Quotes About Courage

however peaceful you may wish to be, we all have the responsibility to rise up against evil.

My people," she began formally. "Main Jhansi nahin doongi!

The best any of us can do in life is to try to build a strong foundation on which to stand," she said. "And then meet life as it comes, as courageously and honestly as possible. If we fall, well it is fate. It is destiny!

When it comes to the health of our families, Barack refused to listen to all those folks who told him to leave health reform for another day, another president. He didn't care whether it was the easy thing to do politically - that's not how he was raised - he cared that it was the right thing to do.

You can't make decisions based on fear and the possibility of what might happen.

You may not always have a comfortable life and you will not always be able to solve all of the world's problems at once but don't ever underestimate the importance you can have because history has shown us that courage can be contagious and hope can take on a life of its own.

And I love that even in the toughest moments, when we're all sweating it - when we're worried that the bill won't pass, and it seems like all is lost - Barack never lets himself get distracted by the chatter and the noise. Just like his grandmother, he just keeps getting up and moving forward... with patience and wisdom, and courage and grace.

I am so tired of fear. And I don't want my girls to live in a country, in a world, based on fear.

I love that we can trust Barack to do what he says he's going to do, even when it's hard - especially when it's hard.

Fear is the loneliest feeling. You can be in a throng of people, but if you're afraid, you're on your own.

There's always a choice,' said Torak, and walked backward off the cliff.

So I've got to find a mountiain that nobody's ever seen. And work out the answer to a riddle that nobody's ever solved. And kill a bear that nobody can fight." Renn sucked in her breath. "You've go to try."

Have you forgotten," she said in a furious whisper, "that he nearly killed us? That he threw my quiver in the stream, and threatened to snap my bow?" It was unclear which she considered worse: threatening them or her bow.

If you're warm enough when you set out, you're wearing too many clothes.

Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood. She was right, old Marie Curie.

Michelle Paver

In the early 1900s an American named Fanny Bullock Workman unfurled a 'Votes For Women' banner high in the Karakorams, and left her visiting card in a glass jar on one of the peaks.

Zwart ijs... Witte beren, rood bloed. Ze zoeken het oog van de adder... In het oog gaan is in het donker gaan. Misschien kun je de weg naar buiten vinden, Wolfjongen. Maar wanneer je eenmaal binnen bent, zul je nooit meer heel zijn. Een deel van je blijft daar beneden. In het donker. - De Loper

Hij vroeg zich af waarom ze niet gek van angst was geworden. Misschien was je niet bang voor geesten als je de dochter van een Hogepriesteres van Keftioe was. Of misschien was ze gewoon heel dapper.

When I first met you,' Pirra said levelly, 'we were stuck on an island with no food and no water. But we survived.' 'That was different.' 'I know, but if anyone can survive out here, it's you.

Hij is mijn vriend. Ik móét het proberen. - Renn

Renn is helemaal alleen en dat... dat wezen kan wel overal zijn.' 'Dat kan me niet schelen.' 'Jawel, dat kan je wel schelen. Als Renn iets zou overkomen, zou je het jezelf nooit vergeven.

I was no longer the frightened obsessive who'd cowered in the storm and fought an illusory battle with a log. I was Jack Miller, the man who's keeping the 1937 Spitsbergen Expedition alive against all the odds.

The cub felt in her fur that although he was not lion, yet there was lion in his spirit.