Quotes about Courage
It was then that I understood that the days of Colonel Garcia and all those like him are numbered, because they have not been able to destroy the spirit of these women.
— Isabel Allende
The young soldier was part of the "Baby Bottle Conscription," the boys called up when there were no more men, young or old, to fight the war.
— Isabel Allende
Are you afraid?" asked Alma. "No. I suppose that what comes after death is the same as before birth.
— Isabel Allende
I do not fear my vulnerability because I no longer confuse it with weakness.
— Isabel Allende
Irina could not imagine the courage it took to grow old without becoming too frightened; her knowledge of age
— Isabel Allende
Carme told them she couldn't remember what she felt, but she realized it's hard to die, and to invite death is cowardice.
— Isabel Allende
You say you're a coward, but it takes courage to say good-bye to everything and cross a threshold without any idea where it leads.
— Isabel Allende
This is a road I must travel bleeding.
— Isabel Allende
It's when you begin to think about going to your dream that your dream is always outside of your comfort zone. It's always beyond what you've ever done.
— Bruce Wilkinson
We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
The fiery trials through which we pass will light us down in honour or dishonour to the latest generation.
— Abraham Lincoln
He knows not his own strength who hath not met adversity.
— Samuel Johnson