Quotes About Courage

They say: only exceptional people can cross the borders. The truth is: anyone can cross, everyone has it in them. But only exceptional people can bear to look it in the eye.

Sometimes it's good to go to war, just to know you can

And—who can say why these things happen on Thursday, when the same events might have gone unremarked on Tuesday?—they fought back. A dozen women turned into a hundred. A hundred into a thousand. The police retreated. The women shouted; some made placards. They understood their strength, all at once.

who can say why these things happen on Thursday, when the same events might have gone unremarked on Tuesday?—they fought back. A dozen women turned into a hundred. A hundred into a thousand. The police retreated. The women shouted; some made placards. They understood their strength, all at once.

Roxy doesn't run from fights at school. . . . You've got to stomp them till they beg. You don't run.

She can't afford to afford to look weak, not at a time like this.

She could run. There's her dad's voice in her head, saying, Take care of yourself, sweetie. And there's her mon's voice in her head, saying, You're a hero, act like it.

Al principio no expresábamos nuestro dolor porque no era viril. Ahora no hablamos de ello porque nos da miedo, sentimos vergüenza y estamos solos sin esperanza, cada uno de nosotros solo.

Nothing worse has happened to him than to anyone. There is no reason for him to be afraid, no more reason than any other man.

People are allowed to be weak.

It's a sort of pride to her that she watched the whole thing without wincing or looking away or carrying on.

So I went walking, like the independent woman I am.

The closer you are to death, the more you want to live.

Sailing was never my thing,

Naomi Mitchison,

Occasionally, and for everyone's good, mankind were instructed to offer a fresh and juicy princess to their own particular dragon. It was said that the princesses enjoyed the experience. Certainly the dragons did.

Tomoe Gozen was among the rarest of historical figures, a woman samurai,

READER, I RAN the fuck away.

How do they manage to go on living?.....By loving life. And-in spite of everything-by loving God. By having enough faith to start over again and again; enough faith to risk having our hearts break all over again. That's the true meaning of faith. It's the deepest kind of heroism.

You can't break my heart. It's made of water.

Ask forgiveness, not permission,

Don't fear, I am with you.

I dare because people like you walk around like you own the world, when really, you spend your entire pitiful life stacking up your lopsided tower of toy blocks, hoping no one bigger and stronger comes along to knock it down. But me? I'm bigger. I'm stronger. And I take a very distinct pleasure in stomping your world to fucking smithereens.

Dad," Max whispers to me, "does Mom seem weird to you?" "Your mom's a fucking warrior," I say gruffly. Max's eyes go wide in shock and awe. "You said a bad word!" "Don't tell on me.