Quotes About Courage

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one certain thing in life is that no one can make the truth untrue simply because it hurts.

We'll remember we're Marines

I want to know if you know how to melt into that fierce heat of living falling toward the center of your longing.

The price of our vitality is the sum of all our fears

It is not the thing you fear that you must deal with, it is the mother of the thing you fear. The very thing that has given birth to the nightmare.

It is always hard to believe that the courageous step is so close to us, that it is closer than we ever could imagine, that in fact, we already know what it is, and that the step is simpler, more radical than we had thought: which is why we so often prefer the story to be more elaborate, our identities clouded by fear, the horizon safely in the distance, the essay longer than it needs to be and the answer safely in the realm of impossibility.

The only choice we have as we mature is how we inhabit our vulnerability, how we become larger and more courageous and more compassionate through our intimacy with disappearance, our choice is to inhabit vulnerability as generous citizens of loss, robustly and fully, or conversely, as misers and complainers, reluctant and fearful, always at the gates of existence, but never bravely and completely attempting to enter, never wanting to risk ourselves, never walking fully through the door.

I don't care that I'm the only girl out here or the smallest player. I don't care that some people think I shouldn't be here, but I do care that the drills have stopped and my potential teammates are staring at me now like I'm roadkill.

Set phasers to stun, and ... we shall see what happens.

Run when you can, walk if you have to, crawl if you must; just never give up.

Struggling and suffering are the essence of a life worth living. If you're not pushing yourself beyond the comfort zone, if you're not demanding more from yourself - expanding and learning as you go - you're choosing a numb existence. You're denying yourself an extraordinary trip.

Unless you're not pushing yourself, you're not living to the fullest. You can't be afraid to fail, but unless you fail, you haven't pushed hard enough.

When we pass them, show no signs of weakness. Look strong.

Even in the darkest moments, light exists if you have faith to see it.

In self-defense and in defense of the innocent, cowardice is the only sin.

Now take my hand and hold it tight. I will not fail you here tonight, For failing you, I fail myself And place my soul upon a shelf In Hell's library without light. I will not fail you here tonight.

Each smallest act of kindness, reverberates across great distances and spans of time --affecting lives unknown to the one who's generous spirit, was the source of this good echo. Because kindness is passed on and grows each time it's passed until a simple courtesy becomes an act of selfless courage, years later, and far away. Likewise, each small meanness, each expression of hatred, each act of evil.

Fear is a poison produced by the mind, and courage is the antidote stored always ready in the soul

I felt fear enter the halls of my mind, but I didn't give it the keys to every room.

Perseverance is impossible if we don't permit ourselves to hope.

Even in the darkest moments, light exists if you have the faith to see it. Fear is a poison produced by the mind, and courage is the antidote stored always in the soul. In misfortune lies the seed of future triumph.

A short-order cook, just off work, makes easy tracking for lions and worse

He is different, and there will be many people you love who will be unhappy with you. You don't want them to feel you've dishonored them. Yes, I know how it is. But life is short. A chance for great happiness doesn't come along all that often.