Quotes About Courage

Running into a burning building probably wasn't the smartest move Kenton Lake had ever made. Then again, sadly, it wasn't his dumbest either.

Because he'd learned as a child that the ones in this world who were really strong, they knew how to fear—and how to keep going even when that fear rose like a howling beast inside.

Because he'd learned as a child that the ones in this world who were really strong, they knew how to fear—and how to keep going even when that

Sometimes, people need hope in order to get them through the day.

If you live that way, always letting the fear take over, I learned that you're not really living at all.

A woman could do a whole lot in this world without a heart.

She'd fight until she was broken. She would NOT give up.

Sometimes," she confessed as she stared at him, totally nude and vulnerable as she bared her darkest truth, "what I fear most is myself." Trusting the wrong man. Not going for what she wanted. Letting life pass her by.

Oh that was good. Reminded her why she'd gone with him that first night. He'd been tall, strong, and she'd taken one look at him and realized-The kind of man who never fears. A man who fights. Who wins. A guy strong enough to face the dark with her.

Afraid that he'd be like one of those horrible movie monsters that just rose again and again and kept attacking until everyone else was dead. "Ava!

At first, you just want to live. To escape. That's all that matters.

Danton himself was an astonishing man, with a face so scarred and ugly that it by-passed the normal rules of beauty and had an attractiveness of its own. At two he had been gored in the face by a cow, trampled by a herd of pigs at five, disfigured by small pox when he was ten, and kicked in the face by a bull when he was fourteen.

Believe in yourself and there will come a day when others will have no choice but to believe with you.

If you don't go after what you want, you'll never have it. If you don't ask, the answer is always no. If you don't step forward, you're always in the same place." —Nora Roberts

At some point, you just have to choose. And then be brave enough to stand up to the people who think you made the wrong choice.

It must take some courage to fly, to trust the wind to hold you as it lifts you away from all you've ever known. To know inside that you're heading where you're meant to go—even if you've never been there before. And that 'I hope so' will be enough to get you there.

Giving up and letting go are too very different things, Lily. Giving up is admitting you're beat and walking away. Letting go means you're setting something free. You're releasing something that's been keeping you stuck. That takes faith and more than a little courage" -Pepere

I was feeling a bit scared, and I realized something. To do brave things, you don't have to be hugely brave. You only have to be a little bit braver than you are scared." -Lily

It's scary to try something different when you don't know how it'll work out, but that's when the best things can happen. The things that surprise you and change you. Those things can make *you* different" -Salma

Giving up and letting go are two very different things. Giving up is admitting you're beat and walking away. Letting go means you're setting something free. You're releasing something that's been keeping you stuck. That takes faith and more than a little courage.

To do brave things you don't have to be hugely brave, you only have be a little bit braver than you are scared.

Americans are gathering the courage to just say no. We are saying no to addictive consumer lifestyles. We are saying no to wars and corporate takeover and the IMF loans that gobble up people and their resources.

If we had to say what writing is, we would have to define it essentially as an act of courage.

I write in terror...I have to talk myself into bravery with every sentence, sometimes every syllable.