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It’s braver to stay. It takes courage to stay. I am sure I speak for all the single people here when I say that I don’t want to ever lack that courage. I don’t want to lose my best friend and my true love, just because I wanted tostay in control and not take a risk. Even if they walked away, even ifthey ran to the other side of the world, even if I thought that I didn't have a chance in hell, I still want to know that I did everything I couldto make it happen.
— Gemma Burgess, A Girl Like You
Get scared later, and if you're scared now remember what Kit always said. If you're not scared, she told me, it's not bravery. And you want to be brave, don't you, Snicket?
— Lemony Snicket, Shouldn't You Be in School?
Courage is not the absence of fear. Only fools have no fear. Rather, courage is the intellectual mastery of fear by understanding the true risks and opportunities of the situation and keeping those things in balance
— Julian Assange
Clear thinking requires courage rather than intelligence.
Merin smiled. "I fought in battle and your mother bore two children. Of the two of us, I think she was the courageous one.
— Catherine M. Wilson, A Journey of the Heart
With her courage and determination, Malala has shown what terrorists fear most: a girl with a book.
— Ban Ki-Moon
Being genius does not necessarily mean knowing it all or having the highest academic qualification; but a persons ability to apply wisdom and common sense to common things in a distinctive manner and courageously, exhibiting the latent deft to the admiration of the masses
— Ernest Agyemang Yeboah, Distinctive Footprints of Life: Where Are You Heading Towards?
The secret to excitement is discovering new paths, and having the courage to take them.
— Lawren Leo, Spell to Attract Excitement
Life is uncertain.Lord grant us gracious courage to face the uncertainty of life.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
The truth is real change begins with your willingness and courage to take the first step forward. Usually, the first step is the most difficult one to take. All resistances and old habits must be eliminated. Deep within you there must be determination to overcome your obstacles. To believe God has something better for you and lean on Him as you persevere.
— Dana Arcuri, Harvest of Hope: Living Victoriously Through Adversity
I feel as if I could be any thing or every thing, as if I could rant and storm, or sigh, or cut capers in any tragedy or comedy in the English language.
— Jane Austen, Mansfield Park
Bravery usually looked stupid from the outside.
— Damon Suede, Bad Idea
To hold the courage to let another witness our tears, while refuting fears invitation to shield face, is to grant the most privileged of all loving intimacies to them.
— Ged Thompson Liverpool Poet
His importance to the century just past, and therefore his status as a figure in history as well as in literature, derives from the extraordinary salience of the subjects he ‘took on,’ and stayed with, and never abandoned. As a consequence, we commonly use the term ‘Orwellian’ in one of two ways. To describe a state of affairs as ‘Orwellian’ is to imply crushing tyranny and fear and conformism. To describe a piece of writing as ‘Orwellian’ is to recognize that human resistance to these terrors is unquenchable. Not bad for one short lifetime.
— Christopher Hitchens
To die for a cause is easy, to live, to be steady day after day doing the small things, taking care of the details, knowing you will be forgotten by history and still choosing to do so, that is real courage
— Anonymous
Bravery is an amazing and aggressive teacher. Its gives me the energy to dive into life, recover from disappointment, and mentally escape whatever locked door holds me in.
— Marquita Burke-DeJesus, Radically Ordinary
Get better acquainted with yourself, and understand the burning ambitions that dwell within. Be brave enough to follow these. They're your dreams. Follow your dreams. They are your purpose - your purpose will fulfil you. Find it, pursue it, stop at nothing. A happier you makes a happier world.
— Nicole Bonomi
This is what life is about: seeing new places, meeting new people, grabbing life by the balls and squeezing until it coughs up a story worth telling.
— Ruth Cardello, Taken, Not Spurred
Grow or Die - Don’t let your fear of uncertainty keep you from achieving your dreams, it is far riskier to stagnate.
— Malti Bhojwani
I firmly believe the key difference between living a life fulfilled and a life of status quo is courage. Unless we find the courage to follow our Heart’s Wisdom – the wisdom of our Highest Self – we may never know the fullest joy that the Universe has in store for us.
— Valerie Rickel
When you become healthy, courageous, and hopeful, following your conscience becomes much easier. When people are healthy, courageous, and hopeful, it's difficult to bend their mind and will. They will speak out what they believe, and stand up and do what is right even when it means a loss to them.
— Ilchi Lee, Change: Realizing Your Greatest Potential
You can always create the life you want.Workhard to fulfill your dreams.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, The Alphabets of  Success: Passion Driven Life
Give yourself permission 2 evolve. Become a philosopher
—  come up with your own interpretation of life and stop accepting someone else's as your truth.
Social Media begins with a story - your story.
— Germany Kent
I know there are things you aren’t telling me. Big things…Sir, I will find out. I only hope your reasoning is good enough for me to forgive you.
— Sara Raasch, Snow Like Ashes
It is only when a man tames his own demons that he becomes the king of himself if not of the world.
— Joseph Campbell, The Hero With a Thousand Faces
We deny more than we confess. We hide more than we reveal. We assume because it makes us feel exposed if we have to ask. It's easier to say "I feel nothing" than to admit "I feel something." It takes no courage to say, "I hate you" but it takes a great deal of moxie to declare its opposite. Masks are elaborate and everyone has one. It takes a while to get to know people. This doesn't make them special, it makes them like everyone else. Sometimes our hearts scream yes while our heads say run; and only one can be obeyed.
