Quotes About Courage

Surely if we knew what bitterness fate held in store, we would shrink back in fear and let the cup of life pass us by untasted.

I have found adventure in flying, in world travel, in business, and even close at hand... Adventure is a state of mind - and spirit.

It comes with faith, for with complete faith there is no fear of what faces you in life or death.

When I was six years old my friend was auditioning for 'Annie ' and I decided I wanted to audition with her. My mom was worried I would fall flat on my face because I'd never opened my mouth to sing, so she sent me to vocal lessons. I did the audition and fell in love with the entire process of a show.

He who fears the Lord, has nothing to fear.

One must not let oneself be overwhelmed by sadness.

Aside from being terrifying, it was totally humiliating. Rose Tyler, Barbie doll.

Sit down and talk to the man, for God's sake. You didn't know that love was a high-risk business? It surely is. But not taking the risk is terrible,

I'm amazed at the number of women who love demolition work.

Alone on the summit of Mount Everest.

will you stop trying to be brave! It's me, Mama! You can be honest with me." -Hetty

Jacqueline Wilson

There is nothing of which every man is so afraid, as getting to know how enormously much he is capable of doing and becoming.

I think I'd rather have my heart broke than do the breaking. —Lena

This is the way brown people have to fight, my grandfather says. You can't just put your fist up. You have to insist on something gently. Walk toward a thing slowly. But be ready to die, my grandfather says, for what is right. Be ready to die, my grandfather says, for everything you believe in.

Even when my girls were little, we'd go down there, my grandmother tells us. And people'd be marching. The marching didn't just start yesterday. Police with those dogs, scared everybody near to death. Just once I let my girls march.

They had always been soft-spoken. Because they had always been afraid.

wasn't afraid of dying because dying had always been somewhere in our house, somewhere so close, we could feel the wind of it on our cheeks.

Jacqueline Woodson

Before the world as they knew it ended, they stepped out in heels with straightening-comb burns on their ears, gartered stockings, and lipstick for the first time.

she said she was going to live-that tomorrow wasn't guaranteed.

I wanted to climb into her world and live in it with her. She was beautiful and kind and funny and identified as "certified crazy." I learned that certified crazy meant nothing to lose, nothing to be afraid of, nothing to be self-conscious about.

I loved the terrier quality Stuart had. He thought he was such a tough guy.

Un jour, d'elle-même, elle se farda les ongles en rouge. Jamais, jusque là, elle n'avait osé le faire. Ce qui la saisit, ce fut que ses ongles ressentirent le froid du vernis. Elle eut alors le sentiment que notre corps en a toujours de nouvelles à nous apprendre.