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Quotes About Courage

But we are alive at this moment, and before us is the hope of remaining alive. Do not surrender before you are beaten, Ogier.
~ Robert Jordan
The secret, it turned out, had not been to harden himself to the point of breaking. It had not been to become numb. It had been to walk in pain, like the pain of the wounds at his side, and accept that pain as part of him. Two
~ Robert Jordan
Forward the Golden Crane!
~ Robert Jordan
The weak must be bold cautiously.
~ Robert Jordan
Lan Mandragoran, you bloody wonderful man! You did it! -Mat
~ Robert Jordan
Take life as it comes. Run when you have to, fight when you must, rest when you can.
~ Robert Jordan
Afterwards, we will do as we must. As we do now.
~ Robert Jordan
when a dangerous path was your only route to safety, you had to take it.
~ Robert Jordan
There is one rule, above all others, for being a man. Whatever comes, face it on your feet. Now
~ Robert Jordan
Boy, the Creator never made the Houses. Some forget it, but go far enough back in any House, and you'll find a commoner who showed uncommon courage or kept his head and took charge when everybody else was running around like plucked geese. Mind you, another thing some like to forget is the road down can be just as sudden.
~ Robert Jordan
Are you sure you want to come, Mat?" Rand asked. Mat shrugged and affected a grin, not a very confident one. "Who could pass up a chance to see bloody Rhuidean?" Egwene raised her eyebrows at him. "Oh, pardon my language, Aes Sedai . I've heard you say as bad, and for less cause, I'll wager.
~ Robert Jordan
This is it, Egwene," Mat said. "Take a deep breath, a last pull on the brandy, or burn your final pinch of tabac. Have a good look at the ground before you, as it's soon going to be covered in blood. In an hour, we'll be in the thick of it. The Light watch over us all.
~ Robert Jordan
And I will not allow you to think that you make my decisions, or made them. I am myself, not an appendage to you. Now go away. I must finish these arrows if I am to have even a few shafts that will fly true. I do not mean to kill you, and I would not have it happen by accident." Unstopping the glue pot, she bent over the table. "Do not forget to curtsy like a good girl on your way out.
~ Robert Jordan
Courage to strengthen, fire to blind, music to dazzle, iron to bind.
~ Robert Jordan
Things are never as bad as they appear, Dai Shan.
~ Robert Jordan
No todas las personas podían ser igualmente valientes, pero la cobardía era despreciable.
~ Robert Jordan
legalább maradj talpon, úgy fogadd el az elkerülhetetlent. (...)
~ Robert Jordan
Which cliff did you choose? Pevara sent him. What? You said that when you were among the Sea Folk, they jumped off cliffs to prove their bravery. The higher the cliff, the braver the jumper. Which cliff did you choose? The highest, he admitted. Why? I figured that once you've decided to jump off a cliff, you might as well pick the highest one. Why accept the risk, if not for the greatest prize?
~ Robert Jordan
If you must mount the gallows, give a jest to the crowd, a coin to the hangman, and make the drop with a smile on your lips.
~ Robert Jordan
Clutch the bramble, and you will be pricked
~ Robert Jordan
You can never know everything, and part of what you know is always wrong. Perhaps even the most important part. A portion of wisdom lies in knowing that. A portion of courage lies in going on anyways.
~ Robert Jordan
But if somebody hit me, I'd hit him back. If I didn't, I would just be encouraging him to think he could hit me whenever he wanted to. Some people think they can take advantage of others, and if you don't let them know they can't, they'll just go around bullying anybody weaker than they are.
~ Robert Jordan
We are always more afraid than we wish to be, but we can always be braver than we expect
~ Robert Jordan
Being a soldier is about keeping your terror in check.
~ Robert Jordan