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In life you’ll face difficulties that postpone some of your dreams. Regardless, life goes fast by reminding us youth is finite and old age is stable. So you mustn’t stop dreaming and running while your strength is yet tough.
— Darmie O-Lujon
You must seek the divinity within with all your heart, soul and mind.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
Passion, patient, perseverance and persistent are four keys to great achievements.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
I love to play the game of life.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
Negative habits eat you up. They’re the biggest roadblocks that prevent you from realising your fullest potential; and the very first step towards crafting real change is to become aware of all the destructive habits that squander you! An awareness of what needs to be improved, tackled, or abandoned will go a long way in restructuring your life. Make a list of all the lousy habits that you want to eliminate; and then roust them out of your life, before they chomp you up completely. Axe them, uproot them, throw them into the ocean and never look back.
— Manprit Kaur
The courage of one can change the course of all.
— Ogwo David Emenike
You should have hopes. Hopes to nourish the courage that helps get success in life.
— Girdhar Joshi, Some Mistakes Have No Pardon
A task is only difficulty, when we not find the best strategy to get it done.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
God isn't a place of fresh starts. He isn't a hideout. He is not a destination. He is not a clean break. He is not a cop out for indecision. He is not a straight line. He is a circle. He will take you back to whatever you ran from if he needs you to heal your scars and others. He is a God of justice and compassion. The greatest growth a soul can experience doesn't come from doing service to strangers that have no impact on your life. It comes from doing service to people that have hurt you or you have hurt them. To truly devote yourself to God is to travel down roads that are hard to revisit. However, he will keep taking you there, until you have healed yourself or others.
— Shannon L. Alder
The most important gift you can give your children is the importance of standing up to injustice. Children will remember moments spent with you. However, it isn't togetherness that creates humane parents and righteous kids. It is the example of integrity that a parent sets and the on going lessons they teach about compassion toward others throughout their lives. A good father or mother teaches their children that cruelty is not something you cause or ignore, rather it is the moment you suit up for war.
— Shannon L. Alder
Even if we have ourselves so fully convinced that we are on the right track because we desperately want to believe that the specific direction we have chosen is the "correct one", if the universe disagrees with our choices, it will not be shy in telling us so.
— Miya Yamanouchi
if you let tragedy change you, You have already lost.
— Nikki Rowe
Choosing the right people to surround you, and letting go of the wrong ones, takes courage.Be courageous!
— Tony Curl
There is no way to counterfeit courage
—  we either have it or we do not
Trust in God gives self-power.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
Imagination is an endless possibility.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
the taste of death does not comes from the recipe of cowardness
— Rishi Mishra
Run the race of life with all perseverance and endurance.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
In order to stay happy, You must learn from your wins and fails and accept all things that come your way as they are.
— Auliq Ice
Everyone has to start somewhere. So get out there and start.
— Auliq Ice
I want you to believe in yourself, and take chances, even if it is scary and even if you don't know what you are doing yet.
— Auliq Ice
Life is a personal race. Run the race of life with all endurance.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
Never undervalue who you are, and NEVER underestimate what you are capable of.
— Auliq Ice
Spiritual-self consist of self-confidence and self-power.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
Go forward and achieve your God-given goals.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
May God give you the courage to live a daring life.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
The taste of death cannot comes from the recipy of cowerdness.
— rishi_328
If you can endure, if you can persevere, if you can work and not grow weary, if you're both obsessed and talented, well, you might have a shot.
— Auliq Ice
Everybody's got their opinion on who they think you are or how strong or how weak you are, but at the end of the day all that matters is who you know you are, don't ever forget that.
— Tilicia Haridat
Who hurt you, once, so far beyond repairthat you would meet each overturewith curling lip?While we, who knew you well, your friends, (the focus of your scorn)could see your courage in the face of fear,your wit, and thoughtfulness, 	and will remember you with something close to love.
— Louise Penny, Bury Your Dead
Everything happens for a reason, and nothing is an accident. It is all part of a much larger divine plan,” Duke Silverthorne said gravely, but in a surprisingly kind voice. “When difficulties come, we must see them as what they are—opportunities and a new path to discover your potential. How will you ever know the magnitude of courage you are capable of if you have never experienced the hopelessness of fear?
