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I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear — Nelson Mandela

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“Passion is what drives us crazy, what makes us do extraordinary things, to discover, to challenge ourselves. Passion is and should always be the heart of courage.” ― Midori Komatsu

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“It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the
fight in the dog.” — Mark Twain

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Speak your mind, even if your voice shakes — Maggie Kuhn, Social Activist

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Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore. — Lord Chesterfield

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A man of courage is also full of faith. — Marcus Tullius Cicero

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on page 34, adeline is very afraid, but she chooses to act when niang is beating little sister, adeline says "don't beat her anymore! she is just a baby!" and niang stops. by doing this, adeline feels fear, but still chooses to act.

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on page 184, adeline sees an advertisement for a play-writing competition for children worldwide, and chooses to enter it, spending a huge amount of time on her play, and on page 191, she finds out that she has won, bringing glory to Father in front of his friend. all because she was courageous enough to follow her heart.

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on page 37, aunt baba stands up for her right to have some pocket money and spare change even, when she asks father and niang if she can go back to her job at the bank. She was very scared to confront them, but she summoned courage to stand up for her rights

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on page 41, adeline says that her three brothers held out week after week in the face of adversity (them not being able to have a tram fare/ standing up for Ye Ye) and they persevere  by getting up early enough to make it to school through the snow and cold.

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on page 8, nai nai describes how incredibly painful having her feet bound was, and even though she was suffering, she faces it with dignity and is happy that foot binding is not a common practice anymore.

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on page  83, when she tells First Brother that she is going to bury PLT, she is letting go of her familiar life with her duckling, and expanding her horizons to something new.

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on page 11, Adeline's brothers and sister all steal her favorite dessert, dragons eyes from her bowl, but she does not say anything and perseveres in the face of adversity.

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on page 62, First Brother follows his heart by making the biggest omelet he can. Although not that earth-shaking, this is still a good example of following your heart, and he had the courage to stand up to Cook.

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on page 63, though not a huge example, Aunt Baba, without Father or Niang there, feels free to do what she loves to do, go out and play mah-jongg with her friends.

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on page 138, when Niang's sister comes to pick up Adeline from boarding school in Tianjin to take her to Hong Kong with the rest of her family, Adeline lets go of the familiarity of her daily boarding school life to go to Hong Kong and expanding her horizons

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on page 82, a horrible thing happens when Jackie eats PLT, and Adeline feels as if the world is going to end, but she perseveres through this adversity.

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on page 177, Adeline was suffering a lot when she was very sick and had to go to the hospital, she still had visitors and faith that she would get through it and be able to return to her normal life.

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on page 191, Adeline is very afraid to go into Father's room, because she thinks she might be in a lot of trouble, but it ends up to turn out very good, with Adeline being informed that she had won the play-writing contest.

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on page 188, Adeline's friends at boarding school stand up for what is right when Adeline says that she is ugly and that she loathes herself, her friends stand up for what is right by saying that they love her and think that she will be most likely to succeed.

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on page 193, Adeline expands her horizons a lot by being told that she could study in England, and that place is about as unfamiliar to Adeline as anywhere in the world could possibly be.

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on page 98, Adeline stands up for what is right by agreeing with Wu Chen-Mei to go to her birthday party, because she should be allowed to go, and Niang is stopping that, and that is something that every kid should have the right to do.

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on page 104, when Father is unfairly whipping Adeline, she does not cry out, and stays quiet even though she is enduring immense pain.

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on page 111, Adeline had been very afraid of running for class president, but she runs anyway, and ends up winning.