— Donna Lynn Hope
Dare to courageous in life.You have nothing to lose.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
May we each find in ourselves the courage we forgot we have, to see the beauty we forgot is inside us, while battling the demons we forgot we can slay, on a battlefield we forgot we can win.
— Agnostic Zetetic
Try not to compromise. So many people don’t do what they really want in their hearts because they feel like they’re not good enough, or they’re not smart enough, or they’re not talented enough… anything. And that doesn’t matter. In order for you to live a remarkable life — in order for you to live a life that is fulfilling — you need to be able to go after what you want. And if you don’t, you’re not going to achieve it — ever.
— Debbie Millman, Look Both Ways: Illustrated Essays on the Intersection of Life and Design
Courage is being who you are.Courage is sacred of thyself.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Her life is lived through the masterpiece of art, that she cannot draw.
— Nikki Rowe, Once a Girl, Now a Woman
Never give up.Never give up on your hopes.Never give up on your dreams.Never give up on your visions.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
We are all born with a muscle for courage, but our education has wasted it away.
— Will Jelbert, The Happiness Animal
Be confident and courageous when you are about to make a start. Courage is key!
— Israelmore Ayivor
If I'm afraid to fall then how will I ever fly?
— Sydney Paige McCutcheon
Being focused in life is not only knowing what you want, but also how and why.
— Unarine Ramaru
When we are honest about the limitations we are self imposing it becomes necessary to cry out with determination and state you’ve had enough of the mediocrity of stagnation.
— Heidi Reagan
He supposed he was one of those unfortunates born with a great capacity for suffering.... He opened his eyes a moment and they were dark with fear, for only one race was run as yet and there might be many others.... Then his newborn courage came back to him and he accepted his suffering as the price he must pay for the gift of creation that was his. And suffering, he had discovered, could be the gateway to renewal, than which no more glorious experience can be man's on earth.
— Elizabeth Goudge, A City of Bells
Here’s a hand to the boy who has courageTo do what he knows to be right;When he falls in the way of temptation,He has a hard battle to fight.Who strives against self and his comradeWill find a most powerful foe.All honor to him if he conquers.A cheer for the boy who says, “No!”There’s many a battle fought dailyThe world knows nothing about;There’s many a brave little soldierWhose strength puts a legion to rout.And he who fights sin singlehandedIs more of a hero, I say,Than he who leads soldiers to battleAnd conquers by arms in the fray.Be steadfast, my boy, when you’re tempted,To do what you know to be right.Stand firm by the colors of manhood,And you will o’ercome in the fight.“The right,” be your battle cry everIn waging the warfare of life,And God, who knows who are the heroes,Will give you the strength for the strife.
— Phoebe Cary
Frequent risk-takers have had their fair shares of failures and successes, hence, being confident in reaching their goals, they will usually seem insensitive to whether or not they look foolish or cool to other people.
— Criss Jami, Killosophy
I have extremely little courage myself, much less than you; but I have found that whenever, after a long struggle, I have screwed my courage up to do something I always felt much freer & happy after it.
— Ludwig Wittgenstein
I wish for you a more difficult life, somewhere in the complicated center, where the courage of your convictions blends with humility and respect for others.
— Kenneth Patrick Ruscio
Courage comes with action.
— Gail Blanke, Throw Out Fifty Things: Clear the Clutter, Find Your Life
To know there is a better story for your life and to choose something other is like choosing to die.
— Donald Miller, A Million Miles in a Thousand Years: What I Learned While Editing My Life
Lord, thank you for the courage to live life.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
You have enough courage to face even your greatest fear.
— Chris Prentiss, Be Who You Want, Have What You Want: Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life
Of his first enemy encounter, Gen. Grant said that after his initial fear, "My heart resumed its place." Grant said he suddenly realized his potential enemy he had been "as much afraid of me as I had been of him.
— C. Brian Kelly, Best Little Stories from the Civil War: More than 100 true stories
Strive toward what you know you must achieve, in confident & courageous manner.
— Eleesha, The Soulful Pathway To Quotes: Soulfully Inspiring and Uplifting You Daily by Utilizing the Power of Positive Quotes
Courage, will-power and confidence in your abilities will carry you to greater heights.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
There were all kinds of things I was afraid of at first, ranging from grizzly bears to ‘mean’ horses and gun-fighters; but by acting as if I was not afraid I gradually ceased to be afraid.
— Theodore Roosevelt
And one cold Tuesday in December, when Marie-Laure has been blind for over a year, her father walks her up rue Cuvier to the edge of the Jardin des Plantes."Here, ma chérie, is the path we take every morning. Through the cedars up ahead is the Grand Gallery.""I know, Papa."He picks her up and spins her around three times. "Now," he says, "you're going to take us home."Her mouth drops open."I want you to think of the model, Marie.""But I can't possibly!""I'm one step behind you. I won't let anything happen. You have your cane. You know where you are.""I do not!""You do."Exasperation. She cannot even say if the gardens are ahead or behind."Calm yourself, Marie. One centimeter at a time.""I'm far, Papa. Six blocks, at least.""Six blocks is exactly right. Use logic. Which way should we go first?"The world pivots and rumbles. Crows shout, brakes hiss, someone to her left bangs something metal with what might be a hammer. She shuffles forward until the tip of her cane floats in space. The edge of a curb? A pond, a staircase, a cliff? She turns ninety degrees. Three steps forward. Now her cane finds the base of a wall. "Papa?""I'm here."Six paces seven paces eight. A roar of noise - an exterminator just leaving a house, pump bellowing - overtakes them. Twelve paces farther on, the bell tied around the handle of a shop door rings, and two women came out, jostling her as they pass.Marie-Laure drops her cane; she begins to cry. Her father lifts her, holds her to his narrow chest."It's so big," she whispers."You can do this, Marie."She cannot.
