Quotes About Courage

I find my greatest strength in wanting to be strong. I find my greatest bravery in deciding to be brave.

The reward is in the risk.

I found the strength to see her, to cheer her, to not look away. It was taking a toll, but it was a toll I willingly paid.

Não tenho muito a perder. Mas, sem dúvida, vai parecer que perdi tudo.

Coming out is a lifelong process, Ms. MacTraugh continued. Each time we meet someone new or move to a different setting, we're challenged to reveal who we are. It's not always easy. But no matter how difficult, it's something I've never regretted. So few things in life truly matter. Chief among them are being true to yourself, and being honest with others... As I said, only you can determine what's the right decision.

The first sentence of the truth is always the hardest. Each of us had a first sentence, and most of us found the strength to say it out loud to someone who deserved to hear it.

I certainly have room in my life for caution, but I have no room in my life for paralyzing fear. There's always a risk. There always has been. But I'd rather live my life than die of negations.

Preferir o medo de estar com a pessoa errada por não ser capaz de lidar com o medo de ficar sozinho.

We have the defied the day as it was set out for us

When you're telling the truth, you should look terrified and exhilarated at the same time, because telling the truth is navigating both of those feelings at the same exact time.

She's holding it together, too, and I want to tell her she doesn't have to do that for me, because I might not be able to do it or her. I can tell she's also trying not to look back, but she does it - she looks over her shoulder - and the tears won't leave her eyes.

She said moments like this were like waking up in the middle of the night: You're scared, you're disoriented, and you're completely convinced you're right. But then you stay awake a little longer and you realize things aren't as fearful as they seem." Excerpt From: David Levithan. "The Lover's Dictionary." iBooks.

Even if I didn't believe I was the kind of person who could stand up to the people who hated me, I wanted to be the kind of person who would.

Good doesn't triumph because anybody tells it to. It triumphs when we push it and carry it and shout it and embrace it until it triumphs.

They beat the shit out of me," he told people, soon after. "But you know what? I didn't need that shit inside of me. I'm glad it's gone.

You are here for... the nice girls who want to scream but are afraid of breaking something...

En este sitio, en este momento, somos quienes queremos ser. Soy afortunado porque yo no necesito mucho coraje. Pero otros, en cambio, necesitan una valentía enorme para estar aquí.

It was so screwed up, because the thing that made us the most powerless also gave us such power. We could make them turn away. We could bother them and challenge them and mess them up. You think people are afraid of two boys in love? To hell with that. What people are really afraid of is two boys screwing.

Coming out is a lifelong process,' Ms. MacTraugh continued. Each time we meet someone new or move to a different setting, we're challenged to reveal who we are. It's not always easy. But no matter how difficult, it's something I've never regretted. So few things in life truly matter. Chief among them are being true to yourself, and being honest with others.' ... 'As I said, only you can determine what's the right decision.

Question: On a scale from one to ten how fierce are you?- David: You are just asking me this because I am gay... What the fuck does that mean? -David Levithan, at Teen Lit Con-

she wants it to be over, but she's afraid of it being over, because then she'll have to figure out what comes next -A

Maybe tonight you're scared of falling, and maybe there's somebody here or somewhere else you're thinking about, worrying over, fretting over, trying to figure out if you want to fall, or how and when you're gonna land, and I gotta tell you friends that to stop thinking about the landing, because it's all about falling.

I am stronger than words and I am bigger than the box I'm in, and then I see her in the crowd and I fall apart.

A voice floats out to him. Her voice. --- Who's there? --- The man you're not afraid of.