— Farah Oomerbhoy, The Last of the Firedrakes
I had to stop running. I had to turn and face my life head on. It wasn’t enough being like everybody else; I had to be the best, and I was going to show everyone what I was truly made of. I was done with being a terrified princess, constantly waiting to be saved. I was going to be a queen, and, like Vivienne said, I had better start behaving like one. - (Aurora Firedrake)
— Farah Oomerbhoy, The Last of the Firedrakes
My name is CRPS, or so they say But I actually go by; a few different names. I was once called causalgia, nearly 150 years ago And then I had a new name It was RSD, apparently so. I went by that name because the burn lived inside of me.Now I am called CRPS, because I have so much to say I struggle to be free. I don't have one symptom and this is where I change, I attack the home of where I live; with shooting/burning pains. Depression fills the mind of the body I belong, it starts to speak harsh to self, negativity growing strong.Then I start to annoy them; with the issues with sensitivity, You'd think the pain enough; but no, it wants to make you aware of its trembling disability. I silently make my move; but the screams are loud and clear, Because I enter your physical reality and you can't disappear. I confuse your thoughts; I contain apart of your memory, I cover your perspective, the fog makes it sometimes unbearable to see. I play with your temperature levels, I make you nervous all the time - I take away your independance and take away your pride.I stay with you by the day & I remind you by the night, I am an awful journey and you will struggle with this fight. Then there's a side to me; not many understand, I have the ability to heal and you can be my friend. Help yourself find the strength to fight me with all you have, because eventually I'll get tired of making you grow mad. It will take some time; remember I mainly live inside your brain,Curing me is hard work but I promise you, You can beat me if you feed love to my pain. Find the strength to carry on and feed the fears with light; hold on to the seat because, like I said, it's going to be a fight. But I hope to meet you, when your healthy and healed, & you will silenty say to me - I did this, I am cured is this real? That day could possibly come; closer than I want- After all I am a disease and im fighting for my spot. I won't deny from my medical angle, I am close to losing the " incurable " battle.
— Nikki Rowe
But only a few have the will -- be it born of courage or recklessness, folly or sublime wisdom -- to act and, by their action, transform themselves. They will pay for their courage, of course; the world does not treat its "others" lightly. But so will the rest of us -- the ones who love them -- haunted as we are by our envy of their bright, burning beauty, which we can bear neither to look at nor to turn away from.
— Ed Tarkington
Finding one’s place in the world is never easy.Have courage and be true to who you are.Remember, those who dare to be different areOften the ones who change the world.
— Christopher Paolini
Are you too frightened to go any farther?" asked the silk-monkey, who found all this very easy, having four legs herself."I'm never afraid," answered Sniff. "But I think the view is better from here.
— Tove Jansson, Comet in Moominland
Never think twice, when you have decided once.
— Auliq Ice
True leadership can only be achieved when one looks within oneself and commits to authenticity. It gives us the courage to stand at the front and influence others to willingly follow; it gives us the courage to learn, inspire, demand the best and shape the future.
— Sameh Elsayed
When one achieves massive success, unenlightened minds say, "It's all about luck." But if you were to ask me, I would say, "It is the mighty reward of faith, confidence, courage, patience, relentlessness and resiliency.
The greatest force is the divine power within you.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
Standing up for your ethical principles takes courage. Courage is the ability to face danger, difficulty, uncertainty, or pain without being overcome by fear. When you see something happening in the workplace that just doesn’t seem right do you have the courage to stand-up and do something? What are you afraid of? Retribution, disapproval, your image, damaged relationships, or simply the unknown? Courage is about setting aside your fear and taking action for the good of yourself or someone else...approaching the person with whom you have a problem. This is NOT easy. Most of us don’t naturally confront people. To most of us, the courage to actually go up and talk face-to-face takes a superhuman Kristopher Kime level of courage. Your voice trembles, stomach hurts, beads of sweat roll down your face. It certainly FEELS like a life or death struggle. But remember, courage is about facing difficulty without being overcome by fear.
— Mark S. Putnam
As long as you invite faith, courage, and perseverance to become your daily companions, every test would inevitably mature into a testimony in your life.
Calling it as you see it, should include yourself as well.
— Tony Curl
If you dare, you will find strength to fulfil the dream.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
Even if someone is already dead in front of you, knock twice on the heart who knows they might answer.
— Auliq Ice
Whenever it comes to doing anything. Remember the part about having confidence.
— Auliq Ice
May you find grace to overcome self-doubt.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
It is better to dare than fear.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
Then -- they saw the Groke. Everybody saw her. She sat motionless on the sandy path at the bottom of the steps and stared at them with round, expressionless eyes.She was not particularly big and didn't look dangerous either, but your let that she was terribly evil and would wait for ever. And that was awful.Nobody plucked up enough courage to attack. She sat there for a while, and then slid away into the darkness. But where she had been sitting the ground was frozen!
— Tove Jansson, Finn Family Moomintroll
Have the courage to stand out and take few risks!
— Anuranjita Kumar, Can I have it all?
Fill your armoury with arrows of courage!
— Anuranjita Kumar, Can I have it all?
There's no magic potion to remove you from a tough situation than your own self conviction and no poison as dangerous as self doubt. In no one has done it so far, you could be the one showing the way!
— Anuranjita Kumar, Can I have it all?
If you don't speak then you are not heard, and if you are not heard then you don't really exist
— Anuranjita Kumar, Can I have it all?
Life is a game of chance. You ought to play the game.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
Not one adventure in a whole day," said Sniff, who was taking his turn at steering now the current was slower. "Just grey banks and grey banks, and not even an adventure.""I think it's very adventurous to float down a winding river," said Moomintroll. "You never know what you'll meet round the next corner. You always want adventures, Sniff, and when they come you're so frightened you don't know what to do.""Well, I'm not a lion," said Sniff reproachfully. "I like small adventures. Just the right size.