— Anthony Doerr, All the Light We Cannot See
We keep waiting to be crowned,Waiting for the world to judge us worthy of offering our brightest, most empowered and beautiful stuff. But that won’t happen. Your next certification or ordination or degree will do nothing for your expression in the world until you accept how unspeakably worthy and valuable you already are to be here and share yourself with us.
— Jacob Nordby
Have the courage to do what you're not ready to do.
— Richie Norton
I did not know the work of mourningIs like carrying a bag of cementUp a mountain at nightThe mountaintop is not in sightBecause there is no mountaintopPoor Sisyphus griefI did not know I would struggleThrough a ragged underbrushWithout an upward path...Look closely and you will seeAlmost everyone carrying bagsOf cement on their shouldersThat’s why it takes courageTo get out of bed in the morningAnd climb into the day.
— Edward Hirsch, Gabriel: A Poem
The soul of us is never confused about why it is here.It only asks us to wake up and see the breadcrumb clues it has been leaving all along.It asks us to have courage to face the wounds we have been hiding, allow it to heal them and untangle the heavy, snarled patterns.Because the soul of us has no doubt whatever that it can and, if we allow it to express fully, can live a life of such power and joy through us that our human selves will be astonished.
— Jacob Nordby
Once you learn to hit, teach yourself to never miss again.
— The Weeknd
To do something you're afraid of, especially for the sake of somebody else, is the very definition of courage.
— Michelle Harrison, One Wish
We are all born to fly. Instead, we sit on the branches afraid of the leap into the unknown. But the unknown is where enlightenment lives. Our true nature is the unknown.
— Enza Vita
Courage is the magic that turns dreams into reality.
— Richter Abend Tales of Symphonia Dawn of a New World
But then life is never neat, it is made up of doors and trapdoors. You move down baroque corridors, and even when you think you know which door to open, you still need to have the courage to choose.
— J.M. Ledgard, Submergence
He says that it’s okay to be fearful. That some of God’s strongest warriors were frightened. The difference between a believer and the rest of the world is that we press on. We can be shaking in our boots, but we don’t turn back.
— Jenny B. Jones
It takes courage and strength to be sensitive to things and even more strength and courage to own up to it or be vocal about it. Robots, the only things with a perfect lack of emotional capacity, are easily controlled, and I suddenly realized that’s why the military often trains people to suppress their emotions. Unfortunately for them, humans aren't machines. We feel, we love, we cry, we despair, and we rejoice. Anyone who’s ever tried to convince me not to feel is someone I shouldn’t have trusted. The only reason you should shut off your emotions and emulate a robot is if you're doing horrible things. How fatal my decisions have been. How many people would be loving, rejoicing, and feeling right now rather than crying indefinitely in the depths of the afterlife? If only I’d figured this out sooner.
— Bruce Crown, Forlorn Passions
When your cause is noble, you shall never know fear.
— Justin K. McFarlane Beau
Even when you find yourself alone and in a 'place' where you feel it has no roads, continue to walk and explore; because in the midst of the unknown lay treasures unreachable to those who chose to stay in their comfort Zone.
— Quetzal
The difference between you and me is that I always forgive you.
— Anuj Kr. Thakur
Wars are all fought by men who either believe they are right or who have no other choice. How they fight defines who they are when the blood stops flowing.
— Lucas Bale, The Heretic
The innocent curiosity of children gives them astounding courage.
— Plague Jack, Sins of a Sovereignty
I'm not saying it's going to be easy; I'm saying it's going to be worth it. If it was easy, you would've done it by now
— B. Dave Walters
Too many people confuse real magic with magical thinking. Real magic isn't a trick and it transforms our lives. Magical thinking is denial.Real magic is what happens when we break old belief patterns and have the courage to employ the native laws of the Universe
— Jacob Nordby
Know yourself. Be authentic. Have courage.
— Murad S. Shah
Whether you are trying to finish a race or a book or that hard conversation you've been avoiding, the training leading up to that event is what makes it possible to face the fear & walk forward anyway. Quit complaining about discipline & start seeing it as a powerful tool for courageous living.
— Annie F. Downs
Anyone who tries to put fear in a heart, has lost their heart to fear.
— Justin K. McFarlane Beau
Inferiority intentions are sample chapters of defeated stories... Courageous beginnings are examples of true leadership values!
— Israelmore Ayivor, The Great Hand Book of Quotes
Life loves to reveal herself to the raw, courageous doubters; to those who are willing to live inside the question.
— Jacob Nordby
One big blow can hit and destroy any strong door in front of you. As for the 1000 feeble blows, they can’t even remove the cobwebs. Courage is the key.
