Quotes About Courage

The idea that Sophie could die had always been there, ever since the first diagnosis, and yet it seemed like a bad place on a map, an Ivory Coast, somewhere not urgently frightening because fear itself kept you away from the place. You thought of it as somewhere braver people went, or at least as somewhere you'd have plenty of time to pack your bags for.

London is a city built on the wreckage of itself Osama. It's had more comebacks that The Evil Dead. It's been flattened by storms and flooded out and rotted with plague. Londoners jut took a deep breath and put the kettle on. Then the whole thing burned down. Every last stick of it. ... People thought it was the end of the world. BUt the Londoners got up the next day and the world hadn't ended so they rebuilt the city in 3 years stronger and taller.

We are a nation of glorious cowards, ready to battle any evil but our own." Her

We are a nation of glorious cowards, ready to battle any evil but our own.

Because take it from me, a scar does not form on the dying. A scar means, I survived.

hand of a soldier on my arm but I did not turn

Lord," he said, "on this holiest of days, we thank you for food and ammunition. May our ships get through and the enemy's get lost." They all said "Amen" and then the orderlies brought in something that the cook had made out of bread crumbs and canned malevolence. Alistair

never be afraid of showing someone you love a working draft of yourself. David

And if you don't believe the sun will rise, stand alone and greet the coming night in the last remaining light.

These kids up here, they act like the toughest kids in in the world, just like me, but this is the first time I've ever seen under that toughness--in anybody else or in me. I'm really scared, because if I'm going to have a life, I'm going to have to act different, and I don't know if I can.

Taking on someone else's monsters will kill you." He

Mr. Nak taught me a trick. He told me to think of fear as a person who's going to be around whether he's invited or not. He said, "Think of him like a big ol' bully pain-in-the-butt cousin you cain't get rid of, an' the only way to get your binniss done is to allow him to tag along, because he's goin' to anyway. Then don't take your eye off him a minute, so he don't get the chance to make you look like a horse's patoot.

You put yourself out there in the truest way you can and hope others do the same. You'll connect or you won't, but you did what you could.

Beware the short terminal guy with nothing to lose.

You put yourself out there in the truest way you can and hope others do the same. You'll connect or you won't, but you did what you could. It's like playing ball in some way. There are guys on the team, like Cody, I'd give my life for. But you have to be willing to lay down your life for all of them if you want to put the best you on the field. Every guy on that field has to believe you'll bring nothing back off the field with you.

What I do doesn't sit well in the world of hipsterville. I don't have a cool card, but I also don't have thin skin.

Jackson raised his cane to strike him as he was tackled to the ground.* "The old General sprung at him like a tiger," Tyler recalled, "and manifested as much fearlessness as one could possibly have done.

Life is a great adventure…accept it in such a spirit.

I decided to make 'Captain America' because I realized I wasn't doing the film because it terrified me. You can't make decisions based on fear.

For a long time all I wanted for Christmas were books about outdoor survival. I was convinced that the woods were calling me. I camped a lot, I took classes. At 18, I told myself if I don't live in the woods by myself by the time I'm 25, I have failed.

Lord, we need a generation of believers who are not ashamed of the gospel. We need an army of believers who hate to be lukewarm and will stand on Your Word above all else. Raise 'em up, Lord. Raise them up.

Somtimes when you know the right thing to do, you simply have to do it, even though it breaks your heart.

Go with your heart, buddy. Our brains only screw things up.

The future was uncertain, absolutely, and there were many hurdles, twists, and turns to come, but as long as I kept moving forward, one foot in front of the other, the voices of fear and shame, the messages from those who wanted me to believe that I wasn't good enough, would be stilled.