Quotes About Courage

You can't take on the Nadir army with three men, said Harokas. What do you suggest? Four would even the odds.

A great man once told me there can be no courage without fear," Helikaon said. "He was right. Remember that when your belly trembles and your legs grow weak.

life without heroic deed is no life at all.

It will not go out,' said Keeva, putting her hand on Ustarte's shoulder. 'He is a hero. My uncle told me that heroes have special souls that are blessed by the Source. He was a wise man, my uncle.

I still say this is madness,' whispered Jonat. 'I know – at this moment I'm inclined to agree with you.' 'But we'll go anyway,' muttered Jonat. 'One of these days someone is going to listen to my advice and I'll probably die of the shock!

You are of the blood, Arvan. It will carry you through, he said Words! Just words. Blood was merely dark liquid — it carried no secrets, no mysteries. Courage was a thing of the soul and not a gift that a man could bestow on his sons

Boy, said Druss, his eyes cold, think well about this venture. For make no mistake, you cannot stand before me and live. No man ever has. The words were spoken softly, yet no one disbelieved the old man.

A man takes what the gods thrust upon him.

How delightfully you turn me away - not with strength but with admitted weakness.

Evil will never be countered while good men do nothing.

I choose to pay. I am cursed with a staff a stallion would be proud of. It takes an experienced woman to accept it. There are even some whores who hide when they see me coming.

would ride into fire. For Odysseus that whip was pride.

A man must fight for life even when he believes all is lost.

Well," said Decado, "the great Tertullian was once asked what he would do if he was attacked by a man stronger, faster, and infinitely more skillful than he." "What did he say?" "He said he would cut off his damned head for being a liar.

he who fears to lose will never win.

But the baresark loses all fear; his is all-out attack, and invariably he takes his opponent with him even if he falls.

By nature of definition only the coward is capable of the highest heroism".

Falling on your face in public might be embarrassing, but not making the attempt at all is an even bigger failure.

Hella isn't easy, but Captain Skyler says life isn't easy. If it were easy, everybody would do it. Death is what you do if you're not up for the challenge.

How can we run away with you when it's us you've been running away from all this time?

There's this general feeling in the Hella Colony that we'll never conquer the planet if we hide behind the fences of Summerland Station. So we have to go ourselves, smell the air and taste the world. We have to feel the dirt between our fingers. If we are ever going to make this planet ours, we have to give up our fear of it and get into a genuinely courageous relationship. That's what Captain Skyler says.

Tell the truth,' Nels said. 'Decide to tell the truth before it's too late.

The trick was to live here without hating yourself because all around you was hatred. The trick was to refuse to allow your pain to prevent you from living honorably.

I promise myself to be so strong that nothing can disturb my peace of mind … to look at the sunny side of everything and make my optimism come true … to be too large for worry, too noble for anger, too strong for fear, and too happy to permit the presence of trouble.")