“ Jane Austen had created six heroines, each quite different, and that gave Charlotte courage. There wasn't just one kind of woman to be. Shannon Hale
“ Change will never happen if you lack the ability and courage to see yourself for who you really are. Bryant McGill
“ The will to dream, the courage to act and the hope to win are the stuffs that make life meaningful! Create the life you wish to live and live it fully! Israelmore Ayivor
“ Inferiority intentions are sample chapters of defeated stories... Courageous beginnings are examples of true leadership values! Israelmore Ayivor
“ Wars are all fought by men who either believe they are right or who have no other choice. How they fight defines who they are when the blood stops flowing. Lucas Bale
“ But then life is never neat, it is made up of doors and trapdoors. You move down baroque corridors, and even when you think you know which door to open, you still need to have the courage to choose. J.M. Ledgard
“ To do something you're afraid of, especially for the sake of somebody else, is the very definition of courage. Michelle Harrison
“ I did not know the work of mourningIs like carrying a bag of cementUp a mountain at nightThe mountaintop is not in sightBecause there is no mountaintopPoor Sisyphus griefI did not know I would struggl… Edward Hirsch
“ We keep waiting to be crowned,Waiting for the world to judge us worthy of offering our brightest, most empowered and beautiful stuff. But that won’t happen. Your next certification or ordination or de… Jacob Nordby
“ There were all kinds of things I was afraid of at first, ranging from grizzly bears to ‘mean’ horses and gun-fighters; but by acting as if I was not afraid I gradually ceased to be afraid. Theodore Roosevelt
“ Of his first enemy encounter, Gen. Grant said that after his initial fear, "My heart resumed its place." Grant said he suddenly realized his potential enemy he had been "as much afraid of me as I had… C. Brian Kelly
“ To know there is a better story for your life and to choose something other is like choosing to die. Donald Miller
“ Frequent risk-takers have had their fair shares of failures and successes, hence, being confident in reaching their goals, they will usually seem insensitive to whether or not they look foolish or coo… Criss Jami
“ Here’s a hand to the boy who has courageTo do what he knows to be right;When he falls in the way of temptation,He has a hard battle to fight.Who strives against self and his comradeWill find a most po… Phoebe Cary
“ He supposed he was one of those unfortunates born with a great capacity for suffering.... He opened his eyes a moment and they were dark with fear, for only one race was run as yet and there might be… Elizabeth Goudge
“ When we are honest about the limitations we are self imposing it becomes necessary to cry out with determination and state you’ve had enough of the mediocrity of stagnation. Heidi Reagan