Quotes About Courage

I know this president. And I can tell you that he cares deeply about the next generation of young women in this country - his daughters, and everyone's daughters. President Obama had the courage to stand with Sandra Fluke. Without hesitation, he defended her right to tell her story.

You must not let them bother you, Leisha," he said in his wonderful accent. "Not ever. There is an old Asian proverb: 'The dogs bark but the caravan moves on.' You must never let your individual caravan be slowed by the barking of rude or envious dogs.

We stay in the same old situations because we're comforted by the familiar, even if the familiar is terrible.

It's only through facing the truth that you will be able to fulfill your potential and live the life you were meant to live. It's only by jumping that you will be able to fly.

Poet David Whyte once said that if we're living the life we truly want to live, someone we love will feel betrayed

I'm only as brave as I have to be . . . and I do not want to have to be this brave.

All illustrate the "theory of courage," which Tolkien called "the great contribution of early Northern literature," meaning both Icelandic and Old English literature. It is a "creed of unyielding will": The heroes refuse to give up even when they know the monsters—evil—will win. For that is the big difference between Snorri's Ragnarok and the Christian Doomsday. Odin and the human army of Valhalla do not win.

Light with thee walk; dark from thee flee.

Only she who attempts the absurd can ever achieve the impossible.

I am wild, if you like; but I stayed in my burrow a long, long time, - nibbling your straws and snapping at your fingers, but always just a little out of reach. Until at last I got to trust you so much that one day I ventured out for a minute, - and you threw rocks at me. And I will never come out again.

Romans 4:18, "hope against hope.

It's said God won't give us more than we can handle.

If I cry, it's about the personal loss of a friend or something like that. But when it comes to politics - no, I don't cry.

Freedom is secured every day by our men and women in uniform. We must build a future worthy of their sacrifice.

this was an era when for a male or female slave to refuse porneia could mean capital punishment. Some of the early martyrs were slaves who proclaimed their freedom in Christ by refusing to sexually service their masters—and were executed for it.

If Christians hope to offer the world a credible solution to toxic behavior in men, they must demonstrate that Christianity has the power to address it first of all among those within the church's own orbit of influence. The Bible calls men to be both tough and tender, both courageous and caring. Men who know they are made in God's image can

she persuaded him to execute her instead by slowly immersing her in boiling pitch. The beauty of her character as she faced death inspired the conversion of several other people, including one of her guards, Basilides, who was likewise martyred.73

A woman is like a teabag - only in hot water do you realize how strong she is.

A woman is like a teabag. It's only when she's in hot water that you realize how strong she is.

We shall draw from the heart of suffering itself, the means of inspiration and survival. —Sir Winston Churchill

Sometimes you just have to take the leap, and build your wings on the way down. —Kobi Yamada

My brothers did not have the courage to risk losing Mom's love, by facing the damage her betrayal had done to us. I was already aware that I did not have my mother's unconditional love.

I hope instead she rages!

Having scanned the faces of the spectators, Andre mounted the wagon, stood on the coffin, removed his hat, and lowered his shirt collar. "It will be but a momentary pang,' Dr. James Thacher heard him say. Seizing the noose, Andre brought it over his head, tied a knot under his left ear, and placed a handkerchief over his eyes. When asked for his last words, the British officer raised his handkerchief. 'I pray you to bear me witness that I meet my fate like a brave man.