Quotes About Courage

Peetee say slow and careful, "I'm not afraid of you." Halber blink. After min, he ask, "Why not?" "I've been terrified all week. It's time to stop." Don

My worldview was very much the product of Adventism. Although our Adventist pioneers courageously challenged the understandings of the churches out of which they came, I grew up fearing that if I questioned what I had been taught I was opening my mind to Satan's deceptions.

Gilgamesh wandered in the wilderness grieving over the death of Enkidu and weeping saying: "Enkidu has died. Must I die too? Must Gilgamesh be like that?" Gilgamesh felt the fear of it in his belly. He said to himself that he would seek the son of Ubartutu, Utnapishtim, he, the only one of men by means of whom he might find out how death could be avoided. He said to himself that he would hasten to him, the dangers of the journey notwithstanding.

True bravery is all about conquering fear; so in order to be brave you have to be afraid first. You can't have one without the other.

Sólo el silencio puede sustentar el avance de los supervivientes.

El corazón, pese a estar siempre lleno de vacilaciones y de incertidumbres, te impulsa a hacer algo, a actuar, para que nunca puedas lamentar no haberlo intentado todo

Don't aim for success if you want it; just do what you love and believe in, and it will come naturally.

Life lived with resolve and determination is life lived apart from surrender.

Damn the torpedoes Full speed ahead

Damn the torpedoes, Drayton. Go Ahead! Jouett, full speed! (the actual quote tha he made, that is paraphrased:

Moments like this make me glad I am a man." "Playing with snakes and poisons does not appeal to you?" "Not the least." "Come, you've been in battle. That cannot be much better. What is it like to stand in the front rank, thrusting your boarding pike at some hulking wild-eyed berserk trying to slash you in half?" "That is when I wish I was a woman," he replied primly. At least Love did not lie.

Heart of oak are our ships,Heart of oak are our men:We always are ready;Steady, boys, steady;We'll fight, and we'll conquer again and again.

These days, we don't dare carry Bibles with us openly. We gather in groups of two and three, and use our smart phones to download Scripture from the Internet. We meet long enough to read a passage, discuss its meaning, then encourage and pray for one another. After that we disband.

Discouragement is a moral state, a failure of heart; you treat it by taking courage, not Prozac.

I have discovered in my long life that there are many words and phrases which have more power than any spell of magick. The most well-known of these is, of course, I love you. But by far the most deadly is, if only. For these two words can strip a man's strength, his courage and his confidence. They become the father of regret and anguish and pain.

Heroes are people who face down their fears. It is that simple. A child afraid of the dark who one day blows out the candle; a women terrified of the pain of childbirth who says, 'It is time to become a mother'. Heroism does not always live on the battlefield.

Fear is an aid to the warrior. It is a small fire burning. It heats the muscles, making us stronger. Panic comes when the fire is out of control, consuming all courage and pride.

There's no shame in fear. But understand this - the coward is ruled by fear, while the hero rides it like a wild stallion.

Never violate a woman, nor harm a child. Do not lie, cheat or steal. These things are for lesser men. Protect the weak against the evil strong. And never allow thoughts of gain to lead you into the pursuit of evil. Never back away from an enemy. Either fight or surrender. It is not enough to say I will not be evil. Evil must be fought wherever it is found."The Iron Code

I was a man before I was a king, and no true man walks away when a friend needs him.

Morale, my boy, is what counts. Man-power and tonnage and fire-power are important, of course, but morale has won every war in history. And our morale right now is higher than a cat's back—higher than any time since John Paul Jones—and getting higher by the day.

Damn the torpedoes, Drayton, go ahead! Jouett, full speed! (frequently erroreously quoted as 'Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead')

Parry said, "I'm a coward. I don't like pain." "We're all cowards," Coley said. "There's no such thing as courage. There's only fear. A fear of getting hurt and a fear of dying. That's why the human race has lasted so long. You won't

Honor is Surplus Dignity: Honor, at its simplest, is that excess dignity that must be defended with the knife or sword. Wherever honor is at issue, it comes with a sense that dignity can be lost, and therefore must be constantly defended.