— Tove Jansson, Comet in Moominland
Life is not about living the safer option. Life is about living a life worth living.
— Robert Thier, Storm and Silence
How simple it is to acknowledge that all the worry in the world could not control the future. How simple it is to see that we can only be happy now, and that there will never be a time when it is not now.
— Jonathan Harnisch, Jonathan Harnisch: An Alibiography
Courage is not always big and bright and loud; sometimes it's as silent and small as true words, a smile when you'd rather weep, or getting up every day and living with quiet dignity while all around you life rages. You cannot truly love, live or exist without courage. Without it you are simply biding time until you die.
— Wendy Mills, Positively Beautiful
Reality is a dream that someone was brave enough to conquer.
— Shannon L. Alder
Delusional or not, maybe if I believe in a better world with enough conviction, and convince others to believe it as well, then it will be real.
— Emilyann Girdner, The Labyrinth Wall
Make up your minds that happiness depends on being free, and freedom depends on being courageous.
— Pericles, The Funeral Oration of Pericles
One must be careful not to allow himself fall into the trap of hero worship; we are to take counsel from men, emulate their courage, and godliness, but we are not allowed to worship them. Heroes are men, and men make mistakes.
— Paul Bamikole
You are stronger than you think. I have weathered many storms, tragedies, and heartaches in my life–and here I am still standing. Here you are still standing. Joy is right around the corner you just have to change your focus and look for it. And that can be rough. Rough roads can be unbearable, but you can walk them. Sometimes when you come to the end of yourself–give yourself a chance to dig in deeper. Look for the good, and you’ll find strength you never knew you had.
— Michelle Muriel
You have to conquer every obstacle to realize the goal.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
I thought I knew not only her habits but also her limits. This display of ferocity, of savage courage, made me realize that I was wrong. All my life I had known only a part of her.
— Yann Martel, Life of Pi
Self-discipline, self-realization and self-reliance.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
When life throws trials and tribulations towards you, shield your destiny with courage, faith and perseverance.
It was amazing to think that she'd always had it wrong, imagining that they were the weak ones, the ones who took their chance. No. The weakest are those who stay put and call it sacrifice, call it not having a choice.
— Sunjeev Sahota
One way to disperse fear and create decision was to consider the worst possible outcome of one's actions.
— Robin Hobb, The Mad Ship
Confrontation was the stuff of daily life.
— T.J. Stiles, The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt
Dance with your rhythm.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
Some of you may not like what I had to say, but these are the things that I’ve noticed and believe should be said.
— Auliq Ice
They may not like what you have to say, but it is better to express how you feel.
— Auliq Ice
I am the interpretation of the prophetI am the artist in the coffinI am the brave flag stained with bloodI am the wounds overcomeI am the dream refusing to sleepI am the bare-breasted voice of libertyI am the comic the insult and the laughI am the right the middle and the leftI am the poached eggs in the skyI am the Parisian streets at nightI am the dance that swings till dawnI am the grass on the greener lawnI am the respectful neighbour and the graceful manI am the encouraging smile and the helping handI am the straight back and the lifted chinI am the tender heart and the will to winI am the rainbow in rainI am the human who won’t die in vainI am Athena of Greek mythologyI am the religion that praises equalityI am the woman of stealth and affectionI am the man of value and compassionI am the wild horse ploughing throughI am the shoulder to lean ontoI am the Muslim the Jew and the ChristianI am the Dane the French and the PalestinianI am the straight the square and the roundI am the white the black and the brownI am the free speech and the free pressI am the freedom to expressI will die for my right to be all the above here mentionedAnd should threat encounter I’ll pull my pencil
— Mie Hansson, Where Pain Thrives
Do not judge a woman on her knees_you never know how tall she is when she stands!
— Mie Hansson, Where Pain Thrives
I ain’t scared to lend a handI ain’t scared to clench it either
— Mie Hansson, Where Pain Thrives
Face your fears and you will be able to conquer them.
— Bohdi Sanders, Modern Bushido: Living a Life of Excellence
Action gives a decision power and finality.
— Innocent Mwatsikesimbe, The Reason
True courage consists in being courageous precisely when when we're not.
— Jules Renard
Our muddy machine gun pits were transformed into Courage Clubs when bombs fell or Japanese warships pounded us from the sea. There was protocol to be observed, too, and it was natural that the poor fellow who might break into momentary terror should cause pained silence and embarrassed coughs. Everyone looked the other way, like millionaires confronted by the horrifying sight of a club member borrowing five dollars from the waiter.
— Robert Leckie
Brainwashing, thought Mrs. Pollifax contemptuously, and suddenly realized that she was not afraid. She had endured other crises without losing her dignity--births, widowhood, illnesses--and she was experienced enough to know now that everything worthwhile took time and loneliness, perhaps even one's death as well.
— Dorothy Gilman
Take one more step because it might be the last one needed.
— Innocent Mwatsikesimbe, The Reason
Better light a candle than curse the darkness.
