Quotes About Courage

Love's scary, and sometimes it's transient. But it's worth the risks and the nerves. It's even worth the pain.

The little things,Emma. The gestures,the moments. And the big. I let him see my heart. I gave it to him,even when I believed he couldn't or wouldn't take it. I gave it anyway-a gift. Even if he broke it. I was very brave. Love is very brave.

What was that technique you were using on those bastards? An ancient form called kicking ass.

You want safe? Find a nice puppy you can train to come heel. Love's supposed to be scary. Because if there's no fear, there's no thrill.

Do you know what happens when you always look before you leap? She reached out and touched his hand before hurrying toward the door. You hardly ever make the jump.

What if there's a fire? Glenna said sweetly, and Cian merely smiled. Then I guess you'd better open a window, and fly.

Somethings in life are out of your control. you can make it a party or a tragedy. Or, you could refuse to take the next step. You could refuse to take what you wanted most because you're afraid some day you might lose it.

Heroism's just doing more than you want to do or think you can. Sometimes it's just doing the crappy things, the unhappy things other people won't do....It's not just jumping out of a plane onto a glacier ten thousand feet up because there's nobody else there to do it. It's getting out of bed in the morning when it seems like too much trouble.

Please let me go. Anna. He lowered his brow to hers. Don't ask me to do that, because I don't think I can live without you. Take a chance, roll the dice. Come with me.

Courage comes in different forms. There's strength--that's the muscle. But love's the heart. When you put them together, you can do anything.

If love doesn't make a fool of us, what will?

You can't just hope for happy endings. You have to believe in them. Then do the work, take the risks.

The way he saw it, poker and life had a lot in common. You played the cards you were dealt, figured the odds, took the gamble or not. And when your cards were shit, you bluffed if the pot was worth it, and if you had balls.

Give them your brains, girl, never your guts.

And still she felt more confident at the prospect of taking on the Russian Mafia than she did attending a backyard barbecue.

You said you survived, Anna, but you didn't. You triumphed. Everything about you is a testament to courage and strength. When she stared at him, obviously stunned, he smiled a little. You didn't get either from a social worker or a counselor. They just helped you figure out how to use it. I figure you got it from your mother. She must have been a hell of a woman. She was, Anna murmured, near tears again. So are you.

Look, if some guy dressed in his mother's clothes breaks in, fight him off until I get my pants back on.

She walked with a ghost of herself, one full of potential and possibility. One who was fearless. Where had that girl gone?

Love is very brave.

Some people refuse to take the next step. You could refuse to take what you wanted most, because you're afraid someday you might lost it.

She's in love, and that makes her strong. She'll need to be. What makes you strong, Mia? Purpose. Love never worked for me.

When the going gets tough, the tough eat ribs.

There could be pockets of normal even in the middle of the awful.

Because if you had confidence enough to try something, you had to have courage enough to fail.