Quotes About Courage

Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.n

Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.

A man can't make a place for himself in the sun if he keeps taking refuge under the family tree.

All the world is full of suffering. It is also full of overcoming.

Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.

It's wonderful to climb the liquid mountains of the sky. Behind me and before me is God and I have no fears.

Security is mostly superstition. It does not exist in nature. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold.

The world is full of suffering but it is also full of people overcoming it.

There is plenty of courage among us for the abstract, but not for the concrete.

When all you can feel are the shadows, turn your face towards the sun.

I would rather walk with a friend in the dark, than alone in the light.

Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.

One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.

Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it.

Never bend your head. Hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.

I wish we had not followed him! Let us run away.

What is it like?

Hopeful kept close to him,

Great Heart went boldly forward,

Sojourner [Truth]'s voice was the instrument that enabled her to claim her full self. Once she had done this, she was able to use her instrument and life story to help gain freedom for others.

The patriarchy may have stolen our freedoms, but we don't have to be complicit in the abandonment of our souls.

A factory manager once tried to intimidate her. 'You can't win with that sari on,' he said. 'Why don't you change into a miniskirt?'fn5 Desai's reply took inspiration from Indira Gandhi, then prime minister of India: 'I'll tell you something, manager. Mrs Gandhi wears a sari and she runs a country of 600 million people. You can't even run a little factory.

When you are broken, you run. But you don't always run away. Sometimes, helplessly, you run towards.

When you are broken, you run. But you don't always run away. Sometimes, helplessly, you run towards. My reasons weren't White's, but I was running just the same.