Quotes About Courage

Real courage comes from outfacing the danger.

you stand up to bullies, they usually cave in.

She despised people who gave way to self-pity. Weeping wouldn't do anyone any good.

fear doesn't shut you down, it wakes you up.

A chasm reminds us that there is a fine line between bravery and idiocy.

And I'm the kind of person who does not let inconsequential things like boys and near death experiences stop her.

A brave man acknowledges the strength of others.

He turns toward me. I want to touch him, but I'm afraid of his bareness; afraid that he will make me bare too. 'Is this scaring you, Tris?' 'No,' I croak. I clear my throat. 'Not really. I'm only…afraid of what I want.' 'What do you want?' Then his face tightens. 'Me?' Slowly I nod.

No matter how long you train someone to be brave, you never know if they are or not until something real happens.

We believe in ordinary acts of bravery, in the courage that drives one person to stand up for another.

If you are really one of us, it won't matter to you that you might fail. And if it does, you are a coward.

...there is power in self-sacrifice.

Becoming fearless isn't the point. That's impossible. It's learning how to control your fear, and how to be free from it.

I wonder if fears ever really go away, or if they just lose their power over us.

When her body first hit the net, all I registered was a gray blur. I pulled her across it and her hand was small, but warm, and then she stood before me, short and thin and plain and in all ways unremarkable- except that she had jumped first. The stiff had jumped first. Even I didn't jump first. Her eyes were so stern, so insistent. Beautiful.

My name is Four," I say. Call me 'Stiff' again and you and I will have a problem.

Fear doesn't shut you down; it wakes you up. I've seen it. It's fascinating.

When leaders act contrary to conscience, we must act contrary to leaders.

Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear. You may not live forever, but the over-cautious may not live at all. Courage

La humanidad, que desprecia la salud mientras la posee, guarda su fe más ciega para los que la consuelan y entretienen en la gran cobardía de la dolencia

I part of this great nation because my grandfather was born here, in Cincinnati, Ohio. He took a horse, back in 1895, and ride it all the way down to Guanajuato, looking for his American dream. No penny in his pocket, only dreams in his head. And he was an immigrant coming from the States into Mexico. And he found his American dream in Mexico.

Do not fear Donald Trump. Fight. Don't give up. Never give up hope. Never give up on the American Dream. History is on our side. Have faith in each other. There is something good happening out there. I can feel it. Trust me, I helped usher in democracy in Mexico, so I know what momentum feels like.

No great man will ever succeed in life if they do not grind their teeth and take the most dangerous path for the attainment of an end.

Courage comes and goes. Hold on for the next supply.