#very

President Bush says he is concerned about the Iraqi people, but if Iraqi people are dying in numbers, then American policy will be challenged very strongly. ↗

— Peter Arnett

#american #american policy #bush #challenged #concerned

She kept walking. The very small, brave part of her brain knew that this would be her one chance. If she turned around, she would lose it. ↗

— Ann Brashares

#chance #courage #courage

Until that moment she had never thought she could do it. Never thought she would be brave enough or scared enough, or desperate enough to dare. ↗

— Neil Gaiman

#bravery #courage #dare #daring #scared

You are guilty of no evil, Ransom of Thulcandra, except a little fearfulness. For that, the journey you go on is your pain, and perhaps your cure: for you must be either mad or brave before it is ended. ↗

— C.S. Lewis

#courage #fear #wisdom #courage

The only way I could endure being a coward was if I was the only one who knew it. ↗

— Pat Conroy

#courage #pride #courage

I'm going to ask Bree if she'll help me." "I'm a little scared if her," I admit. "Me too," Ally says, then laughs. "Maybe it's because she's so beautiful. Don't you think she's the most beautiful girl you've ever seen?" I shake my head. "I've seen prettier." "You have not." "I have." It takes all my courage to look up. "Oh," she says, and then blushes furiously. ↗

— Wendy Mass

#every-soul-a-star #jack #wendy-mass #beauty

A hero is no braver than anyone else; he is only brave five minutes longer. ↗

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

#courage #courage

Your “everybody” probably represents even a smaller proportion of the population than your Rolodex. Psychologists have documented that our typical everybody— to which they refer as the “generalized other”—is usually a collection of about five or six people. ↗

— Margie Warrell

#everybody #fear #risk #courage

I'm a very fortunate actor. I'm blessed to be the position I'm in right now. ↗

— Tom Sizemore

#blessed #fortunate #i #now #position

Did I have the courage to forge a path ↗

— Terry Tempest Williams

#bravery #courage #forge-a-path #courage