Quotes About Courage

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.

A queen could not show herself afraid, even when she was.

Some men would call it brash, foolhardy, suicidal. The world was rarely changed by men who were unwilling to try being at least one of the three.

Non puoi sapere sempre tutto- disse Lan con calma- e parte di ciò che sai è sempre sbagliato. Forse perfino la parte più importante. Una porzione di saggezza sta nel rendersi conto di questo. Una porzione di coraggio sta nell'andare comunque avanti.

I did not come here to win," Lan whispered, smiling. "I came here to kill you. Death is lighter than a feather.

Only if you count bruises," Min said grimly. "They were upset, all right, at first. Then they saw Moiraine staring off toward Rand's hidey-hole, and decided it was his work. If the Dragon wants to shake the mountain down on our heads, then the Dragon must have a good reason for it. If he decided to make them take off their skins and dance in their bones, they would think it all right." She snorted and rapped the spoon on the edge of the kettle.

You're welcome in my home when this is over. We'll open a cask or two of Master al'Vere's best brandy. We'll remember those who fell, and we'll tell our children how we stood when the clouds turned black and the world started to die. We'll tell them we stood shoulder to shoulder, and there was just no space for the Shadow to squeeze through.

Strangely, she still felt no fear. She thought if she survived this, she would never feel fear again.

Aemon had sent out messengers. Aid was promised if they could hold for but three days at the Tarendrelle. Hold for three days against odds that should overwhelm them in the first hour. Yet somehow, through bloody assault and desperate defense, they held through an hour, and the second hour, and the third. For three days they fought, and though the land became a butcher's yard, no crossing of the Tarendrelle did they yield.

Muad'drin tia dar allende caba'drin rhadiem!

Los Valdar Cuebiyari! Los! Carai an Caldazar! Al Caldazar!

Maighdin knows she has to be careful," she said in a firm voice. "She will be here soon, Alliandre." "And if she is caught?" "She won't be!" Faile said sharply. If she was. . . . No. She had to think of victory, not defeat. Faint hearts never won. (Crossroads of Twilight, The Wheel of Time series, book 10 by Robert Jordan)

easier to be brave, he discovered, when someone needed your protection.

he had grown up in the unspoken certainty that a man would put himself at risk to protect a woman as far she allowed; whether he liked her or even knew her was beside the point.

was always a way for those who were cautious, while those fell who called caution cowardice.

Estúpidos cretinos! —espetó la Zahorí, que vibraba de pies a cabeza, con ojos destellantes y mejillas coloreadas—. ¿Por qué razón, en nombre de la Luz, os habéis escapado corriendo?

Tiraremos los dados y que caigan como caigan, achucharemos a las chicas ya sean bajas o altas, y luego seguiremos al joven Mat, vaya donde vaya, a bailar con la Dama de las Sombras que nos aguarda.

A woman is no less a woman because she carries a spear.

Think, if you want to stay alive. Fear will kill you if you don't control it.

La muerte es más liviana que una pluma, el deber más pesado que una montaña.» Entonces tomó la decisión.

As always! Why should I be surprised? Spread the word, Nynaeve. Tell Ituralde, Rhuarc, King Darlin. Tomorrow, we invade Shayol Ghul and claim it as our own! If we must put our head into the lion's mouth, let us make certain that he chokes upon our flesh!

Jophil," Lan called. "Raise my banner high! Malkier lives on this day!

We are always more afraid than we wish to be, but we can always be braver than we expect. Hold

They were all watching him, all waiting. Death is lighter than a feather, duty heavier than a mountain. He made his decision.