Quotes About Courage

and I'll be hanged before I let Andor march to the Last Battle without me.

Things are never as bad as they appear, Dai

There was a saying in the Borderlands: "Duty is heavier than a mountain, death lighter than a feather." Once you had that mountain firmly on your shoulders, there was no way to put it down. There was no one else to carry it anyway, and no use whining about

Courage to strengthen," Noal whispered, stepping forward, holding up a lantern with a flickering flame. "Fire to blind. Music to dazzle. Iron to bind." "And Matrim Cauthon," Mat added. "To bloody even the odds." He stepped through the doorway.

Five ride forth, and four return. Above the watchers shall he proclaim himself, bannered cross the sky in fire. .

Robert Jordan

Nynaeve al'Meara was what, back in Seanchan, one would call a telarti—a woman with fire in her soul.

Knowing what he had to do, even getting on with it, did not stop him being afraid.

They made Rand's bile rise. Use what you must use, or let the Shadow cover the land.

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

But hope is like a piece of string when you're drowning; it just isn't enough to get you out by itself.

No woman with grit could give up when she had children

For him to be in this condition almost robbed Rand of what courage he had managed to gather. But he had to keep on. That was all that kept him moving. He had to.

I did not come to Tarwin's Gap to retreat, Agelmar." "Dai Shan, I'm led to believe you came here to die.

Ride on if you wish, you say. Once, there was a soldier loved a queen from afar, knowing it was hopeless, knowing he could never dare speak. Now the queen is gone, and only a woman remains, and I hope. I burn with hope! If

The whole world rides on your shoulders. Remember you're a man, and do what needs to be done.

When you knew you were going to hang, the only thing to do was grin at the noose

Far Dareis Mai carries my honor.

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

I am al'Lan Mandragoran," Lan bellowed. "Lord of the Seven Towers, Defender of the Wall of First Fires, Bearer of the Sword of the Thousand Lakes! I was once named Aan'allein, but I reject that title, for I am alone no more. Fear me, Shadow! Fear me and know. I have returned for what is mine. I may be a king without a land. But I am still a king!

You say you won't take risks, but you will. And when you do, you'll make anything Beslan and I might try look like an evening stroll in the garden. With you around, even the barber is blind.

I did not come here to win, I came here to kill you.

Lan shook his head slightly. "He was better. But he thought I was finished, with only one arm. He never understood. You surrender after you're dead." Moiraine nodded. Surrender after you are dead. Yes.

I don't intend getting close enough to the fighting to need armor. A general who draws his sword has put aside his baton and become a common soldier.