Quotes About Courage

He accepted it, walked over to the monster, and stabbed it a dozen times. "Dead," he pronounced, and walked back over.

A part of me tried to fabricate reasons in my mind why it was too dangerous, or why it couldn't be possible. But I knew the truth — there was a part of me that was just afraid of change. And another part that was afraid of losing what made me special. I'd risked my life for that attunement. Was it really fair for others to get them for free? Perhaps even any attunement of their choice? But that was an inherently selfish line of thinking.

Because if everyone in this world waits for another Hero to save them, I don't know if this world will survive. And if I'm content to wait and let another person risk their life for me, I don't know if I'm worth saving.

People who plan have to have the guts, honesty, and discipline to drop projects as well as to initiate them, to shake their heads "no" as well as to smile "yes.

I always admired atheists. I think it takes a lot of faith.

Strange, though; because he is afraid of everything, nothing is harder than anything else. Taking a trip around the world is no more terrifying than buying a stick of gum. The daily dose of courage.

It is a brave and stupid thing, a beautiful thing, to waste one's life for love.

Life is the most exciting opportunity we have. But we have one shot. You graduate from college once, and that's it. You're going out of that nest. And you have to find that courage that's deep, deep, deep in there. Every step of the way.

Fear is that thing that keeps you up there on that other plateau. Fear is that thing that just keeps you closed down, and quite frankly, alone.

If you can get a teen leader in each sector of a student population, you can pull people in. Everybody wants to get involved, but most are too afraid. When they see a person they think is cool leading it, they're first to join.

Unfortunately, there are so many people who live their whole life in a place that is safe and protected and simple and they don't really have that strength inside to fly.

I believe that words are strong, that they can overwhelm what we fear when fear seems more awful than life is good.

As Albert Einstein said: "Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex. It takes a touch of genius — and a lot of courage — to move in the opposite direction.

Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex. It takes a touch of genius — and a lot of courage — to move in the opposite direction.

Life is a fight, but not everyone's a fighter. Otherwise, bullies would be an endangered species.

Life is a fight, but not everyone's a fighter. Otherwise, bullies would be an endangered species.

Be he the first to stand or the last, a man must stand," the father had told his adoring son. "And if there is only one man, then that man must stand alone." ~Thomas to Bruce Wayne

If a train is coming at you, closing your eyes won't save you ... but if you look right at it, you at least have a chance to jump.

As it is a known fact that all queers are cowards, put him in danger's way and see what he does – if he shows brave, then he must have been falsely smeared by those who simply did not like him.

The War To End All Wars - Book One - Falling Into Battle Andrew Wareham

Ship sinks or you falls overboard, all swimming's going to do is

Ship sinks or you falls overboard, all swimming's going to do is make it take longer to drown.

If trouble is coming, don't turn your back, because that's when it's gonna stab. Best to meet it with a grin. That way, you can see what's coming.

I'd realized that the surest way forward was to burn all the bridges behind.