Quotes About Courage

Great leaders are not always popular.

Some of the great leaders in history were not adored, but respected. My advice to leaders—stop trying to please everyone and do what you believe is best.

If you can't get a miracle, become one.

Those are the right and left facing pages of a printed book. And what's in the middle?" Silence around the table. Zingano offered, "A book?" "Interstellar One?" said Norton. "A SPINE," she yelled, banging the table with a fist for emphasis. "A goddamned spine. Lesson number one. Show your spine, or they'll eat you up and shit you out like the little turds you are.

I write how sorry I am for not contacting her sooner, but I was afraid, a coward, and I am trying to be braver now. I try and try and try every day, all day long.

To meet the depths of defeat is to be better acquainted with courage.

My best friend gave me the best advice He said each day's a gift and not a given right Leave no stone unturned, leave your fears behind

Let your dreams be bigger than your fears, your actions louder than your words and your faith stronger than your feelings.

The mome rath isn't born that could outgrabe me!

A battle, shield wall to shield wall. Linden wood to linden wood. She imagined meeting a man the size of Forthere, huge with battle rage, stinking with it; dogs dripping and snarling at her legs, her arms. Sharp swords cleaving down, splintering shields, crushing skulls, slicing off faces. Men sworn to follow their lord or die. Victory or death, no middle ground.

She clung to the saddle horn. If she fell now, he would kill her. She must hold on.

I am Aud Torvingen. Aud, rhymes with crowd.

She stepped to one side of her feelings like stepping out of her clothes.

Sometimes people have to do new things, things that have never been done before. Everything your foremothers did was new once.

They were afraid of the child. Fursey didn't know whether to pity her or be glad for her. Fear could always be used.

Showing off her best points was a habit that saved her life more than once.

She didn't like the princely Boldcloak much. She missed her Cian. Missed the Cian she might have told of misjudging bandits and what eagles saw.

Hope was something to be feared.

Play with it. Play with the scary thing. But play hard, play clearly, and play a lot.

She met his gaze, agate to jet. She would not flinch, not even if the water turned into a river of fire. She stepped forward, bent her head, and set her will.

What other pearls of wisdom has she dropped in your ready ear?

The world can be big, and stink, and it hurts if you fall off, but hey, it's worth trying, mostly, and what doesn't kill you…Well, it doesn't kill you.

How would she be the light of the world feeling like this?

The words hung there, a declaration, a taunt. You can't stop me!