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Quotes About Courage

She'd long ago learned that only those with something to lose were afraid of dying.
~ Jennifer Donnelly
I'm always doing things I can't do. Otherwise, I'd never get to do them.
~ Jennifer Donnelly
Kindness is many things," he said. "It is gentle. Tender. Tolerant. It is born of patience and faith. And sometimes, yes, it's dangerous. Helping a wounded animal that's likely to lash out, standing up for someone who's being taunted by bullies... these things are all dangerous. But to try to understand another creature, to put ourselves in their place, to help them - even when it costs us - that shows strength, Sophie, not weakness.
~ Jennifer Donnelly
Most people will fight when there is some hope of winning, no matter how slim. They are called brave. Only a few will keep fighting when all hope is gone. They are called warriors.
~ Jennifer Donnelly
I want to have hope, I can't help it, but I'm almost afraid to," Serafina
~ Jennifer Donnelly
It's good that you still cry," Isabelle whispered to her. "It's when you stop crying that you're lost.
~ Jennifer Donnelly
Her fear was strong, but her need for the truth was stronger.
~ Jennifer Donnelly
Because nothing is more dangerous than hope
~ Jennifer Donnelly
Know that you are a warrior... and that a true warrior carries love, courage, and her conscience into battle, as surely as she carries her sword.
~ Jennifer Donnelly
But all we need to do is begin. The rest will take care of itself. A journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step.
~ Jennifer Donnelly
It's a wonderful thing to read about other people's lives, but it's important to live your own life too - no matter how challenging that life may sometimes be.
~ Jennifer Donnelly
You gave those people hope, girl, and that's a dangerous thing. There's no greater weapon in the whole world than hope. It's dangerous because it's powerful.
~ Jennifer Donnelly
Even the strong couldn't be strong all the time.
~ Jennifer Donnelly
Revolutions come about when small things happen to small people.
~ Jennifer Donnelly
She alone knew that one must meet the world's madness with more madness.
~ Jennifer Donnelly
And a good warrior knows when to lose a battle so she can live to fight the
~ Jennifer Donnelly
What an incredible metaphor for what fear does to us—it devours our hearts. Hollows us out. Leaves us empty.
~ Jennifer Donnelly
She was fearsome. She was strong. She was beautiful.
~ Jennifer Donnelly
Nothing scares a weak man more than a strong woman.
~ Jennifer Donnelly
Turning your back on the darkness didn't mean the darkness would turn it's back on you.
~ Jennifer Donnelly
To love, to truly love another—that is not for the faint of heart. Why, I've seen a husband mop the brow of his plague-ridden wife, heedless of his own safety. I've seen a murderer's mother weep at the gallows, and a starving boy give his last crust of bread to his sister. Love is so strong, so ferocious, that she frightens even me. Me…
~ Jennifer Donnelly
Each queen was once a girl like you; told who to be and what to do. Not pretty, not pleasing, far too rough. Lacking, less than, not enough. Till wounded subjects, anguished dead, mattered more than things that others said. Then like a flag, her will unfold. Go now girl, remake the world!
~ Jennifer Donnelly
Headstrong is just a word--a word others call you when you don't do what they want.
~ Jennifer Donnelly
Seated atop the creature was a mermaid. She carried a crossbow. A sword hung from her hip. Her coppery hair, cut short, was angled over her forehead and cheekbones. Her green eyes blazed with fury. 'Go, Sera!' Becca shouted. 'Take back your throne!
~ Jennifer Donnelly