Quotes About Courage

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But I'm taking small steps 'Cause I don't know where I'm going I'm taking small steps And I don't know what to say. Small steps, Trying to pull myself together And maybe I'll discover A clue along the way!

Live life to the fullest because everything else is uncertain

Yet a part of you still believes you can fight and survive no matter what your mind knows. It's not so strange. Where there's still life, there's still hope. What happens is up to God.

I was raised to face any challenge.

don't be afraid to make mistakes; they are just the stepping-stones to success.

On surviving on the raft for 47 days) We had truly made it on a wing and prayer.

as the Bible says, a smooth sea never made a good sailor. I believe that to this day.

I didn't know it then, but my persistence, perseverance, and unwillingness to accept defeat when things looked all but hopeless were part of the very character traits I would need to make it through World War II alive.

But I couldn't give up hope. Not my style. I would do what I had to do to survive. From that moment until the end of the war, when we were freed, I would really come to understand the meaning of "Don't give up, don't give in.

When there's no further hope, men always look up.

the mind is a crucial line of defense against adversity.

One moment of pain is worth a lifetime of glory

I just knew that no matter how bad the pain, I had to keep going.

If you give everything and you lose, so what? It's not going to put you in your grave. I walked away knowing I could handle defeat gracefully, and I had more self-esteem from that than from winning the race.

I had taken the Bird's daily beatings at Omori, and then at Naoetsu. I had to. I never complained. I just got knocked down, bled, got up, got knocked down, bled, got up. I expected it. I wouldn't let it get me down. Sometimes it took me two days to recover, but I always had a positive attitude. Steely, but positive. No way would he break me.

I wasn't reaching for glory at Naoetsu. I just wouldn't give the Bird the satisfaction of destroying my dignity. Don't let anyone take yours away, either.

A moment of pain is worth a lifetime of victory

I knew then that I would not turn back. I'd struggled to come this far, and I would commit myself to whatever happened next.

It was a pity that people did not risk enough to speak out in behalf of one another's happiness and their own.

She had a high tolerance for pain, and a low tolerance for bullshit.

The spirit of Eve is strong in all her daughters.

A principle that can't bear being laughed at, frowned on, and cold-shouldered, isn't worthy of the name.

If I can do no more, let my name stand among those who are willing to bear ridicule and reproach for the truth's sake, and so earn some right to rejoice when the victory is won.