Harper Lee – Too Kill a Mockingbird (page 128)

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 a man with a gun in his hand. It’s when you know you’re licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what. You rarely win, but sometimes you do.

Harper Lee – Too Kill a Mockingbird (page 128)