Courage Quote by Washington Irving

“Even a proud, strong woman can become a whimpering mess if her fear overwhelms her.”

— Jennifer Blackstream

“A woman's weapon is her tongue.”

— Anthony Trollope

“No, but you have courage. Not battle courage perhaps but . . . I don’t know . . . a kind of woman’s courage.”

— George R.R. Martin

“..If we killed women for their tongues all men would be murderers.”

— Daphne du Maurier

“What terrified her most was the thought that staying alive had become nothing more than a habit. That was it. A reflex action without…

— Jonathan Maberry

“When some women felt fear, they covered it with an iron grate of courage, I thought. Men might be dangerous, but they were very…

— Kelsey Brickl

“All these years she had never had the wicked thrill of powdering her nose. Others had experienced that joy. Never she. And all because…

— Winifred Watson

“I wanted you to see something about her—I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is…

— Harper Lee

“You are a woman, and must begin to live like one. By which I mean: have courage.”

— Sarah Perry

“I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his…

— Harper Lee

“I observed the woman I had been up until then: weak but trying to give the impression of strength. Fearful of everything but telling…

— Paulo Coelho

“She realised now what courage actually was.  It wasn’t about not being afraid, no—it was more about feeling that fear and doing it anyway. ”

— Harmony Kent