C. S. Lewis Quotes

Times of heroism are generally times of terror, but the day never shines in which this element may not work.

The courage of very ordinary people is all that stands between us and the dark.

Heroism often results as a response to extreme events.

Whatever will happen will happen. You either face it as a coward or you face it as a hero.

Fate has carried me 'Mid the thick arrows: I will keep my stand Not shrink and let the shaft pass by my breast To pierce another.

Sometimes she went so far as to wish that she should find herself in a difficult position, so that she might have the pleasure of being as heroic as the occasion demanded.

One Child's courage to survive.

Heroes are people who face down their fears. It is that simple. A child afraid of the dark who one day blows out the candle; a women terrified of the pain of childbirth who says, 'It is time to become a mother'. Heroism does not always live on the battlefield.

Behold a worthy sight, to which the God, turning his attention to his own work, may direct his gaze. Behold an equal thing, worthy of a God, a brave man matched in conflict with evil fortune.

A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.

True heroics, obviously, is not the absence of fear, but having that fear and doing something anyway.

A hero has faced it all: he need not be undefeated, but he must be undaunted.

Brave men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war.

Here's to the pilot that weathered the storm.

The world has no room for cowards.

It is surmounting difficulties that makes heroes.

The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity.

A true knight is fuller of bravery in the midst, than in the beginning of danger.

He who has mingled in the fray of duty that the brave endure, must have made foes. If you have none, small is the work that you have done.

When it comes to the pinch, human beings are heroic.

A handful of righteous warriors can prevail over hordes.

All Scouts should know about St. George. St. George is the Patron Saint of England; he is also the Patron Saint of cavalry in all countries, and therefore Patron Saint of Scouts.

When you lose a parent at ten years old, the world seems like a much scarier place. It makes complete sense to me that I took survival courses when I was a teenager and started going to war zones as a reporter. I didn't ever want to be taken advantage of, and I wanted to be able to take care of those around me.

What the Anzac legend did do, by the bravery and sacrifice of our troops, was reinforce our own cultural notions of independence, mateship, and ingenuity. Of resilience and courage in adversity.