Quotes About Courage

Even young relatives of Magellan found themselves the object of derision and were stoned.

Surviving shipwrecks and pirates, Serrão and several companions arrived at Ternate

I have found here a new world richer and greater than that of Vasco da Gama," he wrote.

One by one, her crew of thirty-seven crawled to the end of the jib boom and jumped to a rocky beach.

And when Magellan

Magellan hoped that by going west, in the opposite direction, over water

reach the fabulous Indies by sailing westward across the ocean.

and finally the captain. Each of the top three officers had his own page (as Captain General, Magellan

His relief did not last long. He faced the largest body of water on the planet

By this time, he had lost two ships. The three remaining vessels ventured into the passage without benefit of maps.

were inspired by Ptolemy. Had Magellan comprehended the size of the Pacific

its currents, storms, and reefs, it is unlikely that he would have dared to mount an expedition.

Known as Prince Henry the Navigator, he rarely went to sea himself; instead, he inspired others to conquer the ocean.

and accomplished mariners dared to venture into the Ocean Sea, as the Atlantic Ocean was then known.

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning, We will remember them.

Dare to live the truth of your myth.

What are you protecting yourself from? Will you sell your life for fear's price?

When we fear something, when we are faced with the frightening unknown, this is a call to take notice that our fear, this unknown, contains wisdom that will make you much stronger. People are terrified of themselves, and often turn to external means and techniques with the intention of controlling their outer lives, creating the false belief that all is well. If you can go to the place of the deepest parts of yourself, and then proceed from that profundity, you can manifest real magick.

No matter where you are in your life, you must do what you love, and fuck what anybody says about what you do. If you are an artist, maybe your 19th century romantic style is not what is popular now, but you might just discover that in ten years, everyone will pay whatever amount you ask for your paintings. Or, if you love the Impressionist movement, you might be the person who starts a Neo-Impressionism movement.

During the Illumination process, some will see what is called "The Otherness of God," or the non-human aspect. This is quite terrifying. However, the terror goes away when one knows it is as much God as Her human form. Still, this Way is not for the timid.

The true survivor isn't someone with nothing to lose. He has something precious to lose. But at the same time, he's willing to bet it all on himself. And it makes what he has that much richer. Days stolen are always sweeter than days given.

He listened to a fire fighter tell of a woman he had found strapped into her seat, screaming. When he cut the seat belt, she fell apart. She was being held together by the seat belt. She died at his feet.

Finally, I will never forget stopping near a lovely young girl still strapped to her seat, breathing slightly. Her blouse was white, her slacks were blue. At the end of the trousers were two snow-white ankle bones where her feet used to be. I had never seen the whiteness of bones that are freshly exposed like that.

Survival is the celebration of choosing life over death.