— Confucius possibly
Awake my great strength.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
The less courage you have, the more dwarf you shall be; the more courage you have, the more giant you shall be!
— Mehmet Murat ildan
To be fearless you must fear less
— TemitOpe Ibrahim
Relationships: It takes wisdom to know when to turn the page and courage to know when to close the book.
— Steve Maraboli
Life is a fairytale of courage, fear, failure, persistence and triumph.
— Debasish Mridha
Be strong and courageous. You can achieve your goal.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
Doing nothing was as honourable as any available course of action. Think of Hamlet, think of Job, think of Jesus before Pilate.
— Johnny Rich, The Human Script
Conquer fear and you have conquered all.
— TemitOpe Ibrahim
If you must catch, you must not fear what is being thrown.
— TemitOpe Ibrahim
You have to want your dream enough to pursuit it.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
The secret is in listening to our own inner voice.
— Holly Elissa Bruno, The Comfort of Little Things: An Educator's Guide to Second Chances
Can a man still be brave if he’s afraid?”“That is the only time a man can be brave,
— George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
To be young means to be original, to have remained nearer to the sources of life: it means to be able to stand up and shake off the fetters of an outlived civilization, to dare -- where others lack the courage-- to plunge again into the elemental.
— Thomas Mann, Doctor Faustus
Go forward and conquer any mountain on your path.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
I do not subscribe to the abuse "victim" or "survivor" labelling mentality. I have experienced every kind of abuse imaginable and I am and always have been the most happy-go-lucky, positive and life affirming person around. Your labels do not serve you, so don't use them as an excuse to be miserable. You have a beautiful life to live, so accept the beauty and start living.
— Miya Yamanouchi, Embrace Your Sexual Self: A Practical Guide for Women
When you see an obstacle approaching, grab your courage and speed up.
— Angela Lynne Craig, Pivot Leadership: Small Steps...Big Change
Courage comes from knowing that fear is a false perception.
— Debasish Mridha
He penned a letter to the Company in London, a letter whose unfailing spirit would become legendary among the sailors of the East India Company. 'I cannot tell where you should looke for me.' he wrote, 'because I live at the devotion of the winds and seas.'  (Written by/about Captain James Lancaster, on the ship Red Dragon, during a terrible storm, 1603)
— Giles Milton, Nathaniel's Nutmeg: How One Man's Courage Changed the Course of History
For whether a place is a heaven or a hell rests in yourself, and those who go with courage may find themselves in paradise.
— Eva Ibbotson
Worry has never solved a problem.
— Stefan Emunds
It is the possibility of the dream, which quickens my spirit to take action.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
So often we quit on the first failure. We must persistent long enough to achieve success.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
Go forward and accomplish your God-given goals.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
Failure is not defeat. It is the start of lifelong learning adventure.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
Children are gentle and heed. Adults are tough and seize. Wise men and women have the strength and flexibility to do what's right.
— Stefan Emunds
Pursue your dreams. You will be amazed about what you can achieve it.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
I am born to win.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
And there was something else that came through loud and clear. Something I saw in Leonard’s eyes sometimes when he was remembering those times. Whether they openly share their experiences with us, or keep them buried deep inside, these men all have a profound and overriding sense of pride that they accepted the challenge and they did the difficult and dirty job that absolutely had to be done.
— Craig Siegel, Righteous Might: One Man's Journey Through War in the Pacific
It's scary to make friends, it's scarier to stand up for a friend, but it's scariest to not be a friend for fear will be your only company.
— Justine Hail, The Secret Story of Shy Shelly
They say, "Look before you leap." So look. But do not look for too long. Do not look into the void of uncertainty trying to predict each and every possible outcome, to evaluate every possible mistake, to prevent each possible failure. Look for the opportunity to leap, and leap faster than your fear can grab you. Leap before you talk yourself out of it, before you convince yourself to set up a temporary camp that turns into a permanent delay on your journey into your own heart.
— Vironika Tugaleva
Letting go of people doesn’t mean you never loved them. Sometimes, it is the greatest act of love because it teaches them to be accountable for how they treat people who care. Maybe, not now, but years from now, they will look back and realize that kindness is more than yelling casual suggestions to a person that is drowning in their sea of apathy.
— Shannon L. Alder
Rise up oh heart, for there is another battle to win.
— T.A. Cline
I am a strong woman, I can endure it all.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
... an utterly fearless man is a far more dangerous comrade than a coward.
— Herman Melville, Moby-Dick or, The Whale
You are a leader when your actions encourage someone to reveal himself with hope, courage, confidence and trust.
— Debasish Mridha
Now all these virtues mean one thing, and that is bravery. A Sioux boy was taught to be brave always. It was not sufficient to be brave enough to go to war. He must be brave enough to make personal sacrifices and to think little of personal gain. To be brave was the supreme test of a Sioux boy, and this bravery might receive a greater test in times of peace than in times of war.
