Quotes About Courage

I just won't fold myself up tiny so as not to put off no man.

No one will deny me this—the least of all you, you mean-girl midget. Fuck you if you think I'm staying away from him.

You push stuff away that isn't safe and obvious, Mom, but love isn't safe and obvious. Love is risky. Take the risk, woman.

to live, no money. I don't know what, or when, or how. But I do know who. With the utmost certainty, I know who.

Delight in everything! Have an actual life and live it! She vowed to herself to be honest—with herself and with everyone. In pain? Admit it. In love? Claim it. Life was too short to be anything but herself.

Moving to New York was about reinvention. If you didn't want that, you stayed in Kenosha, Wisconsin.

Those in the system who have the clarity or courage to act as whistle blowers, who attempt to reveal the truth of the family pathology, may be perceived by the family, which is steeped in denial, as in some way problematic. Naming the dysfunctional behavior becomes the sin, not the dysfunctional behavior itself. These members may be cut off, humiliated, or even hated if they get too close to the truth, though much of this may be unconscious.

I'm tempted to tell you that you think too much, but I'm not really one to talk,' Jacob said. 'Henry Miller wrote something about fear making you fearless. It's a very powerful emotion. Use it to get what you want. I mean if it's going to rule our life, it might as well rule you to freedom, right?

there's also nothing noble about being fearless. How much do you wanna bet the last man standing in a battle is usually the biggest fool of all?" - Paul Hudson

Tell me what you're afraid of,' Jacob said. Shit, I thought, this could take all day. My life was ruled by my fears.

If you want me you're going to have to come and get me.

It is impossible to become less of yourself by doing something you really wanna do. You can only become less by not doing it.

The question is one of faith. Faith in my talent. Faith in my decisions. And faith in the idea that the truth, even if it can't pay my bills, can still set me free. 

I imagined the towns were filled with people like me - lonely people who wanted to fly away, who wanted more from life than a dreary existence of one-stop shopping, but either didn't know what that meant, or didn't have the guts to go out and find it.

I asked John if it was a crime to want to live in a world where girls with falcon eyes and pretty underwear believe in the saving grace of rock 'n' roll and he said, "Just check your chute before you jump, that's all I'm saying." Gotta get some sleep. Over.

I told her she was brave and she said, "I'm not brave, I'm in love." Ha. Same goddamn thing.

Oh my God, that would be just like An Officer and a Gentleman," Kat cried. "Pick her up, Grace! Do it!

Nobody,   and I mean  nobody,   ever started a revo-lution playing by the rules." 

Nobody, and I mean nobody, ever started a revolution playing by the rules.

Fear won't keep you safe from being hurt.

Nobody, and I mean nobody, ever started a revolution playing by the rules." The

I've got some battle wounds.

Tiffany L. Warren

My mom was tough.