Quotes About Courage

the Signal Corps recruited U.S. switchboard operators who were bilingual in English and French and loaded them into ships bound for Europe. Known as the "Hello Girls," these were the first American women other than nurses to be sent by the U.S. military into harm's way. The officers whose calls they connected often prefaced their conversations by saying, "Thank Heaven you're here!

It's one thing to run from ghosts, it's quite another to let them catch you.

I have just gotten sick of always being called intense, you know?" "Intense is good", Maria saya. "Not for little girls" "For little girls who want to be the first female fighter pilots?

I do not fear the unknown. I do not even fear death--in the event that I've lived a good life. What I fear is a life of mediocrity.

Underneath […] I find what Sasha has entitled "The Rules of Romance." The are as follows: 1. Everyone deserves to be worshipped. 2. There's a hero inside all of us. 3. The hero and heroine are fine on their own but know they're better together. 4. Risk your heart, it's worth it. 5. Always believe in a happy ending.

Learn how to be your own heroine, so you too can find your own hero." Right, because why would you want to spend time learning how to be your own heroine if not for the sole purpose of ensnaring a hero?

I'll fight dragons, just like any knight for his lady. I'll prove myself. You'll be proud of me.

When adversity strikes, that's when you have to be the most calm. Take a step back, stay strong, stay grounded and press on.

I think when you move past your fear and you go after your dreams wholeheartedly, you become free.

Life's a forge! Yes, and hammer and anvil, too! You'll be roasted, smelted, and pounded, and you'll scarce know what's happening to you. But stand boldly to it! Metal's worthless till it's shaped and tempered! More labor than luck. Face the pounding, don't fear the proving; and you'll stand well against any hammer and anvil.

Evil cannot be conquered by wishing.

If a man harbors any sort of fear, it makes him landlord to a ghost.

The men who try to do something and fail are infinitely better than those who try to do nothing and succeed.

Men who try to do something and fail are infinitely better than those who try to do nothing and succeed.

Dreams are nervy things—all it takes is for one stern word to be spoken in their direction and they shrivel up and die.

Inuring children gently to suffer some degrees of pain without shrinking, is a way to gain firmness to their minds, and lay a foundation for courage and resolution in the future part of their lives.

Slavery is so vile and miserable an Estate of Man, and so directly opposite to the generous Temper and Courage of our Nation; that 'tis hardly to be conceived, that an Englishman, much less a Gentleman, should plead for't.

I believe half the unhappiness in life comes from people being afraid to go straight at things.

What do you believe is worse? Living life alone, lacking in popularity or changing yourself to be accepted by others? I think the latter is worse, and I believe it is much more important to think for yourself than to allow others to control you with their opinions. I think it's a sign of weakness to allow others to think for you just to be accepted.

What is more mortifying than to feel that you have missed the plum for want of courage to shake the tree?

What is more mortifying than to feel you've missed the Plum for want of courage to shake the Tree?

Lois Gladys Leppard

Matrimony and firefighting. They ain't for cowards.

Some men are warriors and some men are weenies. The trick is figuring out which is which.