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One day we will all stand alone and answer to God for the choices we have made in our lives. It will not be enough to say we did not get help because no one would come with us. Life is not easy, but we make it much more difficult when we refuse to be honest about what we feel. For the short term, not being honest may seem easier, but in the long haul, we pay a heavy price.
— Sheila Walsh, Loved Back to Life: How I Found the Courage to Live Free
...he possessed for attractive form of courage: bravery of a nervous man. After all, any rash fool can be a hero if he sets no value on his life or hasn't the wit to appreciate the danger. But to understand the risks, perhaps even to flinch at first, but then summon the strength to face them down--that is my opinion is the most commendable for of value...
— Robert Harris, Conspirata
May you find courage in every circumstance.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
The distance between you and your destination can be set to zero only by your courage to act and by your determination to sustain this action till the end!
— Mehmet Murat ildan
Letty's first false step was here: she said to herself _I can not_, and did not. She lacked courage--a want in her case not much to be wondered at, but much to be deplored, for courage of the true sort is just as needful to the character of a woman as of a man.
— George MacDonald, Mary Marston
Will you have the courage to obey the voice of God?
— Craig Groeschel, Weird: Because Normal Isn't Working
Sometimes having courage means the hardest tasks fall onto your shoulders, and those leave the biggest scars.
— C.J. Redwine, The Wish Granter
Sometimes you have to walk through the fire, in order to reach your calling.
— Shannon L. Alder
Sometimes, breaking down is the bravest thing you can do.
— Vironika Tugaleva
To experience courage, is to experience life. Reflected in loved ones, the greatest encouragement. Dignity, integrity and strength, a harmonious chord, interwoven into an unbreakable cord.
— Tom Althouse
...opportunities typically come disguised as impossible problems. And while most people run away from their problems, Shamgars run at them with their oxgoads.
— Mark Batterson, All In: You Are One Decision Away From a Totally Different Life
Courage doesn't wait until situational factors turn in one's favor. It doesn't wait until a plan is perfectly formed. It doesn't wait until the tide of popular opinion is turned. Courage only waits for one thing: a green light from God. And when God gives the go, it's full steam ahead, no questions asked.
— Mark Batterson, All In: You Are One Decision Away From a Totally Different Life
When God stirs our spirit or breaks our heart, we cannot sit back. We've got to step up and step in. We've got to go all in by going all out. But if we have the courage to make the choice or take the risk, it will become the defining moment of our lives.
— Mark Batterson, All In: You Are One Decision Away From a Totally Different Life
Courage is a certainty.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Who would ever know the greater graces of comfort and perseverance, mercy and forgiveness, patience and courage, if no shadows fell over a life?
— Ann Voskamp, One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are
Always count the costs before starting any journey, and never take a step without finding its costs.
— Auliq-Ice
There is nothing that can defeat you if it does not first capture your mind.
— Kierra C.T. Banks
Until there are so many of them that no one dares to chase them anymore. Until they're an army in themselves. Because if a sufficient number of people are different, no one has to be normal.
— Fredrik Backman, My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry
Treat others good and you will be a moral compass.
— Auliq-Ice
How does one measure bravery? I suppose one starts by looking at the difference between what you are naturally inclined to do, and what your sense of duty tells you you should do. Courage is what it costs you to cover the deficiency.
— Ian Gardiner, In the Service of the Sultan: A First Hand Account of the Dhofar Insurgency
Vulnerability of all the emotions is the one that is most often mistaken for weakness. In reality however the opposite is true
—  vulnerability is courage in its greatest form.
Love and gratitude offers courage.
— Auliq-Ice
An opinion isn't right or wrong. It's your interpretation of a subject or a situation. You can't be f......g wrong!"So, if I look at the sky and have the opinion that the clouds are pink, I'm right?""Yes! Because it's an opinion, not a fact, and maybe to you, the clouds are pink because you're nuts. An opinion doesn't need to be true for anyone else in the world but you. Stop trying to f.....g please everyone and just say what you think.
— Leisa Rayven, Bad Romeo
His words held depth, but not enough to make her forget the desire to do something more than just leave the hospital alive. All she could think of now was the pain of running away. She'd left her family, left Prague behind out of fear. And still war had chased her to an ARP shelter in the heart of London. How could she run again? Something mattered in standing up to fight.
— Kristy Cambron, A Sparrow in Terezin
If someone's trying to get you angry, the calmer you get, the angrier they'll get.
— Valerie Jarrett
If you are only worried about not making a mistake then you will communicate nothing
— yo yo ma
Inwardly, though, she was blown empty by a giant breath, and while they stood waiting for Mr. Henshaw to tie up the Clara she knew that she would never be the same poor, ignorant woman of an hour ago. She would be poor, all right, and she would be ignorant and she would be a woman, but never in the same ways.
— M.F.K. Fisher, Sister Age
Then don't you dare tell me my dreams are insane! Because my dreams are what I live for!
— Robert Thier, Storm and Silence
No.” The smile had left Sarah’s voice. “He still works for the Basij. Beware of weak men, little sister. He never returned to help, not even to express condolences for Father. Find a strong man. Get a man who will stand up for you, even if it means he has to fight the whole world. There is nothing more dangerous than a weak man.
