Quotes About Courage

he reminded himself of his own personal creed, that life was neither something you defended by hiding nor surrendered calmly on other people's terms, but something you lived bravely, out in the open, and that if you had to lose it, you should also lose it on your own terms.

God grant us the courage to change those things we can, the serenity to accept the things we can't, and the wisdom to know the difference.

the police in the city really knew how to hold human beings trapped in cages, even women like Manman who was accused of having wings of flame.

the old story of the man who was going to fight a duel the next day. His second asked him, Are you a good shot? Well, said the duelist, I can snap the stem of a wineglass at twenty paces, and he looked modest. That's all very well, said the unimpressed second. But can you snap the stem of the wineglass while the wineglass is pointing a loaded pistol straight at your heart?

She may be going to Hell, of course, but at least she isn't standing still

there's a strength in not being strong.

Where no man has gone before - who said that - William Shakespeare?" "I've no idea.

This Fura was different. This Fura was harder and scowlier and knew what needed to be done. This one could turn her back on her own dying father, or watch a blinded man whimper in pain and not give one cold cuss. This one could cut her own hand off if it helped. This one didn't care what people thought of Fura. And even as I cursed those tin fingers, which wouldn't yet do a tenth of what I wanted from them, I knew which Fura I liked the best.

Generally it's best to accept that things are exactly as bad as they look. At least that way you know it's time to start digging your way out.

Experience shows that in such undertakings, the imagination is alarmed not so much by realities as phantoms, which vanish before a courageous heart which can look them in the face with contempt

In Hom. 3, p. 30, he exaggerates the grievousness of sin in a priest, and has these remarkable words, "I do not believe that many priests are saved; but that far the greater number are lost: for this dignity requires a great soul and much courage.

Those who lack the courage will always find a philosophy to justify it.

Real nobility is based on scorn, courage, and profound indifference.

Nothing is more despicable than respect based on fear.

In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.

He who despairs of the human condition is a coward, but he who has hope for it is a fool.

Blessed are the hearts that can bend they shall never be broken.

Men are never really willing to die except for the sake of freedom: therefore they do not believe in dying completely.

He who despairs over an event is a coward, but he who holds hope for the human condition is a fool.

The great citizens of a country are not those who bend the knee before authority but rather those who, against authority if need be, are adamant as to the honor and freedom of that country.

For this equilibrium now in sight, let us trust that mankind, as it has occurred in the greatest periods of its past, will find for itself a new code of ethics, common to all, made of tolerance, of courage, and of faith in the Spirit of men.

I had survived a long war with the Mob and the government. I told myself I was not going to be defeated by a couple hack writers and a Mafia rat.

The ideals which have lighted my way, and time after time have given me new courage to face life cheerfully, have been kindness, beauty, and truth.

I have never looked upon ease and happiness as ends in themselves — such an ethical basis I call more proper for a herd of swine. The ideals which have lighted me on my way and time after time given me new courage to face life cheerfully, have been Truth, Goodness, and Beauty.