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Quotes About Courage

I've always been absolutely terrified every moment of my life – and I've never let it stop me from doing a single thing I wanted to do.
~ Georgia O'Keeffe
All of us who served in one war or another know very well that all wars are the glory and the agony of the young.
~ Gerald Ford
A truly creative person rids him or herself of all self-imposed limitations.
~ Gerald G. Jampolsky
Love, then, is letting go of fear.
~ Gerald G. Jampolsky
Fear can be known as the most virulent and damaging virus known to humankind.
~ Gerald G. Jampolsky
rise to a higher level of freedom. We are not being called to run away from danger but toward safety.
~ Gerald G. Jampolsky
Although Love is always what we want, we are often afraid of Love without consciously knowing it, and so we may act both blind and deaf to Love's presence.
~ Gerald G. Jampolsky
We can perform service to others for a variety of reasons. We can do good deeds because of fear, guilt, or the desire to inflate our egos. But if we really want to be loving, if we truly wish to respond to the call of justice and freedom, we must first have the courage to look into our own emptiness. We must somehow even come to love it.
~ Gerald G. May
I just didn't go back.
~ Gerald G. May
No, it couldn't all be bad the way Stonebreaker insisted it was. There were people who hid the children from the sanctioned murderers; people who looked the horror in the eye and said, no, no, you can't do it any more, we're against you even if you kill us. Thus had Sweeney's friends acted, and they had redeemed belief and tradition for millions.
~ Gerald Green
I have never been a very brave man," Uncle Moses said. "Nor I," Zalmann added. Eva smiled at them. "You are brave enough.
~ Gerald Green
And, in the end, I knew there was nothing better in life than keeping the head and the heart up—and when you cannot see the shoreline, always putting one hand, one word, in front of the other.
~ Gerald Hausman
Genuine bravery occurs when you least expect it, and when, in fact, you're quite oblivious of it.  Sometimes heroism happens when you press on; other times when you let go.  Once in a while, it happens when you do a little dance all your own.
~ Gerald Hausman
We fear the beast because we fear the beast within...
~ Gerald Hausman
Love is letting go of fear.
~ Gerald Jampolsky
Effective leaders often have to act even when they don't understand all possible factors
~ Gerald M. Weinberg
Brave? Or stupid?" Roger shrugged. "I've never been quite sure where brave stopped and stupid began, myself.
~ Gerald Morris
Yes, Father. They have the bravest hearts, the noblest souls, and the shiniest armor in all the world." "Shiniest armor?" repeated King Ban.
~ Gerald Morris
I should show you to Robin," Terence murmured. Then he closed his eyes.
~ Gerald Morris
Paul Adams stood up quickly. "We have not lost, Bryce," he whispered fiercely. "Not so long as the desire for freedom burns in the heart of one person. We have not lost!
~ Gerald N. Lund
In a season of increasing tumult in the world . . . , the Spirit promised has produced a sense of optimism about what lies ahead, even as the commotion in the world seems to increase. Henry B. Eyring, "Fear Not to Do Good," Ensign, November 2017
~ Gerald N. Lund
Sep-11 2001, revealed heroism in ordinary people who might have gone through their lives never called upon to demonstrate the extent of their courage.
~ Geraldine Brooks
You go on. You set one foot in front of the other, and if a thin voice cries out, somewhere behind you, you pretend not to hear, and keep going.
~ Geraldine Brooks
Who is the brave man--he who feels no fear? If so, then bravery is but a polite term for a mind devoid of rationality and imagination.
~ Geraldine Brooks