Quotes about Courage

He still wanted to believe that people could survive their misfortunes. He believed that was all anyone had.

Goodness, in their opinion, was not a virtue but merely spinelessness and fear disguised as humility.

How lucky they'd been to be raised by women who taught them what was most important in this world. Read as many books as you can. Choose courage over caution. Take time to visit libraries. Look for light in the darkness. Have faith in yourself. Know that love is what matters most.

He backed off, the way he always does, but it won't happen a second time. If he ever sees her again he's going to go right up to her and ask her to marry him, that's what he'll do. He's sick of letting fate roll right past him.

I'd been bitten by a lion, but you had to look inside me to see the scar.

From the very start, Sally has been lying to herself, telling herself she can handle anything, and she doesn't want to lie anymore. One more lie and she'll be truly lost. One more and she'll never find her way back through the woods.

Many of them began to wonder why they themselves often feigned opinions rather than speak their minds, no matter how clever they were, for fear they'd be thought of as difficult.

I'd thrown my fate away once, and I would never again allow other people's opinions rule my life. As a girl I'd done what was necessary, but I was a girl no longer.

You were a boy. Life is a mess, that's what Isabelle told me when I decided to have the child, but all we can do is live it.

Franny was always going to be the one to break the curse. Here was her secret: she loved so deeply the depth could never be charted.

Fate is what you make of it. You can make the best of it, or you can let it make the best of you.

Life was worth living, no matter what fate might bring.