— Luther Standing Bear, My Indian Boyhood
Our experiences always teach us something. If the experience is "bad", then the lesson is even more powerful and meaningful. Every unfortunate incident makes us stronger and better equipped to handle new challenges.
— Miya Yamanouchi, Embrace Your Sexual Self: A Practical Guide for Women
When someone is walking beside us, we have more courage to walk into the unknown and to risk the dark and messy places in our journey.
— Karen Kimsey-House, Co-Active Leadership: Five Ways to Lead
Instead of complaining about your situation, actually do something about it. Playing "poor me" just ain't sexy.
— Miya Yamanouchi, Embrace Your Sexual Self: A Practical Guide for Women
I would rather be the person who steps in front of a whole gang to defend someone and gets beaten up for it than the person who watches from a safe hiding. There were times I hid, and I think the shame hurts more than the bruises would have.
— Jonathan Renshaw, Dawn of Wonder
... the most reliable and useful courage was that which arises from the fair estimation of the encountered peril,
— Herman Melville, Moby-Dick or, The Whale
If I rise up again against the foe, dare I stand alone?
— T.A. Cline, Archomai
It is not the path that you have trouble finding. You knew your path since your first daydream. It's courage you're searching for - courage to trust yourself and stop searching for a travel partner who knows better than you where to go. And courage is only built in action.
— Vironika Tugaleva
Don't quench the courageous spirit you begun with
—  you'll still need it when the going gets tough and all things seem impossible on your journey!
There is no future in the past. Any tour into the past is perhaps courage to live at the average level as you did; old and cold, blind and blunt! Come out! Out of the past and change position. You matter, your future matters
— Israelmore Ayivor, Daily Drive 365
Arise in the power of might.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
Nothing belonged to her. She had no home. With no home and no place and now freedom coming to her, she felt an unusual surge of courage.
— Michelle Athy, Pearl: An Historical Novella
Every great story begins with a very courageous step into the land of the unknown.
Flag up your courage high and your fears will salute it in humility. Your fears are like walls without foundations
—  they are afraid to go down and hence pretend to be strong! Exercise Courage!
Whenever you hear yourself or others telling you you cannot do something, do that particular something, and notice how quickly everyone shuts the hell up.
— Miya Yamanouchi
Prove yourself and others wrong everyday by redefining who you THINK you are, through performing actions you would normally deem impossible or uncharacteristic of you.
— Miya Yamanouchi
Penny was a very pretty, witty and brave girl, as bold as a Marine platoon storming Iwo Jima.
— John C. Wright
Courage lays within easy reach of a child who knows nothing of how easily understanding can unravel, leaving a set of rules that apply to nothing, and an empty heart.
— Sonja Yoerg, The Middle of Somewhere
The tears and the pain all but blinding her, she forced open her eyes one more time, to a curtain of dark hair; to a waterfall of black ink spilling across the last page of her life. No. I’m not nothing. I was loved.
— Renee Ahdieh, The Wrath and the Dawn
Family and friends become oppressors the moment they teach you that loyalty is more important than what is done to people outside your social circle. What they are really saying is this: Save yourself because God is more interested in an intact family or social circle that looks righteous, rather than you being a person of integrity that has compassion for others. It is this absurdity that teaches the wrong version of God and creates the next generation of "me" centered individuals.
— Shannon L. Alder
You feed your fears to grow muscles against you when you run away from what frightens you. Little do you know that it’s frightened when you face it boldly!
— Israelmore Ayivor, Daily Drive 365
Let you limitation fuel your determination to work on your strengths.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
Life will either shrink or expand based on your decision to have courage.
— Shannon L. Alder
Courage is the willingness to act in spite of fear.
— Michael Hyatt
Courage uncovers strength, grace reveals beauty, vulnerability expresses humility, inner peace reflects contentment
— Millen Livis
Have courage to go your own way and fulfil the dreams that are unique and important to you.
— Fennel Hudson, A Meaningful Life - Fennel's Journal - No. 1
We were born to be free, to expand our horizons by going where we have never gone before, and not to hang out in the relative comfort and safety of the nest, the known. There is a place within us that is courageous beyond our human understanding; it yearns to explore beyond the boundaries of our daily life.
— Dennis Merritt Jones
Remember, there are cookies waiting here for you.
— Dean Koontz, Deeply Odd
Courage provides you with two qualities
—  the capability to begin something and the ability to endure it to the end! Let no one stop you from sparking your life with courage!
May you find renewed energy, courage and hope to pursue new adventures.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
Acknowledge your fear, odd one. Fearlessness is for the insane and the arrogant. You are neither. Those who rely on you for their lives will be well served only if you fear what you should fear. You are a unique soul, a child of grace, but you can still fail yourself and others.
— Dean Koontz, Deeply Odd
There’s merit in being different, inspiration in being individual, courage in being unique, and freedom in being yourself.
— Fennel Hudson, A Waterside Year - Fennel's Journal - No. 2
If an eighty-six-year-old woman has been clear-seeing from a young age, she will have gone through a lot of life developing a keen eye for snares and pitfalls, an ear for deceit, and a good nose for knavery. And by such an age, a smart woman with no illusions is one to whom courage comes far more readily than it does to those young people who don't yet know the world for what it is.
