agreed. "We only need the courage and the mental and spiritual clarity with which to read it.

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.

O tempo não nos torna mais sábios, apenas mais covardes.

Blessed be the one at whom the fools bark, because his soul will never belong to them.

A háborúnak nincs emlékezete, mivel senkinek sincs bátorsága ahhoz, hogy megértse, mi is történt valójában; aztán egyszer csak nem marad szemtanú, aki elmesélhetné; eljön a pillanat, amikor már senki sem emlékszik, s akkor kezdÅ'dik elölrÅ'l az egész, új arccal, új néven, és azt is felfalja, amit maga után hagyott.

A félelem a józan ész jele. Csak a kötöznivaló bolond nem fél semmitÅ'l.

According to an uncle of his who had lost an arm and an eye in the war, one can only be a hero when one is genuinely afraid. Someone who faces danger fearlessly is just an idiot.

Falar é de ignorantes, calar é de cobardes, ouvir é de sábios

But you're the man, and you must take the lead." It was all beginning to look pretty grim. "The lead? Me?" "What do you expect? One has to pay some price for being able to piss standing up.

Estimating that his merits would never earn him a penny or the position he coveted and felt entitled to, he decided to carve out a career for himself, cultivating a click of like-minded chums with home to exchange privileges, excluding those he envied.

A sors megtanított rá, hogy sosem szabad feladni a reményt, ám túlzott mértékben hinni sem ajánlatos benne. A remény olykor kegyetlenül hiú és vak.

Tudja, az ostobák fecsegnek, a gyávák titkolóznak, a bölcsek pedig végighallgatnak másokat.

Gewissenheiten flößen Mut ein, aber lernen tut man nur mit dem Zweifel.

Hablar es de necios; callar es de cobardes; esscuchar es de sabios

Don't be ashamed of being scared. To be afraid is a sign of common sense. Only complete idiots are not afraid of anything. I read that in a book.

Parlare è da stupidi, tacere è da codardi, ascoltare è da saggi.