Quotes about courage
courage disappointment past
That's what courage is. Taking your disappointments and your failures, your guilt and your shame, all the wounds received and inflicted, and sinking them in the past. Starting again. Damning yesterday and facing tomorrow with your head held high. Times change. It's those that see it coming, and plan for it, and change themselves to suit, that prosper. Joe Abercrombie
courage tree risk
What is more mortifying than to feel that you have missed the plum for want of courage to shake the tree? Logan Pearsall Smith
courage rain blue
Capture of Nanking Rain and a windstorm rage blue and yellow over Chung the bell mountain as a million peerless troops cross the Great River. The peak is a coiled dragon, the city a crouching tiger more dazzling than before. The sky is spinning and the earth upside down. We are elated yet we must use our courage to chase the hopeless enemy. We must not stoop to fame like the overlord Hsiang Yu. If heaven has feeling it will grow old and watch our seas turn into mulberry fields. Mao Zedong
courage alive telling-stories
Stories make us more alive, more human, more courageous, more loving. Madeleine L'Engle
courage thinking bravery
We have to be braver than we think we can be, because God is constantly calling us to be more than we are.
courage men brave
Any danger spot is tenable if men, brave men, will make it so. John F. Kennedy
courage men forget
For without belittling the courage with which men have died, we should not forget those acts of courage with which men have lived.
courage bravery battle
Moral courage is more a rare commodity than bravery in a battle or great intelligence.
courage inspiration loss
In whatever area in life one may meet the challenges of courage, whatever may be the sacrifices he faces if he follows his conscience - the loss of his friends, his fortune, his contentment, even the esteem of his fellow men - each man must decide for himself the course he will follow. The stories of past courage can define that ingredient - they can teach, they can offer hope, they can provide inspiration. But they cannot supply courage itself. For this each man must look into his own soul.
courage struggle sunshine
What really counts is not the immediate act of courage or of valor, but those who bear the struggle day in and day out - not the sunshine patriots but those who are willing to stand for a long period of time.
courage truth integrity
And when at some future date the high court of history sits in judgment on each of us, recording whether in our brief span of service we fulfilled our responsibilities to the state, our success or failure, in whatever office we hold, will be measured by the answers to four questions: First, were we truly men of courage... Second, were we truly men of judgment... Third, were we truly men of integrity... Finally, were we truly men of dedication?-
courage opportunity magic
To be courageous requires no exceptional qualifications, no magic formula, no special combination of time, place, and circumstance. It is an opportunity that sooner or later is presented to us all.
courage two life-and-death
I looked more widely around me, I studied the lives of the masses of humanity, and I saw that, not two or three, or ten, but hundreds, thousands, millions, had so understood the meaning of life that they were able both to live and to die. All these people were well acquainted with the meaning of life and death, quietly labored, endured privation and suffering, lived and died, and saw in all this, not a vain, but a good thing. Leo Tolstoy
courage classroom immersion
A total immersion in life offers the best classroom for learning to love. Leo Buscaglia
courage risk suffering
The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, is nothing, and becomes nothing. He may avoid suffering and sorrow, but he simply cannot learn, feel, change, grow or love. Chained by his certitude, he is a slave; he has forfeited his freedom. Only the person who risks is truly free.
courage bullying thinking
In fact, my courage and my bravery at a young age was the thing I was bullied for, a kind of 'Who do you think you are?' Lady Gaga
courage voice brave
I'm very brave generally,' he went on in a low voice: 'only today I happen to have a headache.' (Tweedledum) Lewis Carroll
courage thinking two
I'm not intimidated by anyone. Everyone is made with two arms, two legs, a stomach and a head. Just think about that. Josephine Baker
courage whistling being-afraid
Whistling to keep myself from being afraid. John Dryden
courage military sacrifice
Throughout the history of our young nation, we have seen our military go bravely into battle, armed with courage and willing to make the ultimate sacrifice. John M. McHugh
courage fear prayer
Courage is fear that has said its prayers and decided to go forward anyway. Joyce Meyer
courage cheer-up army
Facing it, always facing it, that's the way to get through. Face it. Joseph Conrad
courage good-life angel
Courage is an angel which makes the difference between a good life and a great life. Kate Reed
courage bravery taught
Before I knew you, I thought brave was not being afraid. You've taught me that bravery is being terrified and doing it anyway. Laurell K. Hamilton
courage honesty integrity
Integrity is the core of our character. L. Lionel Kendrick
courage men benefits
Washington is a place where men praise courage and act on elaborate personal cost-benefit calculations. John Kenneth Galbraith
courage disappointment believe
[Intellectual courage is] the quality that allows one to believe in one's judgement in the face of disappointment and widespread skepticism. Intellectual courage is even rarer than physical courage. John Charles Polanyi
courage honorable wells
The most honorable, as well as the safest course, is to rely entirely upon valour. Livy
courage hands nerves
nerve, not talent, is the one necessary and sufficient trait for success. (Wouldn't it be ideal if it were talent? But talent with no nerve is like the sound of one hand clapping. Lynda Obst
courage grateful grateful-to-god
I'm grateful to God for His bountiful gifts... He gave me courage and faith in myself. Loretta Young
courage simple may
These rules may seem simple enough, but it will require great morale and physical courage to adhere to them. But if carried out in the strict sense of the word it will surely lead to a greater success than could otherwise be attained. Major Taylor
courage war evil
War is an unmitigated evil. But it certainly does one good thing. It drives away fear and brings bravery to the surface. Mahatma Gandhi
courage peace bravery
Let us all be brave enough to die the death of a martyr, but let no one lust for martyrdom.