— Israelmore Ayivor, Shaping the dream
If a person cannot protect you, it is because you were meant to perfect them.If they cannot perfect you, you are meant to protect them.
— Justin K. McFarlane Beau
The will to dream, the courage to act and the hope to win are the stuffs that make life meaningful! Create the life you wish to live and live it fully!
— Israelmore Ayivor, The Great Hand Book of Quotes
I'm not saying it's going to be easy; I'm saying it's going to be worth it. If it were easy, you would've done it by now
— B. Dave Walters
To show courage you must be in tune with your core values, understand your own fears and desires, committed to your integrity and tenacious in your ability to live it all in the face of oppostion.
— -Shandel Slaten
You have two choices in life when it comes to truthful observations by others that anger you: You can be ashamed and cover it up by letting your pride take you in the extreme opposite direction, in order to make the point that they are wrong. Or, you can break down the walls of pride by accepting vulnerability as a strength, not a weakness. As you walk through your vulnerability, you will meet humility on the way to courage. From here, courage allows us to let go of shame and rise higher into the person we are meant to be, not the person that needs to be right. This is the road to confidence and self worth.
— Shannon L. Alder
We fear our highest possibilities. We are generally afraid to become that which we can glimpse in our most perfect moments, under conditions of great courage. We enjoy and even thrill to godlike possibilities we see in ourselves in such peak moments. And yet we simultaneously shiver with weakness, awe, and fear before these very same possibilities.
— Abraham H. Maslow
Go, " he said. "This is your journey, your battle. Be brave. Find your gift. Use it to save what you love.
— Lois Lowry, Son
Truth was never meant to make you comfortable, unless you stand in the middle of it with acceptance.
— Shannon L. Alder
I'm convinced that the world, more than ever, needs the music only you can make. And if it takes extra courage to keep playing in spite of your loss, many will applaud the effort. And who knows? Others may be inspired to pick up their broken instruments, their broken lives, and begin again.
— Steve Goodier
Vulnerability + Action + Positive Thinking = Courage
— Shannon L. Alder
It is important to refuse to be intimidated. That refusal must not be based simply on a calculation of the odds of succeeding. At times, in my case, multiple lawsuits and an ethics charge seemed overwhelming, and the fact that I knew my work to be accurate and responsible was only partial solace. l was well aware that court, like the National Football League, is an arena in which, on any given Sunday, anybody can win.The refusal to be intimidated must come, in the end, not from a sureness of succeeding but from a knowledge of the cost of scurrying for shelter through fake retractions and disowned truths. It is a question, in the end of self-respect.Who among us could, in good faith, ever face a survivor of childhood abuse again were we to run for cover when pressed ourselves? Children are not permitted that choice, and the adults who choose to work with them and with the survivors they become cannot afford to make it. It would be a choice to become. Through betrayal and deceit, that to which we object.Our alternative, then, is not to hide. Not to refuse to treat adult survivors, not to refuse to go to court in their defense, not to apologize and retract statements we know are true, but to cultivate endurance and tenacity as carefully as we read the research.Confessions of a Whistle-Blower: Lessons Learned Author: Anna C. Salter. Ethics & Behavior, Volume 8, Issue 2 June 1998
— Anna C. Salter
It's not going to be over until we say so.
— Trenton Lee Stewart, The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey
Change will never happen if you lack the ability and courage to see yourself for who you really are.
— Bryant McGill, Simple Reminders: Inspiration for Living Your Best Life
Jane Austen had created six heroines, each quite different, and that gave Charlotte courage. There wasn't just one kind of woman to be.
— Shannon Hale, Midnight in Austenland
God is the One who is with us when we have to do something we don't think we are capable of doing.
— Harold S. Kushner, Overcoming Life's Disappointments
Success = Wisdom + Courage + Discipline. KNOW what to do, be BRAVE enough to do it, and LEAD YOURSELF to doing it again and again.
— Ryan Lilly
Let your passion and courage swell in you until you can no longer be contained by fear.
— Bryant McGill, Simple Reminders: Inspiration for Living Your Best Life
Runner up is champion of the losers.
— Raheel Farooq
The honor a man carries in his heart cannot be explained, lass," he said slowly. "Nor can you measure the courage of a man who will not betray his friends, even though he faces disaster himself. We've no right to question, unless we have known the same dilemma and acquitted ourselves with the same integrity.
— Jan Cox Speas, Bride of the MacHugh
being genius does not necessarily means knowing it all or having the highest academic qualification but a persons ability to apply wisdom and common sense to common things in a distinctive manner and courageously exhibiting the latent deft to the admiration of the masses
— Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
If there is to be any hope for the world, indeed if you really want to find satisfaction and happiness in your life, you must regard the return you will receive as a secondary consideration, if a consideration at all ……seek money first and you will ruin your land, or betray your profession…
— Sir James Darling
lchiyuken was a low class servant in the kitchen of Lord Takanobu. Because of some grudge he had over a matter of wrestling, he cut down seven or eight men and was hence ordered to commit suicide. But when Lord Takanobu heard of this he pardoned the man and said, "In these strife-torn times of our country, brave men are important. This man would seem to be a man of bravery."Consequently, at the time of the action around the Uji River, Lord Takanobu took Ichiyuken along, and the latter earned unrivaled fame, advancing deep into the lead and plundering the enemy every time .At the battle of Takagi, Ichiyuken went so far into the enemy lines that Lord Takanobu felt regret and called him back. Since the vanguard had been unable to advance, only by quickly dashing out was he able to grab Ichiyuken by the sleeve of his armor. At that time Ichiyuken's head had suffered many wounds, but he had stopped them up with preen leaves which he bound with a thin towel.