— Michael Benzehabe
Bad governments always lie because telling the truth requires honour and courage!
— Mehmet Murat ildan
Courageous people run toward the problem rather than away from it.
— Frank Sonnenberg, Follow Your Conscience: Make a Difference in Your Life & in the Lives of Others
In the little chaos of Pearl's character there might be seen emerging-and could have been from the very first-the steadfast principles of an unflinching courage-an uncontrollable will-a sturdy pride which might be disciplined into self-respect-and a bitter scorn of many things, which, when examined, might be found to have the taint of falsehood in them.
— Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter
In a world without fear of death... people will never attain the hope that is to be found from casting their fears aside and persevering through them. While it is true that people can continue to press forward through the simple act of living... That is in no way comparable to marching forward in the face of death while doing their damnedest to keep it at bay. That is why... that is why people have given that very march a unique and special name. Courage.
— Tite Kubo, Bleach―ブリーチ― 74 [Burīchi 74]
Death is just a door that only love can come and go through.
— T.L. Moffitt
Luck is for those with nothing else. I wish you strength and courage.
— Annette Marie, Unleash the Storm
Maybe Father Auguste is right," Henry started thoughtfully, rising from a bench. "Maybe we should wait."From the back of the tavern, Peter stifled a burst of laughter. Henry gripped the edge of the table.Adrian turned to Henry with a withering glare."Maybe, my son," Adrian said quietly, "you should find your courage."Henry took a labored breath."You want to hunt the Wolf?" He narrowed his eyes, spurned. "All right, then. Let's hunt it.
— Sarah Blakley-Cartwright, Red Riding Hood
It is our courage which defines us, not our constraints
— Gyan Nagpal
One gains courage from the one in front of her and moves forward a few steps, passing her by just a little. Now the one farthest back gains courage from the one in front and moves forward until she, in turn, is the leader. And so in this way, taking courage from one another, they advance, as a group, towards the strange thing in front of them.
— Lydia Davis, Can't and Won't: Stories
[L]ife is more than just steering a course around pain.
— Stephen King, Desperation
Courage is winning small battles with great honor.
— Nathan S. Colestock
It only takes patience to live through this life.
— Auliq-Ice
There will be times in your life when you will have to stand alone in your pain and choke back all the injustice done to you. Letting go will be the hardest thing you have ever had to do because it means losing something you wish you didn't have to lose--the person that you care for. However, to be authentic--one person, it requires standing for truth as you know it to be, instead of having your dignity destroyed by another. It is a fire you have to walk through, in order to truly live. Sometimes, practicing faith by letting go is the most painful chapter of your life that will take every bit of courage for you to close, before you can be reborn.
— Shannon L. Alder
Theres a remarkable amount of strength residing in those who move forward without being able to physically move. Ones that carry the weight of illness or a disability, they battle wars most know nothing about. They are the true warriors of the world, the ones who have every reason to quit but never do.
— Nikki Rowe
When life places stones in your path, be the water. A persistent drop of water will wear away even the hardest stone.
— Autumn Morning Star
You didn’t find strength when you couldn’t live without it. You found it when you had someone or something you loved so much that it forced you to stretch the edges of yourself further than you thought was possible.
— Martina Boone, Illusion
The message of love or beauty or hope needs to be said by a hundred thousand different voices, written by a hundred thousand different pens, at a hundred thousand different times in history, different places in the world, different sectors of society, in different genres and registers, simply to be heard by the billions of ears and hearts that lie waiting for a truth which fires their soul, answers their question, speaks to their heart.
— Lucy H. Pearce, The Rainbow Way: Cultivating Creativity in the Midst of Motherhood
When we have the courage to claim space for ourselves. When we risk creativity. When we relish our sensuality. When we honor our lives and their experiences as valuable. When we create from a female body, expressing ourselves in a woman’s voice, using a woman’s language. We begin to bloom.
— Lucy H. Pearce, The Rainbow Way: Cultivating Creativity in the Midst of Motherhood
There is no certainty, not even your next breath. Live like you are dieing because in reality we all are.
— Nikki Rowe
They were all becoming brothers, in the manner he had seen before: facing death together was the greatest of levelers.
— Tad Williams, Shadowheart
Once you set the bar high for yourself, you cannot go back to mediocrity. You must give world-class performance in all that you do. Your work ethic, persistence, effort and dedication will glow on your behalf. Do not brag about your accomplishments; allow your reputation to speak of your magnificence.
— Luis Enrique Cavazos, The Five Virtues That Awaken Your Life
Courage isn't knowing you can do something
—  it's only being willing to try . . .
