Quotes About Fearlessness

When it crosses my mind to do something, I don't ask why, I ask why not. And usually there's no reason not to, so I just go ahead." He paused, then added,

And this is what it means to be able to see yourself as a sinner: far from "seeing yourself as a sinner" being some sort of moralistic demand that you browbeat yourself and come up with a list of alleged failings, being able to see yourself as a sinner is merely the sign that you are able to hold yourself peacefully and realistically as being who you are, non-defensively, because you know yourself loved. You are no longer frightened of being seen to be, or actually being, a failure.

A nation will not be moved by timid methods.

Without predators, people who can think the unthinkable, and act without fear or hesitation, the world stands still. You are an evolutionary necessity.

I've never wanted a quiet life.

Já que é preciso aceitar a vida, que seja então corajosamente

Though you thrust a knife at my eyes, I will not flinch.

The brave man wants no charms to encourage him to his duty, and the good man scorns all warnings that would deter him from fulfilling it.

But it's been a wonderful change. I've found myself. I am stronger than I have ever been. I am painting, and I'm good at it. I have goals and desires. That's a positive change. Not something to be afraid of.

The best protection any woman can have Ã¢â'¬Â¦ courage. —ELIZABETH CADY STANTON

Tener fe es estar abierto a las posibilidades. Significa que estamos dispuestos a dejar que la vida nos sorprenda, que nos atrevemos a entrar en lo desconocido y a dejar de tenerle miedo a lo que nos parece incierto. Quien tiene fe tiene el corazón siempre abierto.

Courage follows action.

Timidity creates nothing.

courage is not a matter of age, but true-made spirits.

Are you frightened?" I asked. The first call of a nightingale in the trees at our backs. "No," he answered. "This is what I was born for.

I did nothing to prepare. If I was not ready now, when would I be? I did not even walk up to the peak. He could come here, upon my yellow sands, and face me where I stood. "Father", I said, into the air, "I would speak with you.

A soldier surrounded by enemies, if he is to cut his way out, needs to combine a strong desire for living with a strange carelessness about dying. He must not merely cling to life, for then he will be a coward, and will not escape. He must not merely wait for death, for then he will be a suicide, and will not escape. He must seek his life in a spirit of furious indifference to it; he must desire life like water and yet drink death like wine.

if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who have never known neither victory nor defeat.

The most dangerous man on earth is the man who has reckoned with his own death. All men die; few men ever really live. Sure, you can create a safe life for yourself . . . and end your days in a rest home babbling on about some forgotten misfortune. I'd rather go down swinging. Besides, the less we are trying to "save ourselves," the more effective a warrior we will be.

Be men of courage; be strong. —1 CORINTHIANS 16:13 NIV

There is, in addition to a courage with which men die; a courage by which men must live.

We were invincible because we were eighteen and stupid.

Je?li nadejdzie dzie?, gdy wejdziesz do sali rozpraw, spojrzysz na ?aw? przysi?g?ych i nie b?dziesz czu? strachu, b?dzie to znak, ?e czas zako?czy? karier?.

With nothing to lose, David decided to roll the dice and