Quotes About Courage

It only takes one person, one small act of stepping from the dark to the light.

Maybe he hadn't thought the war through. It had seemed like simple fun when he had first pictured it, with a glorious beginning, a difficult but valor-filled middle, and a victorious end. He hadn't accounted for the fact that there might not be much of a resolution to the battle, and he hadn't imagined what it would feel like when the war just sort of ended, without anyone admitting defeat and congratulating him for his bravery.

You better [start writing] now because you know how to write, and you have fingers, and you have this one life, and during this one life, you should put your words down, and make your voice heard, and then let others hear your voice. And the only way any of that's going to happen is if you actually do it. People can't read the thoughts in your head. They can only read the thoughts you put down, carefully and with great love, on the page. So you have to do it, goddamnit.

What he had was a sense that few things mattered much. That few people are to be feared. And so he now faced all such situations with a sense of exhausted resolve, and he dealt with everything head-on.

Nicaragua sounded dangerous; she liked the word. Nicaragua! It sounded like some kind of spider. There it goes, under the table - Nicaragua!

Coming out was so difficult until millions of other men and women came out. Then it got a lot easier

He had made a series of foolish decisions in his life. He had not planned well. He had not had courage when he needed it. His decisions had been short sighted. The decisions of his peers had been short sighted. These decisions had been foolish and expedient.

Be Strong, Be brave, Be True. Endure

In the forest, we boys were food.

Next to the photo was a frown button that said "We denounce the Central Guatemalan Security Forces." Mae hesitated briefly, knowing the gravity of what she was about to do—to come out against these rapists and murderers—but she needed to make a stand. She pushed the button.

In her life Josie had heard only one or two people apologize. Wasn't that something? Wouldn't that be significant to future anthropologists? This was a time in history when no one was sorry. Sorry took too much courage, too much strength and faith and rightness to have a place in this cowardly century.

I didn't care anymore what my ancestors would think. We were the Red Army and needed to eat.

Now create in your mind the best of days, and memorize these details, place this day center in your mind, and when you are the most frightened, bring forth this day and place yourself within it.

Courage was the beginning, being unafraid, moving ahead, through small hardships, not turning back. Courage was simply a form of moving forward.

Courage was simply a form of moving forward.

But there is risk. But the risk is worth it.

That day I wished Mother would have mercy and kill me quickly. As

day I vowed to myself that I would never, ever again give that bitch the satisfaction of hearing me beg her to stop beating me.

I was on my own, and every night I prayed to God that I could be strong both in body and soul.

That day I vowed to myself that I would never, ever again give that bitch the satisfaction of hearing me beg her to stop beating me. In

no matter what lies in their past, they can overcome the dark side and press on to a brighter world.

Never concede to evil…. When we concede to evil, even in a small way, we feed it, and it grows stronger.

Now the end is going to come - in one fashion or another, Bines said, softly, and again he turned to Ralphie and smiled. We all know, the end will come. You either face your hunters or run from them.

David Adams Richards