If you have no armsTo hold your crying child but your own armsAnd no legs but your own to run the stairs one more timeTo fetch what was forgottenI bow to youIf you have no vehicleTo tote your wee one but the wheels that you driveAnd no one else to worry, “Is my baby okay?”When you have to say goodbye on the doorsteps of daycareor on that cursed first day of schoolI bow to youIf you have no skill but your own skillTo replenish an ever-emptying bank accountAnd no answers but your own toSatisfy the endless whys, hows, and whens your child asks and asks againI bow to youIf you have no tongue to tell the truthTo keep your beloved on the path without a precipiceAnd no wisdom to impartExcept the wisdom that you’ve acquiredI bow to youIf the second chair is emptyAcross the desk from a scornful, judging authority waitingFor your child’s father to appearAnd you straighten your spine where you sitAnd manage to smile and say, “No one else is coming—I’m it.”Oh, I bow to youIf your head aches when the spotlight finally shineson your child because your hands are the only hands there to applaudI bow to youIf your heart aches because you’ve given until everything in you is goneAnd your kid declares, “It’s not enough.”And you feel the crack of your own soul as you whisper,“I know, baby. But it’s all mama’s got.”Oh, how I bow to youIf they are your life while you are their nurse, tutor, maidBread winner and bread baker,Coach, cheerleader and teammate…If you bleed when your child falls downI bow, I bow, I bowIf you’re both punisher and huggerAnd your own tears are drowned out by the running of the bathroom faucetbecause children can’t know that mamas hurt tooOh, mother of mothers, I bow to you.—Toni Sorenson
— Toni Sorenson
Timing can be everything and wisdom requires the patience to wait as well as the courage to leap when the time becomes right.
— Michael Meade, The Genius Myth
Take the time to celebrate stillness and silence and see the joy that the world can bring, simply.
— Tony Curl, Seriously Simple Stuff to Get You Unstuck
It takes courage to dream, to face our futures and the limiting forces within us. It takes courage to be determined that, as we slow down physically, we are going to grow even more psychologically and spiritually. Courage, the philosopher Aristotle taught us, is the most important of all the virtues, because without it we can’t practice any of the others. Courage is the nearest star that can guide our growth. Maya Angelou said we must be courageous about facing and exploring our personal histories. We must find the courage to care and to create internally, as well as externally, and as she said, we need the courage “to create ourselves daily as Christians, as Jews, as Muslims, as thinking, caring, laughing, loving human beings.
— Bud Harris
There was no use feeling guilty about getting on to the ship when you are in the middle of the ocean. If you felt guilty or sorry, you had only one option – drown in the middle of the sea.
— Jagdish Joghee
When you find yourself internally, you find what nourishes you from within. You lose that entitlement and anger when YOU deliver.
— Tony Curl, Seriously Simple Stuff to Get You Unstuck
I needed to realise my role in the drama and it was only then that I could learn and be better for it, and it was only then that I could move forward. I needed to move forward and had to look at each day as a way of becoming a better me. And when I got better, the people around me reciprocated.
— Tony Curl, Seriously Simple Stuff to Get You Unstuck
Wanting to live, but accepting death to save others: that was courage.
— Maggie Stiefvater, The Raven King
We all marveled that we'd gotten to take part in so perfect and courageous and amazing a life.
— Wayne Earl, This Star Won't Go Out: The Life and Words of Esther Grace Earl
We need more people in this world, energised by chasing a quest or a goal and that is what will energise the world.
— Tony Curl, Seriously Simple Stuff to Get You Unstuck
The word 'heresy' not only means no longer being wrong; it practically means being clear-headed and courageous. The word 'orthodoxy' not only no longer means being right; it practically means being wrong. All this can mean one thing, and one thing only. It means that people care less for whether they are philosophically right. For obviously a man ought to confess himself crazy before he confesses himself heretical.
— G.K. Chesterton, Heretics
Until a person has failed significantly or missed the boat, they will not know how to hold the tension until the right moment or how to test the waters before pushing on.
— Michael Meade, Why the World Doesn't End: Tales of Renewal in Times of Loss
If I always stuck up for what I had, I would have missed the most amazing things I have today. What are you fighting for that you need to let go? Release the magic within. The magic of what could be.
— Tony Curl, Seriously Simple Stuff to Get You Unstuck
Sometimes it’s the dirt between your toes that gives you the clearest picture in your mind. Grounding yourself aligns the dirt between your toes and the vision in your mind.
— Tony Curl, Seriously Simple Stuff to Get You Unstuck
When you are the central character in a seemingly boiling pit of “busy-ness” the time will come when the pace of decline cannot be countered. You build yourself the circumstances of ultimate failure by failing to grow, by failing to act on your learnings.
— Tony Curl
What a hideous life he had chosen, how painful was the loneliness he endured because he didn't have the courage to trust someone again. To trust someone entirely because in love there is no other way.
— Nina George, The Little Paris Bookshop
Real courage is being kind again, after you've felt that your kindness was thrown in your face. To risk it once more, or even twice more takes a special strength.
— Clare Bell, Ratha's Courage
This, he knew, was courage, the truest, ultimate courage, because there was no one here to sympathize or praise him for it. What he felt was felt without the hope of commendation.
— Richard Matheson, The Shrinking Man
Virtue begins with understanding and is fulfilled by courage.
— Demosthenes
Your world will expand for every step you dare to take outside your comfort zone.
— Maria Erving
Young man, be of good courage. Care not for what the world says or thinks: you will not be with the world always. Can man save your soul? No. Will man be your judge in the great and dreadful day of account? No. Can man give you a good conscience in life, a good hope in death, a good answer in the morning of resurrection? No! no! no! Man can do nothing of the sort. Then "fear not the reproach of men, neither be afraid of their revilings: for the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool" (Isa. 51:7,8). Call to your mind the saying of good Colonel Gardiner: "I fear God, and therefore I have none else to fear." Go and be like him.
