Quotes About Courage

My approach to acting now is so different -- I'm fearless because I have nothing to lose. Before [children] my identity was wrapped up in every decision -- now, I don't care.

Young women should pave their own path. I find it quite confining to live up to anybody else's expectations of who you should be.

Being brave isn't about being unafraid. It's about functioning through the fear.

Jessica Andersen

I'm not squeamish at all. As a child I dragged a dead squirrel home on my skateboard and cut it open and tried to look at its brain.

But for them—as for anyone—survival isn't enough.

I've faced worse than a dressmaker who breaths fire.

Never look back, never forget.

Earnest young knights are my favorite. I love the looks on their faces when they realize that they're being slow-cooked in their own armor.

Oliver's heart tried to pound its way out of his ribcage, but he ignored it. "I'm in love with Petunia," he announced. "And I want to help her.

I think that's enough spears," I said, awkward. "There will never be enough," Shardas said. "Never enough to ensure that Velika is brought safely home." A River of Molten Rock Leontes and Shardas had discussed using an illusion to disguise the rescue party as local dragons.

it's all right," Celie said quietly. "Prince Khelsh's rooms are very small, and dark, and poorly furnished.

It rankled deeply that people who had never seen a battle should have such a strong aversion to the war. He'd actually seen people cross to the other side of the street to avoid passing him, and a man had spit at the sight of a crippled soldier begging outside the city gates.

This started off as a father-daughter adventure, and it's gotten wonderfully out of hand...I'm going to fly till I die.

There's an important difference between GIVING UP and LETTING GO! - Jessica Hatchingan.

But there is one good thing about hearing your deepest fear spoken out loud - nothing else that made you afraid before will ever seem so large or terrible again.

I'm not brave, I'm just not scared. There's a difference. Do you know what's brave? When you're scared to do something, but you do it anyway.

This book is for everyone who has survived. You are not broken. You can love and be loved, despite what may feel like the eternally brutal nature of the world. Even when you're drowning and so far under, there is always time to reach for someone who will teach you how to breathe again.

You are not alone, she thought. Don't be afraid. You are beloved.

I think there's a difference between ditzy and dumb. Dumb is just not knowing. Ditzy is having the courage to ask!

I think there's a difference between ditzy and dumb. Dumb is just not knowing. Ditzy is having the courage to ask.

Is this okay?" I asked the crew. They smiled. "You be you, Jessica," If I was me being me, I would have said no to going camping. But I guess they had enough footage of us sitting on the couch, so a-camping we will go.

We must be willing to get rid of the life we've planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us." It's a quote from Joseph Campbell, who studied mythology to describe what it takes to be a hero. I probably got it from one of the many, many self-help books I devoured back then, underlining points and dog-earing the pages that seemed to tell me a way out. I repeated that quote to myself for weeks, in the shower, on a red carpet, driving in my car.

First, I wanted to tell my parents what was happening to me. What had just happened again the night before. For me, this would be a confession, because I felt like I might be sinning by allowing her to continue to do these things to me. I was the victim, but somehow, I felt in the wrong.