Quotes About Courage

where's the skill in being a hero if you were always destined to do it?

You can only go halfway into the darkest forest; then you are coming out the other side.

The man who strikes first admits that his ideas have given out.

A true warrior, like tea, shows his strength in hot water.

One cannot refuse to eat just because there is a chance of being choked.

Do not fear going forward slowly; fear only to stand still.

He who is drowned is not troubled by the rain.

A dog in desperation will leap over a wall

Pure gold does not fear furnace.

Kim yaratm??t?? Kuma olmaktan, insan?n ruhuyla, bedeniyle tutsak olmas?ndan daha küçültücü ?ey var m? dünyada? Zavall? kad?nlar, mezarlar?n?zdan kalk?n! K?zl?klar? ellerinden zorla al?nm?? kad?nlar?n, a?a??lanm?? kad?nlar?n ruhlar?, kalk?n! Kalk?n, kötü dünyalar?, pis dünyalar? titretin! Ben ça??r?yorum sizi, ben, sonuncunuz! Ben, ba?kald?ran kuma.

Success also requires the courage to risk disapproval. Most independent thought, new ideas, or endeavors beyond the common measure are greeted with disapproval, and ranging from skepticism and ridicule to violent outrage. To persevere in anything exceptional requires inner strength and the unshakable conviction that you are right.

Challenge your limitations for the pure joy of challenge.

As the Chinese proverb goes, 'Real gold does not fear the test of fire.

I broke at last the terror-fringed fascination that bound my ancient gaze to those crowding faces of plunder and seized my remnant life in a miracle of decision between white collar hands and shook it like a cheap watch in my ear and threw it down beside me on the earth floor and rose to my feet.

But like all the other women I have referred to, she expressed herself with passionate and disarming effrontery.

I keep telling Chris that life is simpler that way. Much simpler. Stop looking back over your shoulder, I tell him. There ain't no deliverer running just a little behind schedule. March to the stake like a man and take the bullet in your chest. Much simpler.

Do not despair. I know you will not despair. You have a manly and a proud heart. A proud heart can survive a general failure because such a failure does not prick its pride. It is more difficult and more bitter when a man fails alone.

Joy = Love - Fear

one way to motivate a switch is to shrink the change, which makes people feel "big" relative to the challenge.

As Mark Twain said, "Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear—not absence of fear.

My father wanted us to try everything and feel free to push the envelope. His attitude taught me to define failure as not trying something I want to do instead of not achieving the right outcome.

when you seek out situations where you might fail, failure loses some of its menace. You've been inoculated against it.

Starting small can help you overcome dread.

North Carolina State Hospital Association, said: "An awful lot of people for a long time have had their heads in the sand on this issue, and it's time to do the right thing. It's as simple as that.