“It has forever been thus: So long as men write what they think, then all of the other freedoms—all of them—may remain intact. And it is then that writing becomes a weapon of truth, an article of faith, an act of courage.”— Rod Serling, books.google.com
“Courage is of the heart by derivation, And great it is. But fear is of the soul.”— Robert Frost, en.wikiquote.org
“When the wind of change blows, some build walls, while others build windmills.”— Chinese Proverb, mychinesenow.com
“What makes Heroic? To face simultaneously one’s greatest suffering and one’s highest hope.”— Friedrich Nietzsche, amazon.com
“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 this all other betrayals come easily.”— Cormac McCarthy, amazon.com
“We’re all scared most of the time. Life would be lifeless if we weren’t. Be scared, and then jump into that fear. Again and again. Just remember to hold on to yourself while you do it.”— Emma Hooper, amazon.com
“You may shoot me with your words, You may cut me with your eyes, You may kill me with your hatefulness, But still, like air, I’ll rise.”— Maya Angelou, amazon.com
“People cry, not because they’re weak. It’s because they’ve been strong for too long.”— Johnny Depp, goodreads.com
“Even though love covers all things, fear is what keeps us silent and keeps words unsaid. Fear keeps us standing in one place. Eventually, when it wins, it means we never got the courage to say what we needed to say.”— Hannah Brencher, amazon.com
“You have two choices. you can keep running and hiding and blaming the world for your problems, or you can stand up for yourself and decide to be somebody important.”— Sidney Sheldon, amazon.com
“Life is made of so many moments that mean nothing. Then one day, a single moment comes along to define every second that comes after. Such moments are tests of courage, of strength.”— Sabaa Tahir, amazon.com
“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength while loving someone deeply gives you courage.”— Lao Tzu, goodreads.com
“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength while loving someone deeply gives you courage.”— Lao Tzu, goodreads.com
“Anyone can hide. Facing up to things, working through them, that’s what makes you strong.”— Sarah Dessen, amazon.com
“You’ve got to use it, the pain. Use it as fuel to move past the torment, to the light at the end of the tunnel.”— Thomas E. Sniegoski, amazon.com
“I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.”— Nelson Mandela, amazon.com