Quotes About Courage

Harriet Beecher Stowe

or I'll take ye down a

I'll be free, or I'll die.

if you only trust in God, and try to do right, he'll deliver you.

I am braver than I was because I have lost all; and he who has nothing to lose can afford all risks.

Scenes of blood and cruelty are shocking to our ear and heart. What man has nerve to do, man has not nerve to hear.

Darling, you fall in love all the time. You can't run away just because it doesn't fit into your exact romantic dreamworld, you know.

Don't run away from it, just because it's difficult.

I think you might have missed the right person, your true love, because you have spent your life looking too hard for him. You have a great capacity to love, Laura. Don't run away from it. Use it. Stop wasting it. Throw yourself into it, and don't be scared. I promise you, with all my heart, that you will never live a day when you regret it.

She stood firm, biting her lip. "I asked you a question, Rory. Yes, or no?" He hesitated. "It's not as easy as that." 'It is," said Elle, feeling her heart physically ache. "It has to be. If you won't come to the pub with me, I have to go now, otherwise I'll change my mind, and that would be stupid. Very, very stupid.' She covered her face with her hands, breathing deeply. "As stupid as I've been these past few years... Oh, God, no.

Stand up for what you believe with strength and grace and the barriers will begin to fall away. Harriet Green

If you pay attention, you may find that it is not fear that stops you from doing the brave and true thing in your daily life. Rather, the problem is avoidance. You want to feel comfortable, so you avoid doing the thing that will evoke fear and other disquieting emotions. Avoidance will make you feel less vulnerable in the short run, but it will never make you less afraid.

Truth is, nothing you say can ensure that the other person will get it, or respond the way you want. You may never exceed his threshold of deafness. She may never love you, not now or ever. And if you are courageous in initiating, extending, or deepening a difficult conversation, you may feel even more anxious and uncomfortable, at least in the short run.

Change requires courage, but the failure to change does not signify the lack of it.

When we think of fear, we think of a 'fear of' something. Far more daunting is the challenge of how to conduct ourselves in the dailiness of love and work when anxiety is high and shame kicks in. This is the human condition. We need not let anxiety and shame silence our authentic voices, close our hearts to the different voices of others or stop us from acting with clarify compassion and courage. In today's world, no challenge is more important than that.

Whatever brings you joy and zest will enhance your ability to act bravely.

She discovered that being 'ordinary' wasn't a terrible failure but rather a centering human experience. Perhaps our courage to embrace our ordinariness (along with our uniqueness) is one of the true keys to happiness in our relationships - including the relationship with our own self.

But what is courage? In a world saturated with images of action-figure bravado, we may mistakenly believe that courage is the absence of fear. Instead, it is the capacity to think, speak, and act despite our fear and shame.

There is courage in speaking. We voice our differences, we share real feelings, we address a painful emotional issue, open a family secret, tell the truth. We take a clear position on things that matter to us. We clarify the limits of what we can or can't do. We speak not with the intention of getting comfortable but with the intention of being our best selves, even though we may be shaking in our boots.

When it comes to fighting shame, sticking together is the most powerful force imaginable.

Action is powerful. Sometimes you can move past a fear quickly, if you are willing to act. When you avoid what you fear, your anxieties are apt to worsen over time.

Everything in this world that is truly worth doing takes practice. Courage is no exception.

Whatever we seek to hide makes shame grow.

Finding your voice in an unequal power arrangement—especially when the more powerful person is shaming you—takes a great amount of courage.