Courage

We refused to be what world want us to be- BAD. We are what we are- GOOD. And that's the way it is going to be.

The radiance of this beautiful scene shed a cruel light on every past horror, every insult tolerated, every unspoken retort, every gesture of rejection. Marianne was grieving, and her boundless grief made her regret every moment of cowardice in her life.

And so, she turned her back on the abyss for another day.

On Ryukyu islands, the expert Kara-te practitioners, used their skills to subdue, control and generally teach bullies A lesson, rather than severely injure or kill their attackers. They knew full well the consequences of their actions and the trail of blood and retribution that would ensue.

Never feel shame for trying and failing for he who has never failed is he who has never tried.

I remember my father, who had served in Vietnam, once talking to me about how real courage is when you're scared out of your mind but you do what you have to do anyway. I didn't feel very courageous at the moment. I felt like a small mouse in the mouth of a lion.

History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again.

As a young girl I was told the truth. I knew about death. I was afraid to lose but not afraid to die.

The thing we fear we bring to pass.

After all, it seemed far nobler to give up one’s life to the light than to the dark.

So, if anyone ever tells you no, of anyone says your voice isn't important or your dreams are too big, remember these women. They persisted and so should you.

The one thing I learned the most about acting is it takes a tremendous amount of courage to go there and stand still. It takes courage and guts to step out of your mind frame and depict something.

I maybe on the floor, depress, disappointed, but am not yet down, I still have to fight. Its not about my condition but its about my position.

Not everyone is capable of sacrificing his own life. So it is, always has been and always will be.

We fall many times. But we find strength within to rise again.

I am no faint-heart when it comes to the unpleasant truth. Indeed I have always taken a bracing sort of pleasure in facing it.

Would he ever have the strength to stop looking?

You battled monsters. You sweat and cried your way to this one prolific moment where you finally realize that those dark days and sleepless nights were pre-requisites to your becoming.

Be thankful to those who refuse to help you, for they force you to summon upon your warrior within.

It didn't matter what he said. The world is terrifying. It always is. But Cecil reminded her that it was ok to relax in a terrifying world.