Quotes About Courage

Good men have the fewest fears. He has but one great fear who fears to do wrong he has a thousand who has overcome it.

Courage enlarges, cowardice diminishes resources. In desperate straits the fears of the timid aggravate the dangers that imperil the brave.

For cowards the road of desertion should be left open; they will carry over to the enemy nothing, but their fears.

Il faut savoir recommencer sa vie, sinon on vieillit vite.

Christian Wolmar

I quickly decided to turn loss and failure into my driving force.

Ageless living is courageous living. It means being undistracted by the petty dramas of life because you have enough experience to know what's not worth worrying about and what ought to be your priorities.

Once you face down your fears of saying no, you'll be much better able to stick to situations that don't drain you.

When you dim your light to please others, the whole world gets darker.

Remember that Darkness feeds on your fear and anger, so stop feeding it.

A risky plan, but what is life without risk, eh?

It takes courage to create your own identity, to stop believing old stories about who you are or that limit who you can be.

Wine gives courage and makes men more apt for passion. —OVID

I knew there would be a negative reaction in the press to my divorce, but I am not going to live my life because of something someone might say. That goes against everything I sing on my records. I have to be myself.

You are beautiful no matter what they say.

To the sky, I rise / Spread my wings, and fly / I leave the past behind / And say goodbye to the scared child inside / I sing for freedom, and for love / I look at my reflection / Embrace the woman I've become / The unbreakable lotus in me / I now set free

Sometimes, especially in the last six months, I still feel like going to the window and singing out all my troubles.

Mrs. Scatcherd raps Dutchy's knuckles several times with a long wooden ruler, though it seems to me a halfhearted penalty. He barely winces, then shakes his hands twice in the air and winks at me. Truly , there isn't much more she can do. Stripped of family and identity, fed meager rations, consigned to hard wooden seats until we are to be, as Slobbery Jack suggested, sold into slavery — our mere existence is punishment enough.

This is like telling a person who has leapt off a cliff to be careful. I am already in midair.

You can live for a long time inside the shell you were born in. But one day it'll become too small." "Then what?" I ask. "Well, then you'll have to find a larger shell to live in." I consider this for a moment. "What if it's too small but you still want to live there?" She sighs. "Gracious, child, what a question. I suppose you'll either have to be brave and find a new home or you'll have to live inside a broken shell.

Nothing encumbered movement more than fear, which was often the most difficult burden to surrender.

when she thought her heart might pulverize like a shell into sand, I will find a way to keep going, no matter what happens.

Test your limits. Learn what you can endure.

This girl may never go anywhere. She should at least know that adventure is in her bones." When