Quotes About Courage

We can, Each of us, Do the impossible As long as we can convince ourselves That it has been done before.

We're survivors, Len. You are. I am. Most of Georgetown is. All of Acorn was. We've been slammed around in all kinds of ways. We're all wounded. We're healing as best we can. And, no, we're not normal. Normal people wouldn't have survived what we've survived. If we were normal we'd be dead.

We are a harvest of survivors.

Get focused on arranging to survive so that we can do more than just get batted around by crazy people, desperate people, thugs, and leaders who don't know what they're doing!" She

It's amazing what we can do if we simply refuse to give up.

Thus, when her enemies came to kill her, she knew more about surviving than they did about killing. And

And what? You think it's going to get sane? It's never been sane. You just have to go ahead and live, no matter what." I didn't know what to say, so I kissed

Moral: The weak can overcome the strong if the weak persist. Persisting isn't always safe, but it's often necessary.

We don't have to wait for anything at all. What we have to do is start.

Moral: The weak can overcome the strong if the weak persist. Persisting isn't always safe, but it's often necessary.

Do you believe? Belief will not save you.

He had a brain and he had courage. He just didn't want to change.

Slaves did that two hundred years ago. They sneaked around and educated themselves as best they could, sometimes suffering whipping, sale, or mutilation for their efforts.

We're fifteen! What can we do?' 'We can get ready. That's what we've got to do now. Get ready for what's going to happen, get ready to survive it, get ready to make a life afterward. Get focused on arranging to survive so that we can do more than just get batted around by crazy people, desperate people, thugs, and leaders who don't know what they're doing!

It's scary, but once you get past the fear, it's easy.

Nehemiah, chapter four, Verse 14: "And I looked and rose up and said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, be not afraid of them: remember the Lord which is great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, your wives and your houses." Interesting. Interesting that Dad had that verse ready, and that Cory recognized it. Maybe they've had this conversation before.

Thanks to Paracetco

That scares me to death sometimes -- always feeling driven to do something I don't know how to do.

I couldn't move her. She was afraid, and that made her defensive.

Were all slaves so thin—underfed, overworked, and taught that most things hurt?

Change does scare most people.

You're so young. It seems almost criminal that you should be so young in these terrible times.

She held out, did not speak directly to her captors except to curse them. She offered no cooperation. There were moments when she did not know why she resisted. What would she be giving up if she answered her captors' questions? What did she have to lose beyond misery, isolation, and silence? Yet she held out.

Crazy to live without a wall to protect you.