Quotes About Courage

It was Sir Winston Churchill, in the midst of Nazi bombings, who said to the people of London, This is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.' He was the one who offered the best definition of success I've ever read: Success is moving from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.

grace strengthens us. It strengthens our hearts, awakens in us the courage to stand firm.

Sometime in my ministry, I am going to gather up enough courage to have a testimony time where the only thing we'll share is our failures.

Please cleanse me, even if I must endure hardship or suffer affliction in the process. Grant me the courage to remain steadfast as You work. Grant me patience to endure the process and provide extra encouragement when my patience wears thin. Then let me rejoice when Your temple is again pure. I make the same request as David did so many years ago: Create in me a clean heart, O God (Ps. 51:

El Espíritu Santo viene para darnos una forma de vida completamente diferente. una vida que se desarrolla en un plano diferente. Se vive por encima de la culpa y la vergüenza, se vive por encima de los temores de la vida. Nos capacita para vivir como vencedores y no como víctimas.

Faith is doing what God tells us to do, even when His instructions appear dangerous or might cause us to experience loss or suffering.

We shouldn't even be here, I think distantly as I raise my weapon and take aim, we're management, not heroes.

Yes, Derek," I tell him, "we hauled you four thousand miles out of your comfort zone just so you could make a saving throw vs. Cthulhu. Happy now?

There is cold comfort to be drawn from the sure and certain knowledge that the correct way to deal with the problem you're facing in your job involves napalm, if you find yourself confronting a dragon and you aren't even carrying a cigarette lighter.

Courage will keep her safer than fear.

took a deep breath. In for a penny, in for a pound .

and I was prepared to say blow off if you don't like this idea

Why didn't I go in? I'm such a chicken. I'm such an idiot. I should have kissed her. I've blown it. I should just go and knock on her door and just kiss her. It would be romantic. It would be something we could someday tell our kids. I'm gonna do that right now. [drives away]

remind us where our strength comes

But on several occasions when the opportunity had been there and all that had been required of her was to say yes, she's said no instead. Something of great magnitude had been lost, some fundamental ability within her had shut down for good, leaving her incapable of risking commitment. (less)

Political correctness is just tyranny with manners. I wish for you the courage to be unpopular. Popularity is history's pocket change. Courage is history's true currency.

Circumstances are seldom right. You never have the capacities, the strength, the wisdom, the virtue you ought to have. You must always do with less than you need in a situation vastly different from what you would have chosen.

We cannot be sure of having something to live for unless we are willing to die for it.

Be realistic, demand the impossible!

Whenever I have trouble standing up for myself (it's happened), I think about whether I would tolerate the situation if it were happening to one of my sisters, mother, daughter, or niece. If it's not acceptable for them, it's not acceptable for me.

I had to sit down and explain to [her friend] that AA was for quitters

And last but not least, go for it. Go wherever you can afford to go with whomever you can get to go with you.

You should always speak your mind and be bold and obnoxious and do whatever you want and dont let anybody tell you to stop it

Vulnerability in my mind was akin to carbohydrates: I wasn't willing to go there unless it was alcohol-induced.