Quotes About Courage

Because revolution—armed uprising—requires not only dissatisfaction but aggressiveness. A revolutionist has to be willing to fight and die—or he's just a parlor pink. If you separate out the aggressive ones and make them the sheep dogs, the sheep will never give you trouble.

There comes a time in the life of every human when he or she must decide to risk his life, his fortune, and his sacred honor on an outcome dubious. Those who fail the challenge are merely overgrown children, can never be anything else. Jill Boardman encountered her personal challenge - and accepted it - at 3:47.

But it's a hell of a note when you can't even kill a dragon and feel lighthearted afterwards.

There comes a time in the life of every human when he or she must decide to risk "his life, his fortune, and his sacred honor" on an outcome dubious. Those who fail the challenge are merely overgrown children, can never be anything else.

But you don't have to take his advice. Whether you use his ideas, or whether they spark some different plan—make your decision and snap out orders. The one thing—the only thing!—that can strike terror in the heart of a good platoon sergeant is to find that he's working for a boss who can't make up his mind.

to the everlasting glory of the infantry, shines the name, shines the name of Rodger Young!

There is no safety this side of the grave.

A man can face known danger. But the unknown frightens him. We

C'mon you apes, you wanna' live forever?

The very idea that the Chief would let anybody expose himself to danger in his place is-well, I ought to slap your face; that's what I ought to do!

That boy skates close to the edge, he always has. He's utterly fearless and that's how he's made his reputation. But the rabbit is never more than two jumps ahead of the coyote . . 

Spaceships are for acrobats who are also mathematicians.

I'm not feisty. But when you're as small as I am and female if you don't stand up for your rights, you're sure to be pushed around by big, hairy, smelly men with delusions about male superiority.

I always get the shakes before a drop.

Robert A. Heinlein

Be raped quietly, you mean.

Bir kaplan?n s?rt?nda yolculuk etmenin en önemli kural?, kulaklar?n? asla b?rakmamakt?r.

Good luck, boys! This time we take 'em!

Can a machine be so frightened and hurt that it will go into catatonia and refuse to respond? While ego crouches inside, aware but never willing to risk it? No, can't be that; Mike was unafraid – as gaily unafraid as Prof.

There was a lot to be said for the job of assistant section leader—when you come right to it, it's a lot easier to die than it is to use your head.

The tree of Liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots . . . —Thomas Jefferson, 1787

To enjoy the flavor of life, take big bites!

nos morituri vos spernimus (we who are about to die, scorn you)

Liberty is never unalienable; it must be redeemed regularly with the blood of patriots or it always vanishes.