Quotes About Courage

Equally nonsensical was the notion that Snowden would try to save himself by giving away surveillance secrets. He had dismantled his life and risked a future in prison to tell the world about a clandestine surveillance system he believed must be stopped.

I don't know that I'm afraid of anything anymore. Once you experience war you can never be the same. You see the world differently.

Be messy and complicated and afraid and show up anyways.

But let us laugh carelessly like other men. Let us be timid even among fools. Let us knot silence around our throats. For they would surely kill us.

It is very frightening to feel alone when you are standing against a rich and powerful person and all his attendant helpers.

The possibilities are numerous once we decide to act and not react.

What is the very first thing we are to do in trouble? Fear not. If we fear, we open the door to the devil. If we trust God, we open the door to God.

Fear not!" were usually the first words out of their mouths. That's because fear and faith don't mix. They cannot come out of you at the same time. When you begin saying things that are out of line with the Word of God by speaking in fear instead of in faith, you bind the hands of your angels. You prevent them from doing

Actually, offense is a sign of fear. If you're offended, it's because you're afraid that person can harm you in some way.

2)"Even though this planet is round, there are just too many spots where you can find yourself hanging on to the edge just like I was; and unless there's some space, some place, to take a breather for awhile, the edge of the world- frightening as it is- could be the end of the world, which would be quite a pity." (28).

There is nothing in back of this cafe. Since the place sits right on the margin between the edge of the world and infinite possibility, he back door opens out to a void. It takes courage to turn the knob and heart to leave the steps.

him, Cousin One. But first, I'll take this." He grabbed for Riff's flute. Riff jumped back. "No, you won't!" Captain Zee swung his whip,

Hope is a very unruly emotion.

Any woman who chooses to behave like a full human being should be warned that the armies of the status quo will treat her as something of a dirty joke; that's their natural and first weapon.

Feminism...is not 'women as victims' but women refusing to be victims.

If someone called me a lesbian—in those days all single feminists were assumed to be lesbians—I learned just to say, "Thank you." It disclosed nothing, confused the accuser, conveyed solidarity with women who were lesbians, and made the audience laugh.

It's important for someone who could play the game - and win - to say: 'the game isn't worth shit.

But why didn't you leave? Why didn't you take my sister and go to New York?" she would say it didn't matter, that she was lucky to have my sister and me. If I pressed hard enough, she would add, "If I'd left, you never would have been born." I never had the courage to say: But you would have been born instead.

The first step toward speaking for others is speaking for ourselves.

The purpose of ass-kicking is not that your ass gets kicked at the right time or for the right reason," she often explained. "It's to keep your ass sensitive.

Whatever you want to do, just do it. Making a damn fool of yourself is absolutely essential.

Adalah revolusionar bagi perempuan untuk menyanyikan kepedihan, tapi lebih lagi bila ia menyanyikan seluruh lagu kehidupan

if you don't stand up for yourselves, how can you stand up for anybody else?

She didn't put her finger to the wind; she became the wind.