Quotes About Courage

15. Razones por las que morir (Worth Dying For)

18. Nunca vuelvas atrás

While coolness in disaster is the supreme proof of a commander's courage, energy in pursuit is the surest test of his strength of will. Wavell.

from The Art of War by Sun-tzu: To fail to take the battle to the enemy when your back is to the wall is to perish.

every day a woman should do something that scared her.

Standing up for what you believe in comes has a price but backing down exacts a toll that your soul never stops paying

He felt like Rambo even though he was built like Dumbo

Spinelessness was the lack of the inner strength to endure the anguish or pain required to overcome a major obstacle or a difficult challenge.

Lukas grinned at me. I didn't know how badass you are. That's kind of hot.

If Strength comes through Suffering, why then I should be the strongest of all women, yet I am the weakest. God help me. Help me.

said Oswald Chambers, "is that when you fear God, you fear nothing else, whereas if you do not fear God, you fear everything else.

moral character gets formed through hardship, through overcoming obstacles, through enduring despite difficulties. Courage, for example, would be impossible in a world without pain. The apostle Paul testified to this refining quality of suffering when he wrote that 'suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope.'13

How we face death tells us a lot about how we'll face life.

In times of dread it's good to have an old man along. An old man has seen worse.

A cowboy doesn't ask for much, that's my observation. A flashy ride, a pretty girl, momentary glory...

Once torched by truth, a little thing like faith is easy.

I made a fist and held it out. It didn't look like much—not like a fist anyone would count on for protection. If war came seeking a person I loved, that undernourished fist was not going to be enough. I would have to put my whole body in the way

Once torched by truth, Swede wrote years later, a little thing like faith is easy.

A perilous beautiful move, choosing to throw yourself at the future, even if it means one day coming down in the sea.

Do the thing you fear most and the death of fear is certain." MARK TWAIN

Ye fearful saints, fresh courage take; The clouds ye so much dread Are big with mercy, and shall break In blessings on your head. Judge not the Lord by feeble sense, But trust him for his grace; Behind a frowning providence He hides a smiling face. His purposes will ripen fast, Unfolding every hour; The bud may have a bitter taste, But sweet will be the flower. Blind unbelief is sure to err, And scan his work in vain. God is his own interpreter, And he will make it plain.

I came to believe it not true that the coward dies a thousand deaths, the brave man only one. I think it is the other way around: It is the brave who die a thousand deaths. For it is imagination, and not just conscience, which doth make cowards of us all. Those who do not know fear are not truly brave.

All men have a measure of cowardice in them. I learned that love of one's mates can overcome your fears. I learned that every survivor of this horror must try to live a good life because he lives for many men.

Wladislaw Dering