— Yamamoto Tsunetonmo
May He give usall the courage that we needto go the way He shepherds us.That when He callswe may go unfrightened. If He bids us come to Himacross the waters,that unfrightened we may go. And if He bids us climb a hill,may we not notice that it is a hill,mindful only ofthe happiness of His company. He made us for Himself,that we should travel with Himand see Him at the lastin His unveiled beautyin the abiding city whereHe is lightand happinessand endless home.
— Bede Jarrett
Like the body, courage, too, is a thing weakened, especially when we are young and invincible. We can't give one the rest it needs and expect the other to protect us. Don't anger Nature with talk of wishing she had chosen differently. See to your own nature.
— Andrew Krivak, The Sojourn
When you find yourself in need of courage, remember that it is your faith, not your spine, that needs strengthening! And your faith will be strengthened when you read the Bible, the only book with proven credibility to give you the courage to heal your disconnections and face your future with hope and confidence.
— David Jeremiah, What Are You Afraid Of?
Innumerable victories are silently celebrated each day by those who maintain their courage.
— Deborah L. Norris
In some situations, no one has courage to challenge the reason. Since faith causes the reasoning to evaporate.
— Girdhar Joshi, Some Mistakes Have No Pardon
Have the courage to live... Anyone can die.
— Bailey Vincent, The Details of How We Lived
I was never afraid of anything in the world except the dentist.
— Taylor Caldwell
Avoiding things that you deem unattainable on first sight will limit you.
— Innocent Mwatsikesimbe, The Reason
God has a way of picking a “nobody” and turning their world upside down, in order to create a “somebody” that will remove the obstacles they encountered out of the pathway for others.
— Shannon L. Alder
Is it a weakness not being able to hate? Or is it preparation for what is inevitable, the ability only to love.
— Tom Althouse, The Frowny Face Cow
To win or lose often depends on set parameters. Expand the bounds of what is possible, and you may come out the true winner, outside the confines of its defining.
— Tom Althouse, The Frowny Face Cow
Time is an illusion, only the keepers of the illusion are real, and the reality they have spun, keeps us, until we set upon the path of the dream.
— Tom Althouse, The Frowny Face Cow
Let go and go beyond living the dream, by dreaming the reality, into a reality beyond the dream.
— Tom Althouse, The Frowny Face Cow
Whatever your difficulty, whatever your hardship in life: Dance and make the song you sing your prayer. Sing it courageously, and with each step strengthen yourself with the knowledge and wisdom of your elders, so that whatever next happens, you can survive and not lose your rhythm.
— Red Haircrow
My goal is not to upset the apple cart, but to make it more accessible.
— Tom Althouse, The Frowny Face Cow
In these times where it has seemed dark indeedwhere integrity appears solely buried in legend and lore, it is an opportunity in contrast to the shadows, to create miracles...by choosing first courage, then diligence, standing, opening our mouth and speaking the truth that in rare moments, may ignite the light.
— Tom Althouse, The Frowny Face Cow
Courage has a ripple effect. Every time we choose courage, we make everyone around us a little better and the world a little braver. And our world could stand to be a little kinder and braver.
— Brené Brown
Courage can't see around corners, but goes around them anyway.
— Mignon McLaughlin
the world was in the hands of those who had courage to dream and to realize their dreams
— Paulo Coelho, The Valkyries
They thought back on the tales that the soldier had told. They remembered Hazel, the gentle Bethlehem donkey, who used the last of her strength helping those who needed her. They remembered the donkey who stood on the mountain and accepted suffering so that others would not know pain. They remembered the donkey with a hundred names, the sturdy friend of Jack who proved that the most humble being can have the most courageous heart. They gazed at the soldier, who said, 'I fear that John will be sorry he gave the silver donkey to me. The silver donkey belongs to the trustworthy and the brave.
— Sonya Hartnett, The Silver Donkey
More and more obstacles seem to be other people's issues that form in the way of a hand to block one, to take notice of them? Sometimes noticing ahead of time, and taking the time to notice them, makes the hand part of an arm that embraces you. The obstacles become bridges for both to cross over, even if in opposite directions.
— Tom Althouse, The Frowny Face Cow
On one side of accountability is courage, on the other is freedom.
— Jean Hamilton-Fford, Play.Create.Succeed.
Good philosophy is always hate speech to evil doers.
— Stefan Molyneux
It's not enough to have the feathers.You must dare to fly!
— Cass van Krah
The only way I could conceive of waving a white flag, would be during the process of folding it, so to be used as a napkin later, at our victory dinner.
— Tom Althouse, The Frowny Face Cow
Thankfully existing only in SMALL pockets within our discipline, is “intellectual” snobbery. It’s a hushed but ugly truth that people are made to feel not worthy to be among a certain set – didn’t attend the right school or don’t have the requisite abbreviations to follow their name. I know what that feels like. Good thing I'm pigheaded, have a bigger vision and committed to my craft, or I would’ve succumbed to it long ago. That is why when I meet an emerging writer who’s serious about developing their craft, I try to encourage them as much as I can. I say IGNORE the highbrow cliques and prove your mettle by growing, accepting balanced feedback and most of all, creating work that will stand the test of time. Period.
