Quotes About Courage

It's all right to be afraid. You just don't let it stop you from doing your job.

The plan is insane," Ehren said. "You are insane." He looked around the inside of the tent. "I'll need some pants.

I know how you feel," I said. "You run into something you totally don't get, and it's scary as hell. But once you learn something about it, it gets easier to handle. Knowledge counters fear. It always has.

Do you know the difference between courage and foolhardiness, Dresden?" "Any insurance adjuster would say no." He waved a hand at my banter, as though that was all the acknowledgment it deserved. "Hindsight," he said. "Until the extended consequences of any action are known, it is both courageous and foolish. And neither." "Well," I said, "tonight you earned yourself a Schrödinger's Medal, I guess.

But what kind of wolfhound would I be if I listened to my inner Chihuahua?

Now, courage ain't everything. But you build everything else on it.

She could be a pain in the ass, but she was one gutsy chick. Her kids were lucky to have a mother like her. A lot of moms would say that they would die for their children. Charity had placed herself squarely in harm's way to do exactly that.

I have fought long and hard against horrors even you would respect. I have been beaten, but I have not yielded. I'm not going to start yielding now.

Hope is a force of nature. Don't let anyone tell you different.

You are the only man I ever met," Tera growled, "who would smash the paws that are trying to free you from certain death.

Her chin lifted, and her hard, cold eyes flickered in naked, unconcealed pride. "Never once in your life, my Knight, have you taken the easy road. I chose well.

Hope lets you do things you would otherwise never be able to do, gives strength when everything is darkest.

Bob's knowledge and skills had let me save lives. Mostly my own, maybe, but a lot of other lives, too.

Fear is a part of life. It's a warning mechanism. That's all. It tells you when there's danger around. Its job is to help you survive. Not cripple you into being unable to do it.

There are old swordsmen and bold swordsmen," Nedus said, idly employing the old Legion maxim. "But very few old, bold swordsmen.

We're all of us equally naked before the jaws of pain.

He heaved a breath. Then set his jaw, nodded, and said, "Got it." "Good man," I said. "You're handling this well." "I am not," Bradley said without slowing his steps. "I am not." "Then you are freaking out in the most useful way possible," I said. "Keep it up.

A little kung fu, a little John Wayne, and a few casual threats.

We need you to help talk us through this. That's crazy! I said. Go in guns blazing!

There are bad things in the world. There's no getting away from that. But that doesn't mean nothing can be done about them. You can't abandon life just because it's scary, and just because sometimes you get hurt.

Here's where I ask why don't you spend your time doing something safer and more boring. Like maybe administering suppositories to rabid gorillas.

Hero, noun 1. a person who is admired or idealized for courage, outstanding achievements, or noble qualities 2. a sandwich

This is scary." "And we're doing it anyway," I said. "That makes us brave, right?" "If we get away with it," I said. "If we don't, it just makes us stupid.

My dear cousin has a very odd relationship with fear -- though mostly she's too busy to be bothered with it.