Suzanne Collins Quotes

Courage is being afraid, but then doing what you have to do anyway.

Being brave doesn't mean never being afraid, you know. It means going for it anyway because you know it's the right thing to do.

Courage is not the absence of fear. Courage is the recognition that some things are more important than fear - and what's more important to me is faith.

I can keep picking small fights, or brave the big one. Time to screw my courage. Or go down trying.

Courage is being afraid - and going ahead, anyway.

Better to face the bear than run from it.

In my experience, God rarely makes our fear disappear. Instead, He asks us to be strong and take courage. What is courage? As Ordinary discovered, courage is not the absence of fear; rather, it's choosing to act in spite of the fear. You could say that without fear, you can't have genuine courage.

The great contributors in life are those who, though afraid of the knock at the door, still answer it.

Real courage is knowing what faces you and knowing how to face it.

Courage in the path is what makes the path manifest itself.

Courage is not the absence of fear; it is the making of action in spite of fear.

Courage isn't just a matter of not being frightened, you know. It's being afraid and doing what you have to do anyway.

In 35 yrs of leading I've been afraid at every major step but I DID IT ANYWAY since I REFUSE let fear run my life.

Courage is doing something you need to do that might get you hurt.

Being brave doesn't mean you aren't scared. Being brave means you are scared, really scared, badly scared, and you do the right thing anyway.

This world is not for cowards.

The sea hates a coward.

O friend, never strike sail to a fear!

Real valor consists not in being insensible to danger; but in being prompt to confront and disarm it.

Everybody's frightened a bit. But how many of us just go through the fear and do it anyway?

You’ve already lost the battle if you’re afraid to fight.

A hero can be afraid, but a hero never runs away.

A hero is someone who simply got too frightened to use his good sense and run away, then somehow lived through it all.

I feel the fear, but I walk fast toward it.

I'm scared every time I go into the ring, but it's how you handle it. What you have to do is plant your feet, bite down on your mouthpiece and say, 'Let's go.'