— J.C. Ryle, Thoughts for Young Men
Strength was not how fiercely one punched, but instead, how one would summon the courage to take a blow for someone else.
— J.F.Johns
Anybody who listens to their intuition risk at times making other people disappointed or even pissed off because you're not tending to what they want from you but instead to what feels right for you.
— Maria Erving
Everything is possible for him who possesses courage and activity,'' she said, with a look resembling one of those heroines of the age of chivalry, whose encouragement was wont to give champions double valour at the hour of need; ``and to the timid and hesitating, everything is impossible, because it seems so.
— Walter Scott
There is one thing you must always remember about yourself; always be yourself, with courage and humility, no matter what!
— Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
With God, a mountain before me is soon to be a memory behind me.
— Craig D. Lounsbrough
We can't always control our circumstances, who are parents are, where we live, or how much money we make, but in those rare moments when we can shape our fate, when we do have the power to make our own happiness, we can't be too scared to do it.
— Renee Carlino, Swear on This Life
Every person fails, nobody achieves everything that he or she set out to achieve. Nobody, regardless of how many personal triumphs they enjoy, no matter how rich or powerful they become, goes through life without encountering failure. You cannot fail unless a person valiantly tries to accomplish a task. The most audacious person readily attempts difficult projects, despite feeling uncertain if they can prevail. Successful people exhibit the character to respond positively to failure. Some failures prove instrumental in altering a person’s outlook, and their revised perspective leads to brilliant successes
— Kilroy J. Oldster, Dead Toad Scrolls
The world is a better place to live in because it contains human beings who will give up ease and security and stake their own lives in order to do what they themselves think worth doing.
— Walter Lippmann
I don't fear the future. I fear letting it pass by me, without ever trying to make it mine.
— Shannon L. Alder
One needs to be either more brave or more good, because if courage is lacking goodness can substitute, while cowardice is the deficiency of both.
— Neel Burton
Because you made it here on a lot less" he says and he has no idea how on the mark he is.
— Courtney Summers, Please Remain Calm
Being meek does not make you weak. You’re not someone who sways with changing circumstances. You don’t allow yourself to be used. You’re not passive or spineless. Your faith is in the Almighty, so you know that you are mighty.
— Toni Sorenson, Aligned By Christ
Thinking it was easy to take a chance on things if you had nothing to lose -- politics, ideas, almost anything in fact; from the bottom of the ladder you could safely risk a fall, but the higher that you climbed the more cautious you must be.
— Flavin, Martin
The courage to conquer is indomitable will.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Challenges stimulate courage.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Only a bet on the impossible makes sense. It is an act of faith and courage requiring an irrational leap over reason. A man wins simply by making such a bet.
— William  Kennedy, Roscoe
We all write stories in our minds, but only few have the courage to put them on paper.
— Sabine Shah
All revered spiritual leaders, political leaders, and diplomats, captains of industry, intellectuals, and winning generals exhibit genuine humility that empowers them to act with integrity and courage under the most distressing circumstances.
— Kilroy J. Oldster, Dead Toad Scrolls
When you realize you are no longer made of glass, you lose the desire to demonstrate that fragility in others.
— Chris Matakas, The Tao of Jiu Jitsu
To make sense of it - that's the challenge. To bear witness to the death, without being broken by the weight of it.
— M. L. Stedman - The Light Between Oceans
Faith is courage.
— Lance Conrad, The Price of Loyalty
Daniel in the den
—  a champion in the den
If your focus is on your failures, limitations, & fears, you've one sure destination. You'll get drowned. If not now, at the end of the day!
— Assegid Habtewold, The 9 Cardinal Building Blocks: For Continued Success in Leadership
And it's true what I read about joy. It's the kind of happiness that not only fills you up but spills over. Really, all you have to do is look for it, and then have the strength to let it in. And believe it or not, that's the hardest part.
— Jolene Perry
Having the courage to speak one's mind is as important as knowing when the time is right to do so.
— Nana Awere Damoah
BRAVE are the courageous souls who dare step outside the predefined yellowbrick road.
— Kami Guildner, Firedancer: Your Spiral Journey to a Life of Passion and Purpose
Take away your eyes from your past failures, current limitations, and future fears. Be hopeful, believe in yourself, be bold, and move on...
— Assegid Habtewold, The 9 Cardinal Building Blocks: For Continued Success in Leadership
We are loved if we love, another truth we always seem to forget. ...Loving requires so much courage and so little expectation.
— Nina George, The Little Paris Bookshop
All you need is confidence in yourself. There is no living thing that is not afraid when it faces danger. The true courage is in facing danger when you are afraid, and that kind of courage you have in plenty.
— L. Frank Baum
Gómez had suggested I steal a fish to achieve more courage and purpose. I regarded this task as an anthropological experiment, though it crossed a border into something approaching magic, or perhaps magical thinking. When I googled how to gut a fish, there were over 9 million results.
