Quotes About Courage

I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat." He had an instinctive understanding of the fact that the British as a people dislike boasting, and pride themselves not on victory but on being able to "take it.

Trouble might come for you when you showed fear, but trouble doubled down when you lied about being afraid.

Trump continued, "I'd rather fight than fold, because as soon as you fold once, you get the reputation of being a folder.

If Christians were afraid of worldliness as much as they are of holiness, they would set the world on fire for Christ. ANONYMOUS

Lewinska is one of three examples he describes; the others are of Jewish mothers at Auschwitz and Rabbi Zvi Hirsch Meisels and his Hasidim in Buchenwald; see To Mend the World, 216–219.

Good-bye—if you hear of my being stood up against a Mexican stone wall and shot to rags please know that I think that a pretty good way to depart this life. It beats old age, disease, or falling down the cellar stairs. —AMBROSE BIERCE

There is nothing harder than being your own rock.

You not trapped girl. Not unless you nailed to the floor.

There are only two feelings. Love and fear. There are only two languages. Love and fear. There are only two activities. Love and fear.

The purest of virtue signaling can be seen in the likes of what was found on actor James Franco's now-deleted Instagram page. Franco's brief bio included the caveat "if you're racist, sexist, or homophobic, get the f*** out of here." It takes courage to stand up to "racists," but writing out the F-word is a bridge too far, apparently.

You have the courage to tell the masses what no politician told them: you are inferior and all the improvements in your conditions which you simply take for granted you owe to the effort of men who are better than you. —LUDWIG VON MISES

The only advice I have ever wanted to give is this: 'If it is in your nature to do so be a little vulnerable. Don't be afraid to talk about yourself, your journey, your pain, your vision.

Three reasons: you need to know how the technique fails, you need to be able to perform it under stress, and you have to lose your fear of discomfort." Discomfort. He means my fear of pain.

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Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains, by an Englishwoman named Isabella Bird.

In all my years on earth, I have seen time and time again that those who are the happiest are those who have the courage to follow their hearts - to believe what otherwise would be unbelievable; to seek the light; to find the truth.

A certain kind of courage is required to follow what truly calls to us; why else would so many choose to live within false certainties and pretensions of security? If genuine treasures were easy to find this world would be a different place. If the path of dreams were easy to walk or predictable to follow many more would go that route. The truth is that most prefer the safer paths in life even if they know that their souls are called another way.

The problem in most situations is not a lack of calling; but a fear of responding to the call.

Fear is an old word that derives from the same roots that give us "fare," as in "thoroughfare." Although it often causes people to run away from troubling situations, at a deeper level, fear means "to go through it." The hidden purpose of fear involves bringing us closer to natural instincts for survival, but also for awakening inner resources and sharpening our intelligence when faced with true danger and the basic need to change.

The less we think about what others might be considering or thinking about us, the more likely we can live the story that our own souls came here to unfold and unveil to the world.

Sometimes, the greatest safety can be found in taking the right risk. Whether it be an individual, a community or a country, when faced with tragedy or fearful uncertainty, we either become bigger and enter life more fully, or else we accept a diminished life and resign ourselves to a smaller way of being.

What good is a path that doesn't carry us to the edge of our capacity and then beyond that place? A true calling involves a great exposure before it can become a genuine refuge.