Quotes About Courage

Se había esfumado el resto de temor, desvanecido el desaliento y la sombría preocupación que le habían atormentado como a un viejo senil y tembloroso, evaporado la niebla de tristes presagios en la que se había movido a tientas durante semanas. Ahora se encontraba en terreno conocido y se sentía capaz de afrontar cualquier reto.

God gives good times and bad times, but He does not wish us to bemoan and bewail the bad times, but to prove ourselves men.

Together we can make a world where cancer no longer means living with fear, without hope, or worse.

How do you nurture a positive attitude when all the statistics say you're a dead man? You go to work.

It didn't matter that everyone else seemed to be doing it. To butcher a cliche, if everyone jumped off a bridge, they would all get wet. And some were going to drown. Or

Hercules came through the roof like a cannonball, his lion-skin trench coat wrapped around him. When I say cannonball, I mean both the metal ball and the type people do off a diving board. It was especially impressive when you realize we were in a five story building. Hermes

Sometimes saving the day isn't about being brave. More often for me, it's a joke that's gone too far." –John Murphy, bartender at Bulfinche's Pub

Thanks. Any idea how to ride a flying horse?" Argus said. "Not really, but I'd imagine it would be along the lines of get in the saddle and don't fall off," Murphy said.

Hope doesn't announce that life is safe, therefore, we will be; instead, it whispers that Christ is our safety in the midst of harsh reality.

Doing the right thing causes us to stand taller, dance more often, and step into life with more confidence.

The Lord must have been delighted to call Peter out of his obvious weakness into God's stunning strength by giving him a new name, Rock, designating Peter as a steady place to stand.

There are still days I need a hand-up from another journeyer. And there are still days I want to hide, since every season of life brings its set of threats, yet because of God's mercy and grace, I press on.

For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind" (2 Timothy 1:7).

Hope restores confidence

Hope comes as a companion; she slips her arm around your shoulder and offers to help you stumble toward change

Many of us are metaphorically standing in a ring of fire. The assaults of life have pushed us through a wall of fire and here we are, standing in the middle of a circle of flames. The conundrum we face in the circle is: would we rather spend the rest of our lives very uncomfortable, hot and singed, or do we have the courage to walk through the wall of flames again, experiencing a short burning sensation, to freedom from fire? The benefits of being

And as far as false hope, there is no such thing. There is only hope or the absence of hope-nothing else.

Whatever your age, you are the right age to be coming out and telling your truth. Find someone to tell- and tell, tell, tell, until your lungs ache. Tell until you can't tell anymore. It won't take away what happened to you, but it will re-map your life and take away the power from the abuse and the abuser. You are strong and resilient. You are not alone.

Laura Davis, Allies in Healing: When the Person

All I can tell you really is if you get to the point where someone is telling you that you are not great or not good enough, just follow your heart and don't let anybody crush your dream.

Freedom is...the right to write the wrong words.

When you hit a wall, just kick it in.

Writing is not some quiet, closet act.

Got to lose control before you take control.