— Deborah Levy, Hot Milk
We need to develop courage, and we need to develop it in small ways first..... You develop a little courage, so that if you decide, "I will not stay in rooms where women are belittled; I will not stay in company where races, no matter who they are, are belittled; I will not take it; I will not sit around and accept dehumanising other human beings: - if you decide to do that in small ways, and you continue to do it - finally you realize you've got so much courage. Imagine it - you've got so much courage that people want to be around you. They get a feeling that they will be protected in your company.
— Maya Angelou
What would you know of struggle, perfect son? When have you fought against the mutilation of your mind? When have you had to do anything other than tally compliance's and polish your armor? The people of your world named you "Great One". The people of mine called me slave. Which one of us landed on a paradise of civilization to be raised by a foster father, Roboute? Which one of us was given armies to lead after training in the halls of the Macraggian High Riders? Which one of us inherited a strong, cultured kingdom? And which one of us had to rise up against a kingdom with nothing but a horde of starving slaves? Which one of us was a child enslaved on a world of monsters, with his brain cut up by carving knives? Listen to your blue clad wretches yelling courage and honor, courage and honor, courage and honor! Do you even know the meaning of those words? Courage is fighting the kingdom which enslaves you, no matter that their armies outnumber yours by ten-thousand to one. You know nothing of courage! Honor is resisting a tyrant when all others suckle and grow fat on the hypocrisy he feeds them. You know nothing of honor!
— Angron, Wahammer 40K
Courage.Hope.Sacrifice.
— Rick Riordan, The Throne of Fire
Am better off with the bad news disclosed to me than the good news hidden from me
— ABC
Don’t let anyone tell you what you can and can’t do or achieve. Do what you want to do and be who you want to be. Just encourage and include each other, don’t ostracize the gender in front of you.
— Emma Watson
We as human beings lower our vibration everytime we react with the emotional attachment of what is only suppose to be a lesson through life.
— Nikki Rowe
Monsieur Foinet got up and made as if to go, but he changed his mind, and, stopping, put his hand on Philip's shoulder."But if you were going to ask me my advice, I should say: take your courage in both hands and try your luck at something else. It sounds very hard, but let me tell you this: I would give all I have in the world if someone had given me that advice when I was your age and I had taken it."Philip looked up at him with surprise. The master forced his lips into a smile, but his eyes remained grave and sad."It is cruel to discover one's mediocrity only when it's too late. It does not improve the temper."He gave a little laugh as he said the last words and quickly walked out of the room.
— W. Somerset Maugham, Of Human Bondage
I had been to Jeddah on my previous trip, so I knew it well enough. There was only one thing to recommend it: say, you wanted to commit suicide and couldn’t quite find the courage, two days in Jeddah would do the trick.
— Terry Hayes, I Am Pilgrim
Motherhood by definition means a journey into the depths of one’s possibility.
— H.L. Balcomb, Cinderella In Focus: "Curiosity is the doorway to our personal possibility!" 2nd Edition coming Oct.  31, 2017
To grow is not to timidly sit on some safe shore at water’s edge and clumsily grab whatever happens to float by me. Rather, it is to deliberately step into waters both calm and turbulent in order to wrestle great things to shore.
— Craig D. Lounsbrough
You can repeat lies of others without hesitationBecause, you don’t have to give justification But, saying truth you have to be fearless and courageousBecause, you have to defend your viewsYou can not say truth without hurting sentiments of many people
— Sammy Toora
Fear leads to no where but to ground zero.
— Auliq-Ice
Only the best thoughts is good enough to carry you throughout today's journey.
— Auliq-Ice
Definiteness of decision always requires courage, sometimes very great courage. The fifty-six men who signed the Declaration of Independence staked their lives on the decision to affix their signatures to that document.
— Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich
There were so many things we left unsaid. Depending on how you look at it, whether you think it was worth saying it out loud, or better kept inside.
— Diyar Harraz, One Minute to Midnight
Courage is endurance for one moment more
— Chelle Bliss, Dirty Work
To forgive is a decision, to forget takes effort, to heal is a process, to believe again takes courage.
— Victoria Wen
Many people today believe that cynicism requires courage. Actually, cynicism is the height of cowardice. It is innocence and open-heartedness that requires the true courage-however often we are hurt as a result of it.
— Erica Jong
Standing alone scares alot of people it means they have to be themselves and more often than not they haven't the slightest clue who they've been all this time & that's why people stay the same because it's a frightening choice to step away from the crowd.
— Nikki Rowe
He turned to face the long, shadowy hall. There was no turning back now. Unless, of course, he decided to turn back.
— Lauren Magaziner, Pilfer Academy: A School So Bad It's Criminal
Vision is the code that decodes every mediocrity out of life.
— Auliq Ice
Risk all. Let life be a play, a risk, a gamble. And when you can risk all you will attain to a sharpness in your being: your soul will be born. The Golden Flower can bloom in you only if you are courageous, daring. It blooms only in courage.
— Osho, The Secret of Secrets
Can you call yourself a coward simply because the courage of others seems to you out of proportion to the triviality of the occasion? Thus wisdom creates cowards. And thus you miss Opportunity while spending your life on the lookout for it.
