Quotes About Courage

Gary D. Schmidt

Gary D. Schmidt

Would you have left a guy being beat up to go find a teacher?' I asked. My father, he wiped his hand across his face, and what was left behind was a smile. Really, a smile. 'Not in a million years,' he said.

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from unbearable pain and loss can come self-discovery and the strength and courage to continue life's journey.

The most important thing," he said, "is to be present in the face of fear.

In an industry where people merely *play* heroes, he was the real thing.

As human beings, we are resilient, inventive, and exuberant. The fact that our organizations are not suggests that in some important ways, they are less human than we are. Ironically, it seems that human-built organizations have scant room for exactly those things that make us furless bipeds special—things like courage, intuition, love, playfulness, and artistry.

Initiative, creativity, and valor can't be commanded.

If the roots are deep, have no fear that the wind will uproot the tree. CHINESE PROVERB

Don't fear big. Fear mediocrity. Fear waste. Fear the lack of living to your fullest. When we fear big, we either consciously or subconsciously work against it. We either run toward lesser outcomes and opportunities or we simply run away from the big ones. If courage isn't the absence of fear, but moving past it, then thinking big isn't the absence of doubts, but moving past them. Only living big will let you experience your true life and work potential.

People who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the only ones who do." - Apple Adv.

If you have to beg, then beg. If you have to barter, then barter. If you have to be creative, then be creative. Just don't be a victim of your circumstance.

I wish I'd had the courage to live a life true to myself not the life others expected of me.

When we fear big, we either consciously or subconsciously work against it.

Don't fear failure. It's as much a part of your journey to extraordinary results as success.

When we connect big with bad, we trigger shrinking thinking. Lowering our trajectory feels safe. Staying where we are feels prudent. But the opposite is true: When big is believed to be bad, small thinking rules the day and big never sees the light of it.

There is an art to clearing away the clutter and focusing on what matters most. It is simple and it is transferable. It just requires the courage to take a different approach." —George Anders

Believing in big frees you to ask different questions, follow different paths, and try new things. This opens the doors to possibilities that until now only lived inside you.

But those Woulda-Coulda-Shouldas all ran away and hid from one little Did." —Shel Silverstein

it is just time to "shut up, get up, and giddy up.

Big thoughts go nowhere without bold action.

Don't fear big. Fear mediocrity. Fear waste. Fear the lack of living to your fullest. When we fear big, we either consciously or subconsciously work against it. We either run toward lesser outcomes and opportunities or we simply run away from the big ones. If courage isn't the absence of fear, but moving past it, then thinking big isn't the absence of doubts, but moving past them. Only living big will let you experience your true life and work potential.

Apenas aqueles que se arriscam a ir longe demais tem a chance de descobrir quão longe podem ir." T. S. Eliot