“I might never have the courage to say the words out loud, I might lose them altogether, they might stick in my throat and choke me in my sleep.”— Paula Hawkins, amazon.com
“I blamed you so long for who I became It was much easier than facing that I allowed myself to become that”— Samantha King, amazon.com
“Many of us choose relationships of affection and care that will never become loving because they feel safer. The demands are not as intense as loving requires. The risk is not as great. So many of us long for love but lack the courage to take risks. Even tough we are obsessed with the idea of love t…”— Bell Hooks, huffingtonpost.com
“The best people possess a feeling for beauty, the courage to take risks, the discipline to tell the truth, the capacity for sacrifice. Ironically, their virtues make them vulnerable; they are often wounded, sometimes destroyed.”— Ernest Hemingway, thecreativeham.com
“When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid”— Audre Lorde, amazon.com
“The most fundamental aggression to ourselves, the most fundamental harm we can do to ourselves, is to remain ignorant by not having the courage and the respect to look at ourselves honestly and gently.”— Pema Chodron, amazon.com
“When we least expect it, life sets us a challenge to test our courage and willingness to change; at such a moment, there is no point in pretending that nothing has happened or in saying that we are not yet ready. The challenge will not wait. Life does not look back. A week is more than enough time f…”— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com
“Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear.”— Ambrose Redmoon, en.wikipedia.org
“Count your blessings not your troubles. You'll make it through whatever comes along. Within you are so many answers. Understand, have courage, be strong.”— Douglas Pagels, amazon.com
“Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.”— Mother Teresa, catholic.org
“It takes great deal of courage to see the world in all its tainted glory, and still to love it.”— Oscar Wilde, amazon.com
“There's a long road of suffering ahead of you. But don't lose courage. You've already escaped the gravest danger: selection. So now, muster your strength, and don't lose heart. We shall all see the day of liberation. Have faith in life. Above all else, have faith. Drive out despair, and you will kee…”— Elie Wiesel, amazon.com
“That was the worst part about having cancer, sometimes: The physical evidence of disease separates you from other people.”— John Green, Hazel, amazon.com
“The pain was always there, pulling me inside of myself, demanding to be felt. It always felt like I was waking up from the pain when something in the world outside of me suddenly required my comment or attention.”— John Green, Hazel, amazon.com
“I tried to tell myself that it could be worse, that the world was not a wish-granting factory, that I was living with cancer not dying of it, that I mustn't let it kill me before it kills me, and then I just started muttering stupid stupid stupid stupid stupid stupid over and over again until the so…”— John Green, Hazel, amazon.com
“People talk about the courage of cancer patients, and I do not deny that courage. I had been poked and stabbed and poisoned for years, and still I trod on.”— John Green, Hazel, amazon.com