— Sandra Sealy
Forgiveness was work, Eduardo told victims' families--but so, then, was love, and deciding what was right, and defending it. Recusing yourself from judgment so you won't be tainted by the aggressor's sin is the same as turning away from empathy so you won't be touched by the victim's pain.
— Jennifer duBois, Cartwheel
Resist the short term temptation of procrastination
—  the immediate pleasure and relief that it brings does not fair in comparison to the long lasting damage it does to your dreams and goals.
The most important experiences of a man are those which take him to his or her limit.To learn beyond that, one needs to accumulate all the courage and expand his limits.Sex, pain and love are all extreme experiences. Dreaming big is another such extreme experience.
— Manoj Arora, From the Rat Race to Financial Freedom
Walk on with the spirit of boldness; talk on with the glory of confidence. You have a mandated seal on your chest... When you go with a bold chest, the devil and his cohorts must give way!
— Israelmore Ayivor, The Great Hand Book of Quotes
To the extent a man can control chaos, he should put his testicles on the line and do so, but when a man can't, he should just step aside, or someone in the lineup behind him is gonna bite his ass.
— Allan Dare Pearce, Paris in April
Risk may bring pain, but risk also brings freedom and reward.
— Shandel Slaten - Clarity Focusing On What Matters
Our soul contains energy, transformed into Spirit, expressing dreams and thoughts through works of the mind.
— Stacy Snapp Killian aka StacyK
Until we see the 'this- advantage' in the disadvantage we shall always be looking at the disadvantages in life. life does not present us with disadvantages, it gives us 'this- advantages' to take. It is only because of excuses and low courage that we regard 'this advantages' as disadvantages
— Ernest Agyemang Yeboah, Distinctive Footprints of Life: Where Are You Heading Towards?
Do not be afraid to color outside the lines. Take risks and do not be afraid to fail. Know that when the world knocks you down, the best revenge is to get up and continue forging ahead.Do not be afraid to be different or to stand up for what's right. Never quiet your voice to make someone else feel comfortable. No one remembers the person that fits in. It's the one who stands out that people will not be able to forget.
— Nancy Arroyo Ruffin, Letters to My Daughter: A Collection of Short Stories and Poems about Love, Pride, and Identity
It's your words that gave me courage. It became my light that would guide me towards the right path again. -Jellal Fernandes
— Hiro Mashima
She was enfolded in the great wings of Mrs. Whatsit and she felt comfort and strength pouring through her. Mrs. Whatsit was not speaking aloud, and yet through the wings Meg understood words."My child, do not despair. Do you think we would have brought you here if there was no hope? We are asking you to do a difficult thing, but we are confident that you can do it. Your father needs help, he needs courage, and for his children he may be able to do what he cannot do for himself.
— Madeleine L'Engle, A Wrinkle in Time
We want them to see their home planet," Mrs. Whatsit said. The Medium lost the delighted smile she had worn till then. "Oh, why must you make me look at unpleasant things when there are so many delightful ones to see?"Again Mrs. Which's voice reverberated through the cave. "There will no longer be so many pleasant things to look at if responsible people do not do something about the unpleasant ones.
— Madeleine L'Engle, A Wrinkle in Time
The best thing parents can do for their children is allow them to be who they were born to be.
— Nancy Arroyo Ruffin
Discovering what you want out of life is hard, having the courage to full fill it is even harder!
— Stephanie Kingsmore
You will find peace not by trying to escape your problems, but by confronting them courageously. You will find peace not in denial, but in victory.
— J Donald Walters
We are going to your father," Mrs. Which said. "But where is he?" Meg went over to Mrs. Which and stamped as though she were as young as Charles Wallace. Mrs. Whatsit answered in a voice that was low but quite firm. "On a planet that has given in. So you must prepare to be very strong.
— Madeleine L'Engle, A Wrinkle in Time
We all were courageous in the starting moments, few of us stayed courageous till the final moments and the world called them successful men.
— Amit Kalantri
You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor. –Aristotle
— Aristotle
Dare to take chances. Dare to take the path less traveled.You may never know where the path may lead you.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
No one here to count your Qualities, but everyone is good enough to point out your Mistakes.
— Shashank Rayal
Believe in yourself even when others doubt your capabilities.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
My brothers, we have a special and distinct role as Christian men, fathers, husbands, and leaders in the family, in the Church, and in society at large. If we don’t step up, we run the risk of seeing our families overrun and absorbed by the surrounding culture. This is not acceptable. Start with prayer. Be faithful, be consistent, have courage, show humility, and remember . . . we are made for a heavenly home and not this world.
— Randy Hain, Journey to Heaven: A Road Map for Catholic Men
Courage. I need courage. Because this is surely the stupidest idea in the history of guys liking girls.
— David Levithan, Ten Things I Hate about You
Leadership begins inside of you. Leadership is about you, the people you influence and a belief that you can make a difference and have an impact. Leadership starts with a condition of the heart – the desire and passion to make a difference before it moves to the brain to implement a plan to make a difference. It is an inside-out process and is shaped by your values, character, choices, opportunities, experiences and your worldview
— Thomas Narofsky, F(X) Leadership Unleashed!
