Quotes About Courage

All we can do is to live in assurance and faith – you out there with the soldiers, and I in my cell.

America, . . . a place of free expression of everything with everyone, which is made possible through the civil courage characteristic of the American and through the lack of all inhibiting officiousness in personal conversation" (Bonhoeffer, cf. report from 1931).

I believe that God will give us all the strength we need to help us to resist in all times of distress. But He never gives it in advance, lest we should rely on ourselves and not on Him alone.

Decisions, demanded by work, become easier and simpler where they are made not in the fear of men but only in the sight of God.

Silence in the face of evil is itself evil: God will not hold us guiltless. Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act.

Be willing to be unliked and ridiculed in order to speak the words of the One who matters most.

If we are not receiving some type of ridicule for our beliefs, we are probably doing something wrong.

Our problems may tower over us, but God towers over our problems.

When others doubt the power of Jesus, be the one who asks Him to perform the impossible. He often will.

We often forget that calling for peace is the most courageous act we can take. It's easy to call for revenge, to claim injustice, and to launch an attack. It's much more difficult to forgive, to call for peace, to lay down weapons.

Christianity is anything but safe. Jesus made clear that trouble and persecution stood in the future for His followers.

The men who beat me were driven as much by fear as hate.

I can cope with Ambrosius," came Mona's voice from the shadows.

If we wait until our lives are free from sorrow or difficulty, then we wait forever. And miss the entire point.

Ignore the critics… Only mediocrity is safe from ridicule. Dare to be different!

It might take just as much effort to fit in as it does to stand out, because you're standing up for yourself. It's those who take a risk and take chances who achieve greatness. Those who play it safe never can.

Growing old is just a matter of throwing life away back; so you finally forgive even those that you have not begun to forget. It is that indifference which gives you your courage, which to tell the truth is no courage at all.

Every man has a house-broken heart except the great man.

There is nothing in this world that I fear to say.

When a man is in despair, it means that he still believes in something.

Shvataš li šta je to po?i u rat? Ako se i vratim, ne?u biti onaj koji je otišao. Ja se, Natalija, ne bojim smrti, bojim se rata. Užasno se bojim rata.

Ne veruj ni u Å¡ta Å¡to se na strahu temelji.

Boriti se može protiv careva, tirana, papa, lopova i medveda, pitona i krokodila. Si?ušnu vašku zaludno je ubijati. I smešno je i bezumno ubijati vaši.

Zbog mene ne treba i ne smeš ništa da menjaš u svom životu. To je tvoj jedini život. I nosi ga, sestro, do kraja. Ako sada pokušaš da se iš?upaš iz njega, bi?eš još nesre?nija.