Quotes About Courage

Samo plivati! Isplivati iz hladne vode i okrenuti le?a svemu, i maštanjima o onom što je bilo, i ?ega nema, i što bi trebalo biti, i ovoj obali i ovom životu. Plivati i isplivati.

I kad oni koji me tla?e, truju i jedu, i koji za drugi život i ne znaju, nalaze u sebi snage, izdržljivosti i veštine za borbu, zašto da je ne na?em ja koji sam gledao i koji ?u opet videti sjaj drugog, lepšeg života za koji nijedna žrtva nije prevelika i nijedna cena previsoka?

Ono što bi se za njih naro?ito moglo kazati, to je: da nije bilo odavno pokolenja koje je više i smelije maštalo i govorilo o životu, uživanju i slobodi, a koje je manje imalo od života, gore stradalo, teže robovalo i više ginulo nego što ?e stradati, robovati i ginuti ovo.

Nije dovoljno jednoj stvari le?a okrenuti pa da prestane da nas goni i mu?i.

Ne treba se bojati ljudi. - Pa ja se i ne bojim ljudi, nego onog što je neljudsko u njma." ? Ivo Andri?

Kada je na kazan i?i, brzi ste i okretni svi, a kad je u službi potr?ati, vežu vam se noge i stane vam pamet. A meni obraz zbog vas gori.

Only in dreams do we dare so much.

I do not fear invisible worlds.

What we eventually uncovered was that I was afraid—afraid to ask for what I wanted, afraid to speak up for myself, afraid that I didn't have what it took to do what I really wanted to do. In response to my fears, I blamed other people for what I considered their failure to acknowledge me. The conversation didn't stop there.

Courage is a tool and a weapon. With just a little, you can build your life and use it to fend for yourself in the world. It

Don't just walk through the flames. Get your Fred Astaire on and DANCE through them. Joy is around everywhere, even when the night falls hard.

And you kept fighting even after you were knocked down. Goddamn it, you dragged your ass off the ground and you kept fighting. — John Matthew, LOVER MINE

For resurrection faith means courage to revolt against the covenant with death (Isa. 28:15), it means hope for the victory of life which shall swallow up and conquer life-devouring death. ~ p.14

Resistance is the protest of those who hope, and hope is the feast of the people who resist.

Perhaps they catch the secrets of our hearts and hold them for us until we are brave enough to give them voice. Pixie Girl is stupid girl.

No greater love hath a man than he lay down his life for his brother. Not for millions, not for glory, not for fame. For one person, in the dark where no one will ever know or see.

Life was meant to be lived full measure, flat out, pedal to the metal. Don't live the rest of your life like a Porsche that never leaves the garage because somebody's afraid to scratch it.

When we say I won't take this anymore, that's when we know who we are and what we'll tolerate. Until we're tested, we don't know those things. That's when we wake up. That's when we know who we are. That's when people will show up and take your side. When you decide what it is you stand for, when standing is the hardest.

When the mob and the press and the whole world tell you to move, your job is to plant yourself like a tree by the river of truth, and tell the whole world 'No, You Move'.

Take care, don't fight, and remember, if you do not choose to lead, you will forever be led by others. Find what scares you and do it. And you can make a difference, if you choose to do so.

We're more RESILIENT. Takes a LOT to destroy a human spirit.

Never let them stop you from telling the story you want to tell.

Whatever our history, whatever the root of our surnames, we remain a good and decent people, and we do not bow down and we do not give up. The fire of the human spirit cannot be quenched by bomb blasts or body counts. Cannot be intimidated forever into silence or drowned by tears. We have endured worse before. We will bear this burden and all that come hereafter because that's what ordinary men and women do. No matter what. This has not made us weaker. It has only made us stronger.

J. Michael Straczynski