— Umberto Eco, Foucault's Pendulum
He which hath no stomach to this fight, let him depart, his passport shall be made and crowns for convoy put into his purse. We would not die in that man's company that fears his fellowship, to die with us.
— William Shakespeare, Henry V
The power of the night, the press of the storm, the post of the foe; where he stands, the Arch Fear in a visible form, yet, the strong man must go.
— Robert Browning, Poetical Works
When Abbess Ebba received tidings of the near approach of the pagan hordes, who had already wrecked vengeance upon ecclesiastics, monks, and consecrated virgins, she summoned her nuns to Chapter, and in a moving discourse exhorted them to preserve at any cost the treasure of their chastity. Then seizing a razor, and calling upon her daughters to follow her heroic example, she mutilated her face in order to inspire the barbarian invaders with horror at the sight. The nuns without exception courageously followed the example of their abbess. When the Danes broke into the cloister and saw the nuns with faces thus disfigured, they fled in panic. Their leaders, burning with rage, sent back some of their number to set fire to the monastery, and thus the heroic martyrs perished in the common ruin of their house.
— Michael Barrett, A Calendar of Scottish Saints
I find myself enjoying being alone a lot of the time, people come and people go and you have to find a way to be ok with both.
— Nikki Rowe
Courage brought me here.I desperately tried to dress myself with words.Yet excuses can no longer defend my walls.So here I am.Clueless.Defenseless.But I will tell you this,for this is all you have to know.I love you.Nothing in this life is more worthfighting for than that.
— Frederick Espiritu, One Whole Naked Me
If you can’t be brave in the face of adversity, at least be practical.
— Clifford Cohen
There is a gift in experiencing so much tragedy of life from a young age, you gain the wisdom earlier to make better choices for later.
— Nikki Rowe
I miss him for all the things he forgot to see in himself & if im lucky fate will help us rekindle a flame that never got set alight in the first place.
— Nikki Rowe
If you want to make a difference, the next time you see someone being cruel to another human being, take it personally. Take it personally because it is personal.
— Mavis Leno
Love is anything but safe, it's wild and raw and will rip at your heart strings but once you've tasted it for the very first time it becomes like an addiction feeling nostalgia when seperated for another beating heart & before them you question where you called home.
— Nikki Rowe
My ability is greater than my disability.
— Nikki Rowe
Men with Honor are not killed by swords, they die of Shame.
— Alok Jagawat
People should be courage to read books, it should be made in such way how I changed my opinion how James Patterson did it. It should be done a way in which people should se the advantages of reading a book.
— Deyth Banger
Either life entails courage or it ceases to be life.
— E.M. Forster
True heroism is not reserved solely for men and women in uniform. Heroes come in all genders, shapes, sizes and colors. We thank these world heroes for their sacrifices, courage and acts of valor that have made a difference in the world.
— James Morris Robinson, Genesis: A New World Order
But it was women like Rudabeh who planted in my mind the idea of a different kind of woman whose courage is private and personal. Without making any grand claims, without aiming to save humanity or defeat the forces of Satan, these women were engaged in a quiet rebellion, courageous not because it would get them accolades, but because they could not be otherwise. If they were limited and vulnerable, it was an audacious vulnerability, transcending the misogyny of their creator and his times.
— Azar Nafisi, Things I've Been Silent About: Memories
I could have loved him with everything I had but he wasn't prepared for the depth i provided ~ had I been a woman of weakness I would have stayed, but he lost the chance when he said I wasn't enough that day.
— Nikki Rowe
I have died at the ripe age of twenty.Smile, for the world didn't get a chance to disappoint me.I have died at the mature age of ninety.Smile, for my life was more than satisfying.I have died suddenly—out of the blue.Smile, for I didn't have to fall ill before you.I have died from a long illness.Smile, for I had the chance to say goodbye.I did not want to leave this Earth.But smile, for I am still here among you.Why are you crying?Can you not see I am smiling?
— Kamand Kojouri
Start with a cry, end with a smile.
— Michael Bassey Johnson, Master of Maxims
You can't force someone to care... You can only come to the realization that if you stay, they'll keep hurting you. I wish you the wisdom and courage to walk away and begin the healing process.
— Steve Maraboli
And you finally get there, you reach a point where you refuse to feel anymore pain and the desire to chase happiness out weighs any choice that gives you reason to question where you're headed.
— Nikki Rowe
Wisdom is finding the path that is best for all - considering the options, the positives and the negatives - and having the courage to change what must be changed for the sake of the entire world.
— Laurence Overmire, The Ghost of Rabbie Burns: An American Poet's Journey Through Scotland
Even if you are having a nightmare day during which nothing will go right, never cease looking for the ball. In the end everything will come right, for football is a game that rewards those who show courage.
— Duncan Edwards
No matter what, I would never let the people who wanted me to break see how much damage they had inflicted.
— Rachel L. Schade, Silent Kingdom
And I hope above all you give your heart to someone again no matter how many broken promises you have recieved.
— Nikki Rowe
All those dotted lines were just the parts of the story where she would get on the ground and get her hands dirty with the mess of it all. The mess and the glory of other people’s hearts and heart songs. She would learn it would take grit, and guts, and courage to make a difference. But the world will always need people who care enough to make a difference, so she needed to not miss her casting call.
