Quotes About Courage

It's always there—fear—and if you don't stay on top of it, you'll drown.

Freedom would not be handed to us like a gift. Freedom had to be fought for and taken.

Don't let the hardness of the world steal the softness of your heart.

I stand on the edge of a cliff, wondering if I'm going to fall or jump.

This is not our fight,' the old man said. 'British or American, that is not the choice. You must choose your own side, find your road through the valley of darkness that will lead you to the river Jordan.

Welcome to the only class that will teach you how to survive. Welcome to Art.

When you're alive, people can hurt you. It's easier to crawl into a bone cage or snowdrift of confusion. It's easier to lock everybody out. But it's a lie.

Laurie Halse Anderson

Welcome to the only class that will teach you how to survive. Welcome to art. This is where you find your true self, if you dare(16)".

I dare you to punch me, I said. You? Dare me? He was laughing too hard to say anything else. I shove him. I double-dare you. If you don't have the guts to do it, you're a weenie. I shove again, harder. If you do, you're an even bigger weenie because it's harder to take a punch than to give one.

Mr. Freeman says fear is a great place to begin art.

Never underestimate dainty little ladies.

I didn't speak up when that boy raped me, instead I scalded myself in the shower and turned me into the ghost of the girl I once was, my biggest fear being that my father, no stranger to gaming with the devil, would kill that boy and it would be my fault.

My father stood and said, I will not live without my mind, then shook the doctor's hand and told me it was time to go home.

IT happened. There is no avoiding it, no forgetting. No running away, or flying, or burying, or hiding. Andy Evans raped me in August when I was drunk and too young to know what was happening. It wasn't my fault. He hurt me. It wasn't my fault. And I'm not going to let it kill me. I can grow.

I have survived. I am here.

You can't speak up for your right to be silent, that's letting the bad guys win.

We held hands when we walked down the gingerbread path into the forest, blood dripping from our fingers. We danced with witches and kissed monsters. We turned us into wintergirls, and when she tried to leave, I pulled her back into the snow because I was afraid to be alone.

The greatest strength of all is daring to love.

Laurie Halse Anderson

It wasn't my fault. ANd I'm not going to let it kill me. I can grow.

I am trapped with Andy Evans.

The whole class yells at Rachel/Rachelle in the hall. That's what you get for speaking up.

I HEARD BULLETS WHISTLE AND BELIEVE ME, THERE IS SOMETHING CHARMING IN THE SOUND. —LETTER FROM THE TWENTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD GEORGE WASHINGTON DESCRIBING HIS FIRST TASTE OF BATTLE T