Courage

I must be a mermaid, Rango. I have no fear of depths and a great fear of shallow living.

And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.

To have faith is to trust yourself to the water. When you swim you don't grab hold of the water, because if you do you will sink and drown. Instead you relax, and float.

When you find your path, you must not be afraid. You need to have sufficient courage to make mistakes. Disappointment, defeat, and despair are the tools that life uses to show us the way.

Don't give in to your fears. If you do, you won't be able to talk to your heart.

Perhaps all the dragons in our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us act, just once, with beauty and courage.

I carry a torch in one hand and a bucket of water in the other: with these things I am going to set fire to Heaven and put out the flames of Hell, so that voyagers to God can rip the veils and see the real goal.

I can't go on, I'll go on.

Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.

Risk! Risk anything! Do the hardest thing on earth for you. Act for yourself. Face the truth.

Risk! Risk anything! Care no more for the opinions of others, for those voices. Do the hardest thing on earth for you. Act for yourself.

The first symptom of love in a young man is timidity; in a girl, boldness.

Deserve your dreams.

And the stone word fell on my still-living breast. Never mind, I was ready. I will manage somehow.

Everyone forgets that Icarus also flew.

To walk in the smallest space, this is our only form of resistance.

The truth is always an abyss. One must — as in a swimming pool — dare to dive from the quivering springboard of trivial everyday experience and sink into the depths, in order to later rise again — laughing and fighting for breath — to the now doubly illuminated surface of things.

Write hard and clear about what hurts.

I painted for myself... I never believed anyone would exhibit or buy my work.

I wanted to be a doctor, but I fainted at the sight of blood. So I became an artist.