— Hannah Brencher, If You Find This Letter: My Journey to Find Purpose Through Hundreds of Letters to Strangers
Mma Ramotswe reflected on how easy it was to find oneself committed to a course of action simply because one lacked the courage to say no.
— Alexander McCall Smith, Tears of the Giraffe
To respect the opinions of those who stand against you is nothing short of courageous.
— Raif Badawi, 1000 Lashes: Because I Say What I Think
Fear of facing the grasp of death changes one's outlook on every little thing.
— Debbie Ruryk
Running from horrors doesn't help. The only way to deal with them is to meet them head-on.
— Peter David, Cold Wars
If life didn't end,' he said, 'there would be no need for me. To choose love in the face if death is the ultimate act of courage. I am the joy, but you are the meaning. Together, we make humanity more that it otherwise might have been.
— Martha Brockenbrough, The Game of Love and Death
You go on with your life, because life goes on,” says Isabel. “You see this in anyone who has survived a traumatic situation. My own daughter died, for example.” Her only daughter, Paula Frias, died of porphyria in 1992 at the age of twenty-seven. “At first you think you can’t live with this,” says the author, who just turned sixty-five. “It’s just too much. Then life begins to take over. One morning you wake up and you want to eat chocolate. Or walk in the woods. Or open a bottle of wine. You get back up on your feet.” “When you can, right?” “You have no choice!” Isabel insists. “You cannot let the bullies keep you on the floor! I have been on my knees a thousand times, and I always get up.
— Mark Matousek, When You're Falling, Dive: Lessons in the Art of Living
The French have a term for this brazenness: je m’en foutisme, the brave art of not giving a damn.
— Mark Matousek, When You're Falling, Dive: Lessons in the Art of Living
Feel compassion for your own heart that was broken open by grief or confusion.Then tune in to the other level of that experience. Some part of you was heroic inside that moment of your life.Some part of you was looking out for you, wanting you to make it through, encouraging you to love and heal and be larger than the message you were getting. Access the hero inside your own story....
— Laurie Perez, Breakthrough: How to Have Compassion for Those Who Do Harm
Yet she also longed for moments when she might be weak, when she need not prove anything to anyone.
— Jan-Philipp Sendker, The Art of Hearing Heartbeats
We were never meant for a wimpy life.
— Annie F. Downs, Looking for Lovely - Bible Study Book: Collecting the Moments That Matter
Compassion for oneself requires a willingness to step OUTside your own story and see it with loving eyes
—  the courage to recognize truth and follow new leads
Most of us will have no idea where we are going most of the time. And I know that is unsettling.But circumstantial uncertainty also goes by another name: Adventure.
— Mark Batterson, Wild Goose Chase: Reclaim the Adventure of Pursuing God
Maybe if we love ourselves healthy we will all heal?
— Nikki Rowe
Think crazily, even if others laugh at you. Act bravely, even if you are all alone.
— Dilip Bathija, The Superhero Soul: Quest for Inspiration, Happiness, Success and Greatness
Surviving isn't around us, but in us.
— Shannon L. Alder
Show up, shine and do the damn thing!
— Catrice M. Jackson
It takes enormous courage and humility to be open to others to find out who we really are.
— Arthur P. Ciaramicoli, The Stress Solution: Using Empathy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to Reduce Anxiety and Develop Resilience
You may be biggest coward & looser of the world if you can't even ask for the things that you need the MOST & want it anyway.
— Ridhdhesh Jivawala
Step into the spotlight and rock the brand of you!
— Catrice M. Jackson
Rise from the ashes and become the phoenix. Let your glory and wisdom keep blazing on forever. This is your chance. This is your time. Remake your life into something truly spectacular.
— Dilip Bathija, The Superhero Soul: Quest for Inspiration, Happiness, Success and Greatness
We are semipermeable membranes. We can pick and choose which troubles are worthy of our attention. What sinks us can only do so with our permission
—  a boat stays afloat until the water gets in.
Step into the marketplace with some sizzle, spice, spunk and shazam!
— Catrice M. Jackson
You must choose to risk what you fear to lose to gain everything you desire
— Catrice M. Jackson, The Art of Fear-Free Living: Awaken Your Geni
What is a good man if not one who does not believe in himself to the exclusion of others? ... He was asked to bear what cannot be borne--what should not be borne. I hope never to be so tested, for I have it on the best authority that I will not bear it.
— Norman Lock, American Meteor
I have a fear of living a surface kind of life; barely existing, barely touching or tasting anything. That's why you'll always see me giving my all or walking away ~ I'm too full of depth to dance in the middle of anything.
— Nikki Rowe
Sometimes God will place a wall on your path to force you to go in another direction.
— Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
I’ve come to understand that each person has to work out their own personal algorithm of courage. No two are the same, and it’s no used trying to borrow or copy anyone else’s.
— J.R. Thornton, Beautiful Country
God only requires two things from us. First, He asks that we stay unwavering in our knowledge that His faithful love endures forever. And second, He asks that we stay steadfast in our belief that His intentions are to bless and redeem. As we stand on these two truths, He strengthens our faith and increases our trust.
