Rick Yancey Quotes

Courage makes victory possible.

Courage consists not in blindly overlooking danger, but in seeing it, and conquering it.

I've been absolutely terrified every moment of my life - and I've never let it keep me from doing a single thing I wanted to do.

I feel like I'm a fighter. I've fought my whole life to get to where I'm at. I like fight movies. When someone gets knocked down, I like to root for him to succeed.

God has given man no sharper spur to victory than contempt of death.

Courage conquers all things.

Every day I wake up like, "This might be my last day, and I'm not scared of it. I'm gonna go out there, do what I gotta do; I ain't gonna let nothing stop me." Nothing puts any fear in my heart. I'm never scared to bite my tongue about something, or never be scared to come out and speak about something - that's what I mean. Like, I ain't scared of death. What you gonna do to me?

The greatest accomplishment is not in never falling, but in rising again after you fall.

It requires more courage to suffer than to die.

A champion is someone who gets up when he can't.

If my life were a song the title would be 'The Comeback Kid.'

Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.

It is inevitable that some defeat will enter even the most victorious life. The human spirit is never finished when it is defeated... it is finished when it surrenders.

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

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

Greatness comes from fear. Fear can either shut us down and we go home, or we fight through it.

Courage! I have shown it for years; think you I shall lose it at the moment when my sufferings are to end?

I identified in a very deep way with the individuals I was writing about because the theme that runs through this story is of extraordinary hardship and the will to overcome it.

Courage is not the absence of despair; it is, rather, the capacity to move ahead in spite of despair.

Always be courageous and strong, and don't fear.

A hero is someone who, in spite of weakness, doubt or not always knowing the answers, goes ahead and overcomes anyway.

Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.

I will seize fate by the throat; it shall certainly never wholly overcome me.

Fear has nothing to do with cowardice. A fellow is only yellow when he lets his fear make him quit.

Courage is never to let your actions be influenced by your fears.