“That's what courage is. If she weren't scared, she wouldn't need courage in the first place.”
Nicholas Sparks book Safe Haven
Jo, Chapter 7, p. 66-67
Source: 2009, Safe Haven (2010)
Source: The Bronze Horseman
“That's what courage is. If she weren't scared, she wouldn't need courage in the first place.”
Nicholas Sparks book Safe Haven
Jo, Chapter 7, p. 66-67
Source: 2009, Safe Haven (2010)
Brené Brown (1965) US writer and professor
Source: The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are
“Nothing inspires more courage in a woman than fearlessness in the man she loves.”
Antoine François Prévost (1697–1763) French novelist
Rien n'est plus capable d'inspirer du courage à une femme que l'intrépidité d'un homme qu'elle aime.
Part 2, p. 227; translation p. 132.
L'Histoire du chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut (1731)
“The courage of New England was the "courage of conscience."”
Rufus Choate (1799–1859) American politician
It did not rise to that insane and awful passion, the love of war for itself.
Address at Ipswich Centennial (1834).
“The courage to be is the courage to accept oneself, in spite of being unacceptable.”
Paul Tillich (1886–1965) German-American theologian and philosopher
Thomas Sowell (1930) American economist, social theorist, political philosopher and author
"Live" with Thomas Sowell https://www.aei.org/publication/live-thomas-sowell/, The American Enterprise, September 2004. <br class="br">2000s
“She had the best kind of courage, or maybe the worst kind, the kind that gets you into trouble.”
Alistair MacLean (1922–1987) Scottish novelist
Source: Fear is the Key
Margery Allingham (1904–1966) English writer of detective fiction
The Oaken Heart