— Katherine J. Walden, Dare to Call Him Friend
Mindset Matters: Cut away the nonsense and cultivate an environment conducive to your personal well-being. Forgive yourself and others. Have the courage to move on. The battle is long... and in the end, it's only with yourself.
— Steve Maraboli
Master the courage to conquer any mountain
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Stand up and let the world hear your roar, now spread your wings and begin to soar.
— Mya Waechtler
They did not realize what a supreme effort of courage it required to make this young girl go out alone into the wide world, and face its vastness and its strangeness.
— Constance Fenimore Woolson, Anne
Can a man still be brave if he's afraid? That is the only time a man can be brave.
— Geroge R. R. Martin
Writing and prayer are both a form of love, and love takes courage.
— Pat Schneider, How the Light Gets in: Writing as a Spiritual Practice
It's not courage so much as stubbornness," Alice said frankly. Her lips curled back from her teeth in a grim smile. "I don't like to lose.
— Django Wexler, The Mad Apprentice
Yes, it is,” I whispered, “and one day the spell will not cause you to forget it.
— Gina Marinello-Sweeney, The Rose and the Sword
It is the littlest of flowers that fly the farthest . . . That have the courage to fly the farthest.
— Gina Marinello-Sweeney, The Rose and the Sword
Better to sink with tempests raging o'erMasts all dismantled and hull gaping wideThan rest and rot on some unclouded shoreThe idle plaything of the listless tide.Better the grime of battle on the brow,With grim defeat to crush thy dying handThan through long years of peace to tyrant bowOr dwell captive in a strangers land.Better the castle with beleaguered gate,By battle's lightning shivered in a dayThan peaceful walls in pomp of sullen state,Through centuries sinking to a dull decay.Better resolve to win thy heart's desire,And striving bravely, die in the endeavorThan have the embers of some smothered fireLie smouldering in thy saddened soul forever.
— Sam Davis, Stop Procrastination: 12 Simple Anti-Procrastination Habits That Will Help You Stop Procrastinating And Boost Your Productivity
I stared back at her, my eyes leveled with hers in inscrutable certainty. For a moment, our eyes remained engaged, unflinching and impenetrable, as the shrill, steady call of a siren ran across the street outside, mixing with the effervescent glow of traffic lights and a steady pitter-patter of pedestrian feet sauntering across the street in wakeful gait.
— Gina Marinello-Sweeney, The Rose and the Sword
I also think you should take care of yourself. You can crack up a little when these things go on for so long. You've got to bring a healthy self in here. That will help him most. He needs to feel your strength. And you need to do what you have to keep it.
— Elizabeth Berg
God promises to be our Strong Tower, our Protector, our Champion, and our Advocate. He also promises that if we call Him friend we will see persecution; we will suffer, and we will go through the fires of sanctification. He promises to shake us out of our complacency. There is no safer place to be than in His presence, but He is not the God of the complacent.
— Katherine J. Walden, Dare to Call Him Friend
It’s not about optimism, pessimism or realism. It’s not about thinking nothing bad will ever happen to you. It’s about having the faith and courage that no matter what happens, you’ll be okay.
— Brownell Landrum, Repercussions: DUET stories Volume IV - Adult Version
You have far more courage than you think you do.
— Alison Goodman, The Dark Days Club
A lion does not flinch at laughter coming from a hyena.
— Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
It is very normal for one ugly weed to not want to stand alone.
— Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
Believing is a fine thing, but putting those beliefs into execution is a test of strength.
— Kahlil Gibran, The Treasured Writings of Kahlil Gibran
A gorilla does not budge from a banana thrown at it by a monkey.
— Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
Dignity is never silent. It has a voice, heart and soul. Truth and courage is its foundation. It will stand against the masses and speak the truth. Because every great person has always done what others found fear in doing.
— Shannon L. Alder
Courage was something John Reckless only ever wished he had. Courage was not a given; it was acquired, earned. You had to take the difficult paths, and John had always picked the easy ones.
— Cornelia Funke
Yeah, I'm a drug addict. And a prostitute. The whole world knows. Not because I robbed my own family. Not because I ended up behind bars. Not because I've been hassled by the cops when soliciting customers from a local street corner. Not because I'm shooting up in the public bathrooms at your city park. Everyone knows because I told them all. I never tried to hide any of it. I never felt the need to.
— Ashly Lorenzana, Speed Needles
and when i look at prime minister mrnarendra modi .i realize nothing in this world isunachievable.if you have the will you will yourselfmake the way.
— shivangi lavaniya
With courage, you can overcome the cultural shock in a visit to a new country.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Live boldly now. Later may not be an option.
— Andrena Sawyer
Inside everyone is a their own madness, a madness only courage can stand to, but even courage is never alone. He has Love, Hatred, Sadness, Confusion, Bravery, and in some special cases Intelligence.
— Tyler L. H.
With 100% confident, courage and commitment, anything is possible.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
With courage, confident and commitment, the dream is possible.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
A true prophet would rather be believed false by many but actually true than believed true by many but actually false.
— Criss Jami
I am bold as a lion.
— Lailah Gifty Akita