— Dean Koontz, Deeply Odd
The Naga laughed softly, 'There's a thin line that separates courage from stupidity.''And that line is only visible in retrospect, my friend. If I'm successful, people will call me brave. If I fail, I will be called foolish. Let ,me do what I think is right. I'll leave the verdict to the future.
— Amish Tripathi, Scion of Ikshvaku
Blood has an oder faint but distinct, of conceit and modesty, of courage and cowardice, of charity and greed, of faith and doubt, in short the fragrance of what we might have been and the smell of what we are...
— Dean Koontz, Deeply Odd
If we were to excavate the deepest recesses of our consciousness, we would discover many beliefs about ourselves that are simply not true and that may never have been true. Yet we live from these beliefs as if they were true because we have never identified them clearly enough to question them, to challenge them.
— Dennis Merritt Jones, Your Redefining Moments: Becoming Who You Were Born to Be
People might consider you eccentric for being different, but this is good. Leaders and visionaries are not conformists afraid of standing out.
— Fennel Hudson, A Meaningful Life - Fennel's Journal - No. 1
Daring life, optimistic living.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
If we were to excavate the deepest recesses of our consciousness, we would discover many beliefs about ourselves that are simply not true and that may never have been true...We may have defined ourselves in a limiting way based on our history and the opinion of others...and we stay stuck there because we fail to recognize there is a door right in front of us providing another opportunity to redefine who we are today.
— Dennis Merritt Jones, Your Redefining Moments: Becoming Who You Were Born to Be
Do all the work you can, there is enough rest in the grave.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
The way to fight fear is to do what you are afraid of. And the way to fight pain is to live with it, with an open heart.
— Auliq Ice
Empaths did not come into this world to be victims, we came to be warriors. Be brave. Stay strong. We need all hands on deck.
— Anthon St. Maarten
You'll need courage because polyamorous relationships can be scary. Loving other people without a script is scary. Allowing the people you love to make their own choices without controlling them is scary. The kind of courage we're talking about involves being willing to let go of guarantees - and love and trust your partners anyway.
— Franklin Veaux, More Than Two: A Practical Guide to Ethical Polyamory
It takes a hell of a lot of courage to walk into your own story, but to be the hero of your own life you have to rescue yourself.
— Shannon L. Alder
As long as we don't get turned into something that looks more like high school, more like everybody else and less like us, I'll be okay.
— Adi Alsaid, Never Always Sometimes
When the expected occurred, never panic, by keep calming, you gain control over the situation.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
Growing up, I always had a soldier mentality. As a kid I wanted to be a soldier, a fighter pilot, a covert agent, professions that require a great deal of bravery and risk and putting oneself in grave danger in order to complete the mission. Even though I did not become all those things, and unless my predisposition, in its youngest years, already had me leaning towards them, the interest that was there still shaped my philosophies. To this day I honor risk and sacrifice for the good of others - my views on life and love are heavily influenced by this.
— Criss Jami, Healology
The will to dare, the power to act.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
A dangerous and treacherous path is only worth it when the desire to have courage outweighs the driving need to get to the other side.
— Solange nicole
When you notice yourself desperately trying to think of an excuse to avoid a new experience out of FEAR, ANXIETY or INSECURITY, make the decision to say: "sure, I'll do it" , and see how your life improves.
— Miya Yamanouchi, Embrace Your Sexual Self: A Practical Guide for Women
I saw leaving any situation where I was treated with disrespect as evidence of my courage. I wanted my daughters to learn that lesson of worth from me.
— Carine McCandless, The Wild Truth
Never look down upon yourself. You are special with special gift.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
If you fall, rise up, shake off the dust and try again.
— Gladys Bejani
Free and fearless courage comes from time spent with Jesus.
— Katy Kauffman, Faith, Courage, and Victory
There are many paths to the truth. We need only the courage to tread our own path, no one else's.
— Narissa Doumani, A Spacious Life: Memoir of a Meditator
... the courage of one's opinions is always a form of calculating cowardice in the eyes of the 'other side'...
— Marcel Proust, Swann's Way
The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances."— Aristotle
— Aristotle
Turn over the rudder in God's name, and sail with the wind heaven sends us.
— Catherine of Siena
The Art of Living is to be yourself. It is to be true to yourself. The Art of Living is learning to live with love, awareness and truth. Meditation is the way to learn The Art of Living. Being is you. To discover your being is the beginning of life.You can live in two ways:1. Ego - effort and desire and 2.Being - no-effort, being in a let go with existence. Religion is The Art of Living.Five keys to The Art of Living: 1. Be life-affirmative. Life is synonymous with God.Live with reverence, great respect and gratitude for life. Feel thankful and prayerful. 2. Make life an heartful, aesthetic experience.Become more sensitive, sensuous and creative - and you will become more spiritual.3.Experience life in all possible ways.Experience all dualities and polarities of life: good/bad, bitter/sweet, summer/winter, happiness/sadness and life/death.Do not be afraid of experience, because the more experiences you have, the more spiritually mature you become. 4. Live in the present.Forget the past and the future - this moment is the only reality.This moment has to become your whole love, life and death.5.Live courageously.Do not become too result-oriented, because result-oriented people miss life. Do not think of goals, because goals are in the future - and life is in the moment, in the here and now.