Figuring out what you want out of life is hard. Having the courage to full fill it, is even harder.
— Stephanie Kingsmore
We need leaders who can meet and adapt to new challenges, build strategic partnerships, build and sustain human capital organizations, and have the courage to act and react to the challenges
— Thomas Narofsky, F(X) Leadership Unleashed!
Figuring out what you want in life is hard, having the courage to full fill it is even harder!
— Stephanie Kingsmore
Figuring out what you want in life is hard, having the courage to fulfill it is even harder!
— Stephanie Kingsmore
We were meant to live courageous and bold lives and not lives of mediocrity. However, we have to live our lives actively and on purpose each day to be unstoppable.
— Thomas Narofsky, You are Unstoppable!: Unleash Your Inspired Life
feeling shy is simply replacing courage with the feeling and fear of how others will perceive or what they will say about us after and act. Courage dares regardless
— Ernest Agyemang Yeboah, Distinctive Footprints of Life: Where Are You Heading Towards?
Courage is one of the best ingredients of success.
— K.C Seepane
Hope is that great spirit that grant us courage to stay determined.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Asked to explain how he became a war hero he (Kennedy) responded, "It was involuntary. They think my boat.
— Sally Bedell Smith, Grace and Power: The Private World of the Kennedy White House
Maybe sometimes it takes more courage not to fight.-Makino
— Oda Eiichiro
If you're thinking, 'Great! I just need to be a superhero to fight perfectionism,' I understand. Courage, compassion, and connection seem like big, lofty ideals. But in reality, they are daily practices that, when exercised enough, become these incredible gifts in our lives. And the good news is that our vulnerabilities are what force us to call upon these amazing tools. Because we're human and so beautifully imperfect, we get to practice using our tools on a daily basis. In this way, courage, compassion, and connection become gifts - the gifts of imperfection.
— Brené Brown
Blue-Eyed One, never again shall you cover your shoulders. I declare your scars to be medals of gallantry great than any I could bestow, and it is my will that all the Black Land look upon them, and learn the nature of courage.
— Eloise Jarvis McGraw, Mara, Daughter of the Nile
Some of us fought back with guns and assassinations. Others fought back with a little hot dog stand on the corner.
— Brandon Sanderson, Mitosis
If you don’t want to get stuck where you don’t want to be, have the courage to do difficult things.
— Marci G. Fox, Think Confident, Be Confident for Teens: A Cognitive Therapy Guide to Overcoming Self-Doubt and Creating Unshakable Self-Esteem
Was that all it took to be brave? Knowing that someone believed in you?
— Jodi Picoult, Between the Lines
You can’t be the warrior in someone else’s tragedy
— Michele L. Rivera, With a Purpose
To disbelieve is easy
—  to scoff is simple
Cowgirl Courage isn't the lack of fear, but the courage to take action in the face of fear.
— J.H. Lee
Who we are and how we engage with the world are much stronger predictors of how our children will do than what we know about parenting. In terms of teaching our children to dare greatly in the "never enough" culture, the question isn't so much "Are you parenting the right way?" as it is: "Are you the adult that you want your child to grow up to be?
— Brené Brown, Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead
I’m taking the leap, I’m learning to fly.
— Nihar Sharma, Hijacked!
The Poles rode out from Warsaw against the German Tanks on horses. Rode knowing, in sunlight, with sabers, A magnitude of beauty that allows me no peace. And yet this poem would lessen that day. Question The bravery. Say it's not courage. Call it a passion. Would say courage isn't that. Not at its best. It was impossib1e, and with form. They rode in sunlight, Were mangled. But I say courage is not the abnormal. Not the marvelous act. Not Macbeth with fine speeches. The worthless can manage in public, or for the moment. It is too near the whore's heart: the bounty of impulse, And the failure to sustain even small kindness. Not the marvelous act, but the evident conclusion of being. Not strangeness, but a leap forward of the same quality. Accomplishment. The even loyalty. But fresh. Not the Prodigal Son, nor Faustus. But Penelope. The thing steady and clear. Then the crescendo. The real form. The culmination. And the exceeding. Not the surprise. The amazed understanding. The marriage, Not the month's rapture. Not the exception. The beauty That is of many days. Steady and clear. It is the normal excellence, of long accomplishment.
— Jack Gilbert
...courage wasn’t something you were bequeathed at birth, and it wasn’t a lack of fright. It was overcoming your fear, because the ones you love mattered more.
— Jodi Picoult, Between the Lines
A champion, he said, wins a World Series or an Olympic and is hoisted on the shoulders of teammates and fans. A hero carries the people on his shoulders. Champions live for the moment- heroes, like Jackie Robinson, transcend time.
— Sharon Robinson, Jackie's Nine: Jackie Robinson's Values to Live By: Becoming Your Best Self
If you’re living in the present...you only have to deal with what’s actually going on in that moment.
— Sheri Van Dijk, Don't Let Your Emotions Run Your Life for Teens: Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills for Helping Teens Manage Mood Swings, Control Angry Outbursts, an
Elle, you have a pure heart. You possess love and compassion for your friends and for people you have never met. You have made a huge difference in the lives of fifteen widows and their children. Those children will now grow up safely and be able to provide opportunities for their own children and grandchildren someday. In the end, you will have made a difference in thousands of lives. That is no small feat.
