Quotes About Courage

Never is a man more ready to accept the Lord than when he faces his own mortality.

She wasn't afraid. There had been so many more things to fear in life. Knowing she was loved by many people, even if they couldn't always be with her, was not one of them.

He who risks nothing has nothing.

Don't wait for your ship to come in, swim out to it.

You have to go for it. For the rest of us.

When I heard that Helen drank a bottle of whiskey and shaved off all her hair, I thought, This is it. She's going to kill herself. But of course I underestimated Helen. Stronger than her will to die was her will to endure, especially when she thought she was being tested.

Acting allows me the freedom to let go, to be in the moment, to be spontaneous. I no longer have the fear of losing, of failure.

If the shoe fits," she ground out, "lace up that bitch and wear it!

che feche...il gran rifiuto

XXXVII Qualunque ben si fa, naturalmente nasce d'Amor, come del fiore el frutto, ché Amor fa l'omo essere valente

Don't be afraid to fall in love again. Open your heart and follow where it leads you...and remember, shoot for the moon.

And yet what manner of man would I be, who has so much to say in the contest of words, if now I shirked this contest of blood?

His spirit is like a guttering candle

Geraldine Brooks

You must school your mind and not let your fears be your master.

there is only one thing to do when we fall, and that is to get up, and go on with the life that is set in front of us, and try to do the good of which our hands are capable for the people who come in our way.

They threw rotten fruit at me and told me next time it would be acid.

He wants to think he's from the best breeding. He wants to think himself brave. Can he win against all comers? And if not, does he have self-mastery to take a loss, stay cool in defeat, and try again undaunted? Those are the qualities of a great racehorse and a great gentleman.

when every day was tainted by the foul breath of a fear that could not be faced forthrightly, yet could not be ignored.

But as I have resolved to set down a full account here, so I must begin with an honest accounting of myself. That morning, I was afraid.

Even though he said no store in uncanny things, he was soldier enough to value with whatever weapon came to hand.

Daniel straightened. "Girl, he should have sped up, kept on running right to a well-lit road, and called some White folk to help her. He just didn't know how he needed to be if he was going to live in this country.

Let's go then," I whispered. "Let's go and live, since we have no choice in it.

Geraldine Brooks