Quotes About Courage

Mark Billingham

Do me a favor, okay? Tell my parents that I fought well today. And tell them that I... that I... that I fought hard.

When Gonzalez and Canley were close enough to the machine gun they called for suppressing fire and then stood and hurled grenades. At the blast, they charged, firing their rifles on automatic, silencing the gun.

When we suffer, God empowers us to face the worst and become our best.

I don't have any more wisdom in our courage for this journey than you do. Maybe less. But if you could use a traveling companion, I would come along. I would be only like one of those two men on the road to Emmaus, mostly confused myself, with a slow heart that burned within. Maybe together we would be able to discern Christ on the road beside us.

There's nothing like biting off more than you can chew, and then chewing anyway.

You say reckless. I say fearless.

Always wake up with a smile knowing that today you are going to have fun accomplishing what others are too afraid to do.

t does it take to hope? everything.

When you're under fire, when it all changes and goes the other way, a lot of guys get panicky and lose their clarity, because they're all geared up for winning. But I love adversely - it's where I see a chance to prove myself to myself.

Learning to accept the risk is a trading skill—the most important skill you can learn. Yet

Unless you learn to completely accept the possibility of an uncertain outcome, you will try either consciously or unconsciously to avoid any possibility you define as painful.

Or you can learn how to redefine your trading activities in such a way that you truly accept the risk, and you're no longer afraid.

Learning to accept the risk is a trading skill—the most important skill you can learn.

How do we remain disciplined, focused, and confident in the face of constant uncertainty?

Strength is not created by adversity; it is merely awakened by it.

The main thing we can learn from The Lord of the Rings is that we who are in a position to save the world (by which I mean all of us) do so primarily to save our friends.

But none of us are called to sacrifice others to safeguard ourselves, no matter how important we may seem. The proper position of leadership is in front, partaking in the dangers of the lowliest of soldiers. This is what Jesus did, and it is the height of foolishness. May we, in our weakness, be granted to access such heights.

Anyone can suffer but it takes a stout heart to suffer well. Pippin never loses his simple Hobbit sense, nor does he succumb to the temptation to use his suffering as an excuse to sully himself

No more wasting time. No more wasting life. From now on, I was going to be impetuous and brave. Willing to take risks.

Americans don't like a quitter.

WILL'S RULES FOR LIVING #14: BEING BRAVE MEANS BEING AFRAID AND GOING AHEAD WITH IT ANYWAY.

Look, dudes, we didn't come this far down the rabbit hole to stop on the one-yard line in the middle of like Nazi headquarters," said Nick. "Did we?" "No, but if you tried, you could probably mix a few more metaphors," said Elise.

WILL'S RULES FOR LIVING #8: DO THE RIGHT THING, ALWAYS, AND RISK THE CONSEQUENCES.