— Peggy M. McAloon, Elle Burton and the Reflective Portals
When you are overwhelmed by your circumstances and it seems things are getting tougher, remember that God is still faithful and His faithfulness endures forever.
— Benjamin Suulola
When people tell you that you can’t live your way, don’t believe them.
— Louise Hayes, Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life for Teens: A Guide to Living an Extraordinary Life
Stay put and you will remain as such. Jump in and you might get wet. Dive and you might find true happiness.
— Carol Vorvain, When Dreams are Calling
As long you are still living, you can achieve far more than you could ever imagined
— Benjamin Suulola
Continue to be bold, courageous. Try to chose the wisest thing and once you’ve chosen the wisest thing go out and try to achieve it. Be it.
— Maya Angelou
One has to beckon the spiritual warrior inside oneself whenever it is deemed necessary for the task at hand. Courage is the fuel. Healing is the direction. Forgiveness is the balm. Love is the atmosphere Divine.
— Donna Goddard, The Love of Devotion
To be brave, you have to fight against something that scares you. That's the rule.
— C.M. Stunich, Craving Me, Desiring You
A mistake is the name we give to any action in which we perceive a difference between what we intended and what has occurred. Intention fuels every dramatic action, including the writing of dramatic stories, which involves a series of dramatic actions. In the course of writing, or finding, the story that wants to get itself told, it behooves the writer to liberate the characters by finding the faith and courage necessary for setting aside one’s own conscious needs and expectations. Not to do so promotes ‘mistakes’ - i.e: confusion born of some incoherence in the emotional logic of the story). As the writer abandons his/her intentions - no matter how noble they may seem - only then does that most strange and ineffable quality we so casually refer to as ‘the magic’ have a chance of entering the story, and rendering even the ‘mistakes’ stimulating, daring and provocative.
— Billy Marshall Stoneking
My fault, my failure, is not in the passions I have, but in my lack of control of them.
— Jack Kerouac
Be the flame, not the moth.
— Giacomo Casanova
Passion. It lies in all of us. Sleeping... waiting... and though unwanted, unbidden, it will stir... open its jaws and howl. It speaks to us... guides us. Passion rules us all. And we obey. What other choice do we have? Passion is the source of our finest moments. The joy of love... the clarity of hatred... the ecstasy of grief. It hurts sometimes more than we can bear. If we could live without passion, maybe we'd know some kind of peace. But we would be hollow. Empty rooms, shuttered and dank. Without passion, we'd be truly dead.
— Joss Whedon
I want to know what passion is. I want to feel something strongly.
— Aldous Huxley, Brave New World
A great fire burns within me, but no one stops to warm themselves at it, and passers-by only see a wisp of smoke
— Vincent van Gogh
Anyone who is observant, who discovers the person they have always dreamed of, knows that sexual energy comes into play before sex even takes place. The greatest pleasure isn't sex, but the passion with which it is practiced. When the passion is intense, then sex joins in to complete the dance, but it is never the principal aim.
— Paulo Coelho
I would rather die of passion than of boredom.
— Émile Zola, The Ladies' Paradise
Passion has little to do with euphoria and everything to do with patience. It is not about feeling good. It is about endurance. Like patience, passion comes from the same Latin root: pati. It does not mean to flow with exuberance. It means to suffer.
— Mark Z. Danielewski, House of Leaves
The letter had been crumpled up and tossed onto the grate. It had burned all around the edges, so the names at the top and bottom had gone up in smoke. But there was enough of the bold black scrawl to reveal that it had indeed been a love letter. And as Hannah read the singed and half-destroyed parchment, she was forced to turn away to hide the trembling of her
— Lisa Kleypas, A Wallflower Christmas
I'll always choose you." Yes that was the word. "Every single lifetime, I'll choose you. Just as you have always chosen me. Forever.
— Lauren Kate, Passion
Anger is just anger. It isn't good. It isn't bad. It just is. What you do with it is what matters. It's like anything else. You can use it to build or to destroy. You just have to make the choice."Constructive anger," the demon said, her voice dripping sarcasm. Also known as passion," I said quietly. "Passion has overthrown tyrants and freed prisoners and slaves. Passion has brought justice where there was savagery. Passion has created freedom where there was nothing but fear. Passion has helped souls rise from the ashes of their horrible lives and build something better, stronger, more beautiful.
— Jim Butcher, White Night
Nobody cares if you can't dance well. Just get up and dance. Great dancers are great because of their passion.
— Martha Graham
Always! That is a dreadful word. It makes me shudder when I hear it. Women are so fond of using it. They spoil every romance by trying to make it last forever. It is a meaningless word, too. The only difference between a caprice and a life-long passion is that the caprice lasts a little longer.
— Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray
There is scarcely any passion without struggle.
— Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays
and I wonder if Beethoven held his breaththe first time his fingers touched the keysthe same way a soldier holds his breaththe first time his finger clicks the trigger.We all have different reasons for forgetting to breathe.
— Andrea Gibson
Why am I covered in feathers?" I asked, confused. He exhaled impatiently. "I bit a pillow. Or two...
— Stephenie Meyer, Breaking Dawn
There are crimes of passion and crimes of logic. The boundary between them is not clearly defined.
— Albert Camus