Quotes About Courage

Rick Mofina

Samurai are born to die. Death is not a curse to be avoided -- but the natural end of all life. Death is not eternal . . . dishonor is.

The real world is where the monsters are.

Percy: Don't I get a kiss for luck? It's kind of a tradition, right? Annabeth: Come back alive, Seaweed Brain. Then we'll see.

Once she was gone, I knelt next to Annabeth and felt her forehead. She was still burning up. You're cute when you're worried, she muttered. Your eyebrows get all scrunched together. You are not going to die while I owe you a favor, I said. Why did you take that knife? You would've done the same for me. It was true. I guess we both knew it. Still, I felt like somebody was poking my heart with a cold metal rod.

She'd also called me brave...unless she was talking to the catfish.

Jumping out a window five hundred feet above ground is not usually my idea of fun. Especially when I'm wearing bronze wings and flapping my arms like a duck.

I don't recommend shadow travel if you're scared of: a) The dark b) Cold shivers up your spine c) Strange noises d) Going so fast you feel like your face is peeling off In other words, I thought it was awesome.

Monkey bar, Annabeth said. I'm great at these. She leaped onto to the first rung and start swinging her way across. She was scared of tiny spiders, but not of plummeting to her death from a set of monkey bars. Go figure.

It takes strength and courage to admit the truth.

I'd love to tell you I had some deep revelation on my way down, that I came to terms with my own mortality, laughed in the face of death, et cetera. The truth? My only thought was: Aaaaggghhhhh!

You must forge your own path for it to mean anything.

It'll be dangerous, Nyssa warned him. Hardship, monsters, terrible suffering. Possibly none of you will come back alive. Oh. Suddenly Leo didn't look so excited. Then he remembered everyone was watching. I mean... Oh, cool! Suffering? I love suffering! Let's do this.

Jeez, Hazel, Percy said, tell your horse to watch his language. Hazel tried not to laugh. What did he say? With the cussing removed? He said he can get us to the top. Frank looked incredulous. I thought the horse couldn't fly! This time Arion whinnied so angrily, even Hazel could guess he was cursing. Dude, Percy told the horse, I've gotten suspended for saying less than that...

Piper gripped his hand and followed him, "If I fall, you're catching me." "Uh, sure." Jason hoped he wasn't blushing. Leo stepped out next. "You're catching me, too, Superman. But I ain't holding your hand.

Annabeth pressed her lips to Percy's ear. "I love you." She wasn't sure he could hear her—but if they died, she wanted those to be her last words.

Percy smiled. He knew the stakes were high. He knew this day could go horribly wrong. But he also knew that Annabeth was on that ship.If things went right , this would be the best day of his life. He threw one arm around Hazel and one arm around Frank. Come on, he said. Let me introduce you to my other family.

Everybody was patting Nico on the back, complimenting him on his fighting. Even the Ares kids thought he was pretty cool. Hey, show up with an army of undead warriors to save the day, and suddenly you're everybody's best friend.

I couldn't believe I'd come this far, lost Tyson, suffered through so much, only to fail - stopped by a big stupid monster in a baby-blue tuxedo kilt. Nobody was going to swat down my friends like that! I mean...nobody, not Nobody. Ah, you know what I mean.

Mythologically speaking, if there's anything I hate worse than trios of old ladies, it's bulls. Last summer, I fought the Minotaur on top of Half-Blood Hill. This time what I saw up there was even worse: two bulls. And not just regular bulls - bronze ones the size of elephants. And even that wasn't bad enough. Naturally they had to breathe fire, too.

Die, enemies of Ra! Sekhemet yelled. Perish in agony! She's almost as annoying as you, I told Horus. Impossible, Horus said. No one bests Horus.

Race you to the road? I said. You are so going to lose. She (Annabeth) took off down Half-Blood Hill and I sprinted after her. For once, I didn't look back.

But you'll be killed! I'll be fine. Besides, we've got no choice. Annabeth glared at me like she was going to punch me. And then she did something that surprised me even more. She kissed me.

Being a hero doesn't mean you're invincible. It just means that you're brave enough to stand up and do what's needed.