Quotes About Courage

Now that she'd found her Wild Mustang

Carol Higgins Clark

Harm enters only where fear makes an opening

I think what I would say to my younger self, and probably to younger, just starting-out writers is that a lot of times you're just afraid to put yourself out there, and it's uncomfortable because it's working up the courage to do something, to push yourself to do those things.

Haven't we all been hurt? Don't you think it takes courage to be happy, to feel, to love? Don't you think it costs us all? —Rivka

You're a coward," she says, "afraid to feel anything in case you get hurt. Well, look around. Haven't we all been hurt? Don't you think it takes courage to be happy, to feel, to love? Don't you think it costs us all? I stare at her. "Fine, I'm a coward. I'd rather be a coward than have to feel anything ever again.

You've lived through all this, Ruth. Do you know how strong that makes you? Ruth, it takes more work to be afraid than to ride the fear, to live with the fear, to accept it.

I agree that we can't be weak. We can fight when attacked, of course, but should we become the attackers?

Throughout the years, many Christian women have told me of their great respect for the bravery and courage evident in my work, perhaps even gesturing to their own Isis earrings or a Nile River Goddess pendants.

She was on a real, grown-up adventure, no matter how badly it should turn out.

True self-confidence is "the courage to be open—to welcome change and new ideas regardless of their source." Real self-confidence is not reflected in a title, an expensive suit, a fancy car, or a series of acquisitions. It is reflected in your mindset: your readiness to grow.

Character, the sportswriters said. They know it when they see it—it's the ability to dig down and find the strength even when things are going against you.

Mia, what is the most important thing for a soccer player to have?" With no hesitation, she answered, "Mental toughness.

True self-confidence is "the courage to be open—to welcome change and new ideas regardless of their source.

Is there something you've always wanted to do but were afraid you weren't good at? Make a plan to do it.

when they see it—it's the ability to dig down and find the strength even

When you're lying on your deathbed, one of the cool things to say is, 'I really explored myself.' This sense of urgency was instilled when my mom died. If you only go through life doing stuff that's easy, shame on you." So

When bosses become controlling and abusive, they put everyone into a fixed mindset. This means that instead of learning, growing, and moving the company forward, everyone starts worrying about being judged. It starts with the bosses' worry about being judged, but it winds up being everybody's fear about being judged. It's hard for courage and innovation to survive a company wide fixed mindset.

True self-confidence is "the courage to be open—to welcome change and new ideas regardless of their source." Real

I asked myself what I would like to be able to say at the end of my life's, and it was this: I want to be able to say that I kept my eyes open, faced my issues, and made wholehearted commitments to things I valued.

Somebodies are not determined by whether they won or lost. Somebodies are people who go for it with all they have.

Who Says Elephants Can't Dance?

Somebodies are people who go for it with all they have.

Salerno-Sonnenberg was terrified of losing DeLay. She finally decided that trying and failing -- an honest failure -- was better than the course she had been on.