“You wake up every morning to fight the same demons that left you so tired the night before, and that my love is bravery.”— Unknown, facebook.com
“Sometimes the future changes quickly and completely and we’re left with only the choice of what to do next. We can choose to be afraid of it, to stand there trembling, not moving, assuming the worst that can happen or we can step forward into the unknown and assume it will be brilliant.”— Shonda Rhimes, Dr. Cristina Yang, Sandra Oh, amazon.com
“What you feel doesn’t matter in the end; it’s what you do that makes you brave.”— Andre Agassi, amazon.com
“In the flush of love’s light, we dare be brave. And suddenly we see that love costs all we are, and will ever be. Yet it is only love which sets us free.”— Maya Angelou, poetseers.org
“Stand at the top of a cliff and jump off and build your wings on the way down.”— Ray Bradbury, amazon.com
“That's the good part of dying; when you've nothing to lose, you run any risk you want.”— Ray Bradbury, amazon.com
“Cowards die many times before their deaths; The valiant never taste of death but once.”— William Shakespeare, amazon.com
“I want to drag knives over my skin, just to feel something other than shame, but I'm not even brave enough for that.”— Paula Hawkins, amazon.com
“All men have fears, but the brave put down their fears and go forward, sometimes to death, but always to victory.”— Dale Carnegie, amazon.com
“You are going to beat this world: you are smart, you are strong, and you are so brave and I love you.”— Rich Jepson, amazon.com
“Sometimes you have to face up to your fears to realize that they aren’t actually real.”— Zoe Sugg, amazon.com
“It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.”— J.K. Rowling, amazon.com
“My mother always told me, 'hide your face-people are looking at you.' I would reply, 'It does not matter; I am also looking at them.'”— Malala Yousafzai, amazon.com
“It’s hard to go. It’s scary and lonely…and half the time you’ll be wondering why the hell you’re in Cincinnati or Austin or North Dakota or Mongolia or wherever your melodious little finger-plucking heinie takes you. There will be boondoggles and discombobulated days, freaked-out nights and metaphor…”— Cheryl Strayed, amazon.com