Quotes About Courage

If my father hadn't come to America about 35 years ago, I'd be starving in Poland . . . I'd be sobbing in France . . . I'd be stealing in Greece . . . I'd be shivering in Belgrade . . . I'd be slaving in Frankfurt . . . I'd be hiding in Prague . . . I'd be buried in Russia. But here he was, alive and walking on his own two feet.

Livvy and her father] Neither of us had been as strong as we'd wanted to be.

What a thrilling story of wartime survival!

If I were asked to give what I consider the single most useful bit of advice for all humanity it would be this: Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life and when it comes, hold you head high, look it squarely in eye and say, 'I will be bigger than you. You cannot defeat me.'

Some people believe that holding on and hanging in there are signs of great strength. However, there are times when it takes much more strength to know when to let go — and then do it.

If I were asked to give what I consider the single most useful bit of advice for all humanity, it would be this: Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life. . . . Look it squarely in the eye, and say, I will be bigger than you. You cannot defeat me.

Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life, and when it comes, hold your head high, look it quarely in the eye and say, 'I will be bigger than you. You cannot defeat me.

Some people believe that holding on and hanging there are signs of strength, but there are times in life when it takes much more strength just to let go.

If I were asked to give what I consider the single most useful bit of advice for all humanity, it would be this: Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life, and when it comes, hold your head high. Look it squarely in the eye, and say, 'I will be bigger than you. You cannot defeat me.

many people think that holding on and hanging in there are signs of great strength. But there are times when it takes much more strength to know when to let go - and then to do it.

Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life and when it comes hold your head high look it squarely in the eye and say "I will be bigger then you. You cannot defeat me

I won't ever again allow doubt to come in and dissolve my ability to live life as fully as I can.

Don't worry about bitin' off more than you can chew. Your mouth is probably a whole lot bigger than you think.

exactly stand on formality; they plunged

God is not here to be demanded of, begged from, or criticized. He hands out burdens to those who are strong enough to carry them, and I feel profoundly uncomfortable with the idea of lining up with the other invalids and asking for mine to be alleviated.

You are special. You are meant to survive, to go on and do great things.

People fly despite knowing that a certain percentage of airplanes crash every year.

I know it sounds silly, but I'm proud of myself. I guess for living a brave life.

together. He'd always assumed openness was synonymous with danger

What do you want? Sylvie wouldn't have asked this question before, because she would have been afraid of the answer, but she wanted to be deeply and truly herself and to experience the world in the deepest and truest way.

This is worth dying for. A driver with a firm jawline

For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

had reasoned this out in my mind; there was one of two things I had a right to, liberty or death; if I could not have one, I would have the other; for no man should take me alive; I should fight for my liberty as long as my strength lasted, and when the time came for me to go, the Lord would let them take me.

Listen, Junto,' he said. 'They can wave flags. They can tell me the Germans cut off baby's behinds and rape women and turn black men into slaves. They can tell me any damn thing. None of it means nothing.' 'Why?' 'Because, no matter how scared they are of Germans, they're still more scared of me. I'm black, see? And they hate Germans, but they hate me worse. If that wasn't so they wouldn't have a separate army for black men.