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Quotes About Courage

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~ Madeleine L'Engle
Meg stamped, loudly and angrily, against the hard, cold surface of the rock.
~ Madeleine L'Engle
Or don't allow yourself to want something you're not going to have the courage to accept when you get it.
~ Madeleine L'Engle
Cecily moved her lips slowly, "Now I lay me," and "Our Father," and "God bless." And then, defiantly, "Dear balloon man, please dear balloon man, Father says you know God personally, and maybe he wouldn't hear me because I'm not very big or important, so would you please make Mother get well and come home and sing me the song about the king of the cannibal islands?
~ Madeleine L'Engle
In this fateful hour, it was herself she placed between us and the powers of darkness.
~ Madeleine L'Engle
Nothing is hopeless. We must hope for everything.
~ Madeleine L'Engle
One cannot live in perpetual fear. One has to be as prudent as possible, and get on with life. Don't worry about me.
~ Madeleine L'Engle
I wanted you to do it all for me. I wanted everything to be all easy and simple.... So I tried to pretend that it was all your fault... because I was scared, and I didn't want to have to do anything myself— But I wanted to do it for you, Mr. Murry said. That's what every parent wants.
~ Madeleine L'Engle
In moments of decision, we are to try to make what seems to be the most loving, the most creative decision. We are not to play safe, to draw back out of fear. Love may well lead us into danger. It may lead us to die for our friend. In a day when we are taught to look for easy solutions, it is not always easy to hold on to that most difficult one of all, love.
~ Madeleine L'Engle
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
I write for the child in everybody,that part of us that is aware and open and courageous. It's also that part of us that isn't afraid to explore the mythical depths, that vast part of ourselves we know little about and which we often fear because we can't manipulate or control it. That's where art is born.
~ Madeleine L'Engle
Of course. I am well aware that the streets of New York are not safe, but then there is no longer any place in the world which is safe. One cannot live in perpetual fear, one has to be as prudent as possible, and get on with life. - A Severed Wasp
~ Madeline L'Engle
There is nothing to fear except fear itself
~ Madeline L'Engle
Madeline L'engle
~ Too much Meg
Herkes gerçekten istediÄŸi ÅŸeyin peÅŸinden gidebilecek kadar cesur olsa, dünya bambaÅŸka bir yer olurdu...
~ Maeve Binchy
We all have to be strong in honor of Hooves. He wasn't the kind of spirit that people go bawling and crying about. In his honor, be strong.
~ Maeve Binchy
125. Of course, you could just take off the blindfold and say, 'I think this game is stupid and I'm not playing it anymore.' And it must also be admitted that hitting the wall or wandering off in the wrong direction or tearing off the blindfold is as much a part of the game as is pinning the tail on the donkey.
~ Maggie Nelson
hand. "Care to explain
~ Maggie Shayne
long before your sister revives to come to your rescue. 'Tis almost too good. Not only do
~ Maggie Shayne
It is not your job to make other people comfortable with who you are.
~ Maggie Smith
if something does go wrong, here is my advice... KEEP CALM and CARRY ON.
~ Maira Kalman
We are all of us not merely liable to fear, we are also prone to be afraid of being afraid, and the conquering of fear produces exhilaration.…The contrast between the previous apprehension and the present relief and feeling of security promotes a self-confidence that is the very father and mother of courage.
~ Malcolm Gladwell
they were not really afraid. They were just afraid of being afraid.
~ Malcolm Gladwell
innovators need to be disagreeable. By disagreeable, I don't mean obnoxious or unpleasant. I mean that on that fifth dimension of the Big Five personality inventory, "agreeableness," they tend to be on the far end of the continuum. They are people willing to take social risks—to do things that others might disapprove of.
~ Malcolm Gladwell