— Swami Dhyan Giten
Thank you for the pain. At least I am no longer afraid to face it next time.
— RSCruz
You have the courage and will to overcome your fear and do what's required.
— Henry H. Neff, The Maelstrom
What's the face of a coward? The back of his head as he runs from the battle
— Francis Underwood (Kevin Spacey)
Hang on! God will be thy strength in any act of your pursuit.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
Stress is a thought, a perception of fear, it will melt away if welet our thoughts change with courage.
— Debasish Mridha
It takes tremendous courage to change and grow up to be what we want to be.
— Debasish Mridha
Never give your enemies a reason to celebrate your lack of courage.
Your plans and goals don’t scare the devil in anyway. Your courage to pursue your plans and goals always keeps him on the run. Be bold to make it happen!
— Israelmore Ayivor, Leaders' Watchwords
There is nothing in the world so much admired as a man who knows how to bear unhappiness with courage."— Seneca
— Seneca, Seneca: Das große Buch vom glücklichen Leben - Gesammelte Werke
When you are in trouble, you need to put all your energies into thinking that there is a way out. Then, the bottom, the dark hole, becomes just a springboard from which you can leap so high that your head might hit a cloud.
— Fatema Mernissi
Courage is making an unpopular decision and suffering through temporary discomfort because you know it will have the best long-term results.
— Andrena Sawyer
Sometimes doing the right thing does take more courage, but the feeling it gives you deep inside makes it worth it.
— V.C. Andrews, Pearl in the Mist
I have met many Masters and most have an abundance of flaws and social failings. However, the one thing that separates them from the rest of us is their fearless ability to walk their own path regardless of the opinions of others.
— Gary   Hopkins
Missional leaders not only feel the burden of God's mission but they also act on the burden and act upon it sacrificially. Leading a missional church is not for the faint of heart. It takes courage to push yourself beyond your comfort zone and to lead the church beyond it personal limits. Brokenness, inner turmoil and sacrifice will always be part of the missional leader's life.
— Gary Rohrmayer, Next Steps For Leading a Missional Church
Cheer up and give them out there a good reason to be happy.
— Diane Samuels, Kindertransport: A Drama
Lack of courage is what makes big dreams to sit in the ink of the paper instead of them running in the shoes of actions. Without courage, you remain a dreamer!
— Israelmore Ayivor, Leaders' Watchwords
Very few people have the nerve to grab their dreams. Most that you meet will be half-images or carbon copies of who they really want to be.
— Sai Marie Johnson
Leading a missional church is not for the faint of heart. It takes courage to push yourself beyond your comfort zone and to lead the church beyond it personal limits.
— Gary Rohrmayer, Next Steps For Leading a Missional Church
A life without integrity, faith, courage and a positive purpose, is an unnecessary gamble with no positive possibility.
God gave us the access, but we need to exercise courage to have it. No one lacks the access, but it’s only few that have the courage to grab it!
— Israelmore Ayivor, Leaders' Watchwords
Denial is fear gone delusional. Acceptance is fear given to God. Engaging is fear overruled by God. Victory is fear banished by God.
— Craig D. Lounsbrough, An Autumn's Journey: Deep Growth in the Grief and Loss of Life's Seasons
i had to test your courage,” the stranger said.“courage is the quality most essential to understand the Language of the World.”..“you must not let up, even after having come so far,” he continued. “you must love the desert, but never trust it completely. because the desert tests all men: it challenges every step, and kills those who become distracted.
— Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
You have to have more than hope to get what you want in life.
— Shannon L. Alder
Our long wanderings have made a man out of him, too. They have not only strengthened his frame and hardened his constitution, but they have given stability to his character. He is thoughtful and prudent, and his advice will always be valuable, while of his courage I have no doubt.
— G.A. Henty
Be thankful to those who refuse to help you, for they force you to summon upon your warrior within.
— Miya Yamanouchi, Embrace Your Sexual Self: A Practical Guide for Women
Often what feels like the end of the world is really a challenging pathway to a far better place.
— Karen Salmansohn
Courage is feeling justly afraid and yet still doing what is right.
— Shannon Hale, The Forgotten Sisters
Settling is not a destination, rather a vacation rental staring at an endless sea that dares you to cross its waves.
— Shannon L. Alder
I stopped remembering the past and started visualising my future, the only thing left I could hold onto was hope; that the courage I have found along the way, is what will see me through.
— Nikki Rowe
Courage is not fearlessness.
