Quotes About Courage

It's not always easy, but it's always possible.

You were going to travel for love, without shoes, or cloak, or common sense. This is one of the things a woman can do when her lover leaves her. It's hard on the feet perhaps, but staying at home is hard on the heart, and you weren't quite ready to give up on him yet.

Growing up in my neighborhood, kids had to act tough playing ball on the streets or parks. If you showed any fear, then you were usually beat down. But if you showed them you weren't scared, they might just leave you alone.

Fear is not a choice.

I am willing to make people uncomfortable so that my daughter doesn't have to!

A nation which makes the final sacrifice for life and freedom does not get beaten.

There's no room at the chuck wagon for a quitter's blankets.

A go-getter is a cowboy who forgot to hobble his horse.

A snake-bit man is afraid of a rope.

Jackie Robinson stole home and he's safe."...Nobody could hurt him again. He wouldn't hear the name-calling. He would only hear the cheers and somehow I could fantasize my own little story about where he was and how he was doing and let him rest in peace.

And here's my advice to you. If you get the chance of the mad kind of love, grab it with both hands, and to hell with the consequences.

You see, all that I ever held dear has been taken from me," she said in a matter-of-fact tone. "And when you've lost everything-" Her facade began to crumble, and her voice broke, but she made herself carry on. "When you've lost everything, you've got nothing to lose.

They knew they were good, and they dared the enemy to give them a chance to prove it. No longer did their unspoken fears whisper about the dark decks as they stood toward battle. No longer did they lick their lips nervously and fret for the first gun to fire and set them free from anxiety. They were seasoned fighting men with an awareness of their own strength and mission, and they faced combat with confidence and composure, marked neither by fear nor theatrical heroics.

I knew from the beginning it was hopeless, but it's possible to love without hope.

There's nothing more powerful than coming out and being who you are.

Take the first step... and the next will be revealed.

A strong will to be yourself is an indomitable force.

The nail that sticks up gets hammered down.

What if, freed from the what-has-always-beens that hold some schools back, and from the standardized testing that has paralyzed our nation's discourse and practice, a school launches the inventors, artists, and change makers who will act boldly and courageously in the face of a changing world?

Me dio miedo dejar el laboratorio —dice— pero no tanto como la perspectiva de quedarme en él. Mi consejo es que si estás pensando en dar este tipo de salto, lo mejor es que hagas como un lemming y saltes.»

Instead of standing on the shore and convincing ourselves that the ocean cannot carry us, let us venture onto its waters—just to see.

Haz zig cuando todo el mundo haga zag».

Many people don't find their Element because they don't have the encouragement or the confidence to step outside their established circle of relationships

President Obama and our all-of-the-above energy strategy is the real deal. We are proud of the fact that we are importing less oil than at any time in modern history, and it has been because of the president's vision and courage.