“ I nodded, pretending to be a hundred times more courageous than I felt.But that was the thing about courage. Sometimes you had to fake it to feel it. Lisa Tawn Bergren
“ Courage is a heart word. The root of the word courage is cor - the Latin word for heart. In one of its earliest forms, the word courage meant "To speak one's mind by telling all one's heart." Over tim… Brene Brown
“ It was the only thing I ever really wanted. And that’s the sin that can’t be forgiven--that I hadn’t done what I wanted. It feels so dirty and pointless and monstrous, as one feels about insanity, bec… Ayn Rand
“ Long before morning I knew that what I was seeking to discover was a thing I'd always known. That all courage was a form of constancy. That it is always himself that the coward abandoned first. After… Cormac McCarthy
“ One of the things that baffles me (and there are quite a few) is how there can be so much lingering stigma with regards to mental illness, specifically bipolar disorder. In my opinion, living with man… Carrie Fisher
“ How many more of us are faking the facade? How many more of us are pretending to be something we're not? Even better, how many of us will have the courage to be ourselves regardless of what others thi… Katie McGarry
“ For long the two enemies looked at one another, Hook shuddering slightly, and Peter with the strange smile upon his face."So, Pan," said Hook at last, "this is all your doing.""Ay, James Hook," came t… J.M. Barrie
“ Are you ready?" Klaus asked finally."No," Sunny answered."Me neither," Violet said, "but if we wait until we're ready we'll be waiting for the rest of our lives, Let's go. Lemony Snicket
“ There is nothing in this life that can destroy you but yourself. Bad things happen to everyone, but when they do, you can't just fall apart and die. You have to fight back. If you don't, you're the on… Alexandra Monir
“ Self-control is the chief element in self-respect, and self-respect is the chief element in courage. Thucydides
“ But she wished she had had the guts to go up to him and say hello. Or possibly break his legs, she wasn't sure which. Stieg Larsson
“ You have plenty of courage, I am sure," answered Oz. "All you need is confidence in yourself. There is no living thing that is not afraid when it faces danger. The true courage is in facing danger whe… L. Frank Baum
“ Sometimes, making the wrong choice is better than making no choice. You have the courage to go forward, that is rare. A person who stands at the fork, unable to pick, will never get anywhere. Terry Goodkind
“ Don't be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth. Jalaluddin Rumi
“ A negative outlook is dangerous. When you say, “It can’t get any worse!” You're essentially challenging the universe to do exactly that. Kamand Kojouri
“ There are all kinds of courage in the world, and most of it takes place far from battlefields. Tessa Dare
