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Quotes About Courage

I was a timid rebel, held in a straitjacket of indecision. Each time I tried to take a step, I met mental and physical restraints.
~ Gelsey Kirkland
I'll go," he said. "And that's safer because?" "I'm a guy." "Right, and having a pair of dingle balls makes you invincible how?
~ Gemma Halliday
We'll win this war, but we'll win it only by fighting and showing the Germans that we've got more guts than they have; or ever will have. We're not just going to shoot the sons-of-bitches, we're going to rip out their living Goddamned guts and use them to grease the treads of our tanks.
~ Gen. George S. Patton
There are two kinds of people,' she'd said. 'Those who coast through life like ducks in a row, following one after the other, and those who ride the waves.'" Tears spilled down my cheeks, and my voice cracked. "'Ride the waves, baby, and live. Live.
~ Gena Showalter
But allow Riley to boss him around? Multiply "hell, no" by "dream on" and divide by "suck it," and the answer was "the wolf could bite the big one.
~ Gena Showalter
Truly living required risk.
~ Gena Showalter
I'm highly aware that some impulses are harder to ignore than others. I'm aware that fear of consequences causes us to guard our secrets. But it's our actions when faced with temptation that define who we are. It's our courage in admitting what we've done wrong that makes us forgivable.
~ Gena Showalter
Why wouldn't I dance?' Uh, maybe because at first glance he looked like he ate puppies for breakfast and kittens for lunch?
~ Gena Showalter
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but I might be a vampire so I don't give a shit. I'll heal
~ Gena Showalter
We are so not breaking out the violins and pity partying.
~ Gena Showalter
So what. He was made of awesome. Anyone who couldn't see that wasn't smart enough to be with him, anyway.
~ Gena Showalter
Scars speak for you. They say you're strong, and you've survived something that might have killed others.
~ Gena Showalter
Shush me again, I dare you." - Annabelle
~ Gena Showalter
Let your light shine, never look back and live as if today is your last day...because it just might be.
~ Gena Showalter
He gulped. "No, we aren't done chatting. Why aren't you afraid of dying?" "Everything and everyone has an end," she said. "I mean, you're going to be killed soon and though I loathe the thought, you don't see me crying about that, either. I know what will happen, and I accept what cannot be changed. I'm trying to live while I can. While WE can. Dwelling on the bad is what destroys all hints of joy.
~ Gena Showalter
It shall be my pleasure to remedy it. First, it is not your strength or your speed that draws me. It's your...everything. Your laugh, your wit, your emotions and the way they change. Your courage, your sweetness, your near obsessive delight in cookies. Second, you are indeed a prize. You've made me want what no one else ever had. A communion of bodies." -Zacharel to Annabelle
~ Gena Showalter
I'd rather the world considered me crazy while I go down fighting than spend the rest of my life hiding from the truth.
~ Gena Showalter
Gotta slay a lion before you can slay a dragon
~ Gena Showalter
Fear keeps you alive. Fear reminds you that you are alive.
~ Gena Showalter
I'd stood my ground against him. I wasn't going to jump when he said jump. I was more likely to give him the finger.
~ Gena Showalter
Justin took off in a run. Frosty and Bronx, too. It wasn't long before Frosty was carrying Kat, Bronx was carrying Reeve and Justin was carrying Jaclyn. I think every one of them was crying. I forced myself to stand, to inch forward, toward the slayers.
~ Gena Showalter
Yeah, but you're a girl. The braver species.
~ Gena Showalter
Ali Bell doesn't play hide-and-seek," Lucas said. "She plays hide-and-pray-I-don't-find-you.
~ Gena Showalter
the strong aren't always strong and the weak aren't always weak. Everyone stumbles.
~ Gena Showalter