Quotes About Courage

Eu, baiete, vad civilizatiile cum vede un poet norii de pe cer, care urca, cresc, se umfla de ploaie, de furtuni si de fulgere; apoi sufla un vanticel, norii isi schimba forma, se fugaresc, se disloca, luand foc la apusul soarelui, risipindu-se la suflarea vantului. Ai putea sa privesti astfel civilizatiile, oamenii, zeii? E foarte greu, dar incearca baiete, curaj!

you, pious milktoast: you don't murder, steal or commit adultery—because you are afraid. All your virtues are daughters of fear.

Pentru c? se face treaba pe jum?tate, îmi spunea el uneori, c?-ÅŸi spun oamenii oful pe jum?tate, c?-s p?c?toÅŸi sau cinstiÅ£i pe jum?tate, de-aia e lumea în starea jalnic? în care e acum. Mergi pân? la cap?t, loveÅŸte cu putere, nu-Å£i fie team?, ÅŸi vei birui. Bunului Dumnezeu îi e de-o sut? de ori mai scârb? de-o jum?tate de drac decât de-un drac ÅŸi jum?tate!

There is only one essence, always the same. As yet, man has found no other means to elevate himself - none but routing of matter and the submissions of the individual to an end which transcends the individual, even though that end be chimerical. When the heart believes and loves, nothing chimerical exists; nothing exists but courage, trust and fruitful action.

You've got to learn to leave the table When love's no longer being served.

I'll tell you what Freedom is to me. No fear.

You have to learn to get up from the table when love is no longer being served.

Remember Luigi, Toaster Toast Toast. - Mario Hotel Remember Luigi, Where There Fire, There's Burnt Toast. - Mario Hotel Greetings Young Traveller, I See That You Have Wandered Into My Store. Would You Like To Partake In One Of My Goods Or Services, I Sell Clothes, Rope, Bombs, You Want It I Got It, As Long As You Have Enough Rupees. Oh, I See You Don't Have Enough Ruppees, Come Back When You're A Bit, Umm, Riche. - The Legend Of Zelda

He who searches for his beloved is not afraid of the world.

In the hour of adversity be not without hope, for crystal rain falls from black clouds.

The fears we cannot climb become our walls.

Passivity may be the easy course, but it is hardly the honorable one.

So we know that human nature, and that includes our nature, yours and mine, can very easily turn people into quite efficient torturers and mass-murderers and slave-drivers...To the extent that the statement is true, and there is such an extent, it's just not relevant: human nature also has the capacity to lead to selflessness, and cooperation, and sacrifice, and support, and solidarity, and tremendous courage, and lots of other things too.

To speak truth to power is not a particularly honorable vocation.

it is more gratifying to bask in praise for courageously protesting the abuses of official enemies: a fine activity, but not the priority of a value-oriented intellectual who takes the responsibilities of that stance seriously.

Above all, be the heroine of your own life, not the victim.

If I was home alone at night, I cooked myself an entire meal from one of these cookbooks. Then I sat down in front of the television set and ate it. I felt very brave and plucky as I ate my perfect dinner. Okay, I didn't have a date, but at least I wasn't one of those lonely women who sat home with a pathetic container of yogurt.

Above all, be the heroine of your life.

Sometimes I wonder about my life. I lead a small life - well, valuable, but small - and sometimes I wonder, do I do it because I like it, or because I haven't been brave?

Sometimes I wonder about my life. I lead a small life - well, valuable, but small - and sometimes I wonder, do I do it because I like it, or because I haven't been brave? So much of what I see reminds me of something I read in a book, when shouldn't it be the other way around? I don't really want an answer. I just want to send this cosmic question out into the void. So good night, dear void. - You've Got Mail ? Nora Ephron

The baby I could keep came when I was already dead. I was twelve when I was murdered, fourteen when I looked into the Yalu River and, finding no face looking back at me, knew that I was dead. I wanted to let the Yalu's currents carry my body to where it might find my spirit again, but the Japanese soldiers hurried me across the bridge before I could jump.

My boyfriend and I are badasses.

If you don't ask, the answer is always no.

A woman who can threaten your life before breakfast is the only sort of woman worth having.