Quotes About Courage

Kiss those cuffs good-bye. Lula from Hard Eight By Janet Evonavich

My mother was about three feet from Pooka. She threw herself forward, grabbed hold of his shirt, and they both went down to the ground. They rolled around a little and by the time I reached them, my mother was on top, punching Pooka in the face. "She's beating the crap out of him," Lula said. "Way to go, Mrs. P.

We're not going to die. You're with me kiddo and it just happens I know a few survival skills. Oh yeah right. Like carrying your Visa Gold in case the restaurant doesn't accept American Express.

Concentrate on doing the job, not the fear.

May misfortune follow us the rest of our lives, but never catch up.

The difference between adventure and adversity is attitude.

Embarrassing as it was to admit, I was beginning to enjoy the role, thinking there was nothing like packing a pair of cuffs to put some spring into a woman's step.

You come from a long line of scary women Ranger finally said.

Powder blue is a sissy color.

Besides, there's nobody who is going to watch your back better than me. You know that. And that's why I'm going to be there with you, whenever there is, whenever you ask, and as long as I'm able, he said. It's what fathers do. Most father's don't show up with hand grenades and bowie knives. They should be ashamed of themselves, Jake said.

a quotation from Seneca, the Roman philosopher. Sometimes, even to live is an act of courage.

There's another part to success," Ranger said. "You have to be brave.

But in my experience, the virtuous are usually the first to die.

A man who does not know fear cannot die, because death has no place to enter." Vernon

My philosophy is aim high and fail big.

Trust him," I said. Trust Superman, Spider-man, E.T., the Ghost of Christmas Present . . . whoever the hell.

Mr. Morganthal shuffled out of the elevator and winked at me. "Hey, hootchie-mamma," he said. "Want a hot date?" He was ninety-two and lived on the third floor, next to Mrs. Delgado. "You're too late," I told him. "I've already made plans." "That's just as well. You'd probably kill me," Mr. Morganthal said.

I wasn't afraid of the dark, but I wasn't in love with it either. Well, okay, I was afraid of the dark.

In my mind, that's the difference between being a loser and a winner. A winner is willing to look like a idiot for as long as it takes to get the job done.

Scary gets to be the new normal.

Virgil said fortune favors the bold.

Janet Evanovich

Hell, bravery didn't have anything to do with it. I was shitfaced.

You have a gun! Why didn't you use it on Ramirez? Jesus, you hit him with your pocketbook like some sissy girl.