— Shannon Hale, The Forgotten Sisters
Courage is a hard thing to figure. You can have courage based on a dumb idea or mistake, but you're not supposed to question adults, or your coach or your teacher, because they make the rules. Maybe they know best, but maybe they don't. It all depends on who you are, where you come from. Didn't at least one of the six hundred guys think about giving up, and joining with the other side? I mean, valley of death that's pretty salty stuff. That's why courage it's tricky. Should you always do what others tell you to do? Sometimes you might not even know why you're doing something. I mean any fool can have courage. But honor, that's the real reason for you either do something or you don't. It's who you are and maybe who you want to be. If you die trying for something important, then you have both honor and courage, and that's pretty good. I think that's what the writer was saying, that you should hope for courage and try for honor. And maybe even pray that the people telling you what to do have some, too.
— Michael Oher, I Beat the Odds: From Homelessness, to The Blind Side, and Beyond
When fear no longer takes hold, the possibilities are endless.
— Tom Althouse, The Frowny Face Cow
It takes great courage to accept the constant changes of the emotions within ourselves, and even more audacity to express them whenever they occur and without filter or delay.
— Nityananda Das, Divine Union
Always protect your heart with unconditional self-love, faith and courage.
The beach was empty and dark but she couldn't hear her fear over the call of the surf.
— Lori Lansens, The Wife's Tale
I wish Merry was here," he heard himself saying, and quick thoughts raced through his mind, even as he watched the enemy come charging to the assault. "Well, well, now at any rate I understand poor Denethor a little better. We might die together, Merry and I, and since die we must, why not? Well, as he is not here, I hope he'll find an easier end. But now I must do my best.
— J.R.R. Tolkien
To share our independence, to me, is synonym with “maturity”. Maturity means the combination of courage—to do something—and consideration—to stop doing that when it’s required. Kind of like the gas and brake in a vehicle.“To depend on Love isn’t the same as to depend on a single person to feel that connection towards Love. The more Love that flows through any given relationship, the more love that can flow towards other relationships, in contrast, a lack of Love in a relationship calls us to look out for anything else that could make us feel connected, feel accepted.“Most people aren’t ready for the kind of commitment and dedication required to ‘merge’ in someone else while retaining their individuality, and after a very short time, they feel suffocated and abandon such relationship.“In order to identify when we are receiving this energy from a particular—limited—individual, or when it is coming from Source, the Love that flows from Source is unlimited and increases constantly, whilst the other one needs constant recharge to continue to function. It’s as clear as the difference between sunlight and a torchlight.
— Nityananda Das
When you have nothing to hide you have nothing to fear.
— Mason Marcucci
I don't feel as strong today as I do on other days, but I know Your strength will prevail in my weakness. The enemy is always trying to fill me with fear and doubt and make me abandon this mission. Help me ignore the lies and have courage to go on each day
— Molly Evangeline, Courage
Life is filled with opportunities. Be courageous and fulfill your destiny. You were created for a purpose and once you realize your potential, you become unstoppable. Let no one get in the way of you pursuing your dreams.
— Amaka Imani Nkosazana, Sweet Destiny
Your past history is NOT an excuse.
— Miya Yamanouchi, Embrace Your Sexual Self: A Practical Guide for Women
It takes courage to do aid work but it takes bravery to put your thoughts and experiences out in front of the world.
— Kelsey Hoppe, Chasing Misery: an anthology of essays by women in humanitarian responses
Greatness emanates through endurance and triumph over the difficulties in life.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
In you lies the courage and perseverance to endure and conquer any battle. But the question is, are your frequent thoughts cheering for your victory or constantly focusing on your weaknesses?
The courageous attitudes of leaders ramble around coward followers and sooner or later, they become courageous too!
— Israelmore Ayivor, Leaders' Watchwords
A bold attitude is what true leaders use to crash down failure before they venture with their visions!
— Israelmore Ayivor, Leaders' Watchwords
A new day is a new beginning,a new life to live!
— Phil Mitchell, A Bright New Morning: An American Story
Don't try to be brave all at once. Take it in steps.
— C. Kennedy, Slaying Isidore's Dragons
Money isn't the solution to your problems. It only lets you carry your unhappiness around in style.
— Shannon L. Alder
If you want to be happy you have to study people who are happy. You have to hang out with people that are happy. Life won't go in the direction you want, by simply trying to stay positive in a life you're not happy with. You have to know what you want and why you truly want it so badly. When you figure that out then you need to change your current identity, in order to fit the type of person you envision would make those dreams come true. Happiness is not reliant on the actions or inactions of other people. It is your “courage in motion” toward your dreams.
— Shannon L. Alder
Do not settle for labels that presume you will never heal. Believe in yourself. Find a tribe who understands and believes in you too. Don't ever give up.
— Vironika Tugaleva
Strong enough to make holes in the rock are tiny drops of water that persist to fall. Persistence is the attitude that breaks down mountains one rock at a time!
— Israelmore Ayivor, Leaders' Watchwords
God doesn't hand you an easy life because you will grow in it. He hands you a dream with hurdles, obstacles, setbacks, battles and challenges because he knows the real you is at the finishing line.
— Shannon L. Alder