Courage Quotes - Page 47

Nightmares are seldom a foreshadowing of real events, but always a showing of real fears.

Ancient politicians talked incessantly about morality and virtue; our politicians talk only about business and money. One will tell you that in a particular country a man is worth the sum he could be sold for in Algiers; another, by following this calculation, will find countries where a man is worth nothing, and others where he is worth less than nothing. They assess men like herds of livestock. According to them, a man has no value to the State apart from what he consumes in it. Thus one Sybarite would have been worth at least thirty Lacedaemonians. Would someone therefore hazard a guess which of these two republics, Sparta or Sybaris, was overthrown by a handful of peasants and which one made Asia tremble?

Love is the reflection of a broken heart in a shattered mirror...

Hast thou given the horse strength? Hast thou clothed his neck with thunder?...He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage...

I stared back at her, my eyes leveled with hers in inscrutable certainty. For a moment, our eyes remained engaged, unflinching and impenetrable, as the shrill, steady call of a siren ran across the street outside, mixing with the effervescent glow of traffic lights and a steady pitter-patter of pedestrian feet sauntering across the street in wakeful gait.

Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.

Love and kindness is the source of courage.

We cannot properly defend and protect ourselves without confidence. Confidence is vital, we must learn that confidence in life matters a lot.

Permit no one to define you by your mistakes or your past

I want to stand on the foundation of ethics and morals when the world around me would assault that foundation with all of its collective might, and in the standing I want to stand on the truth that that foundation will stand long after everything that has assailed it has itself has ceased to stand.

Rise up oh heart, for there is another battle to win.

...with a strong strong glow of courage, drank off the potion.

Everybody’s scared, but if you don’t let your fears stop you, that’s bravery.

Nothing but courage can guide life.

Necessity makes even the timid brave.

He squinted at her. He recalled the tears in her eyes that had not fallen into her teacup. No, it wasn’t a revelation. Not even to him. Yet, this was the same woman who had stolen a camel right out from under the Anti-Zionist army’s nose. She’d taken his hand, thrown herself down a sand dune on a dare, and then beaten him back up it. She’d glared at him and refused to part from his side. A coward? “Never,” he said again.

Circumstances, events or situations do not have inherent meanings except what you give them

Introversion at least if extreme is a sign of mental and spiritual immaturity.

It is highly significant and indeed almost a rule, that moral courage has its source in such identification through one's own sensitivity with suffering of one's fellow human beings." (p. 16-17)

Imagination makes the worldand all the wonders in it.The seed of every dream unfurlsas you with love begin it!

Stars do not hide from darkness. Roses do not hide from thorns. Diamonds do not hide from pressure.

The potential of the average person is like a huge ocean unsailed, anew continent unexplored, a world of possibilities waiting to bereleased and channeled toward some great good.

Courage is fear that has said its prayers.

God gives courage for us to triumph in any trouble.

Mma Ramotswe reflected on how easy it was to find oneself committed to a course of action simply because one lacked the courage to say no.

I don't think anyone could really know her, just as the peak of her struggle blooms, she again appearered to have held it all together when the whole world; would have thought, she'd fall Apart.

When you feel deep, paralyzing fear and you don't let it stop you, that is true courage. There's never bravery without fear. Just as there's no love without hate. (M'Adoc)

It’s about letting yourself feel, but not wallow; it’s about leaning into love, not fear, as the preferred force in your life.

It takes courage to stand up for yourself. I stand in honor, and no longer in fear of speaking out.

Whatever may happen, it must be of new hope or of new courage to me!

You might fear you don’t have what it takes, but you don’t need to have all the answers or everything figured right from the start.

Action gives a decision power and finality.

Be bold as a lion.

Life is about the moments you create, that you can keep it with you FOREVER. After everything is over,That is what we have or what we are left with.

Nothing in this world is worth having or worth doing unless it means effort, pain, difficulty. No kind of life is worth leading if it is always an easy life. I know that your life is hard; I know that your work is hard; and hardest of all for those of you who have the highest trained consciences, and who therefore feel always how much you ought to do. I know your work is hard, and that is why I congratulate you with all my heart. I have never in my life envied a human being who led an easy life; I have envied a great many people who led difficult lives and led them well.

Sacrifice isn't supposed to be easy ... but it should come that way.

Change your focus, give power to the positive and starve the negative. We reduce our inner wisdom to think with logic that's been instilled in us whilst expecting miraculous results. Retrain the core issue and the pathway will build itself.

The leader must have both – the courage to take the people to a daring destination and the humility to selflessly serve others on the journey.

How Did You Die?Did you tackle that trouble that came your wayWith a resolute heart and cheerful?Or hide your face from the light of dayWith a craven soul and fearful?Oh, a trouble's a ton, or a trouble's an ounce,Or a trouble is what you make it.And it isn't the fact that you're hurt that counts,But only how did you take it?You are beaten to earth? Well, well what's that?Come up with a smiling face.It's nothing against you to fall down flat,But to lie there - that's disgrace.The harder you're thrown, why the higher you bounce;Be proud of your blackened eye!It isn't the fact that you're licked that counts;It's how did you fight and why?And though you be done to death, what then?If you battled the best you could;If you played your part in the world of men,Why the critic will call it good.Death comes with a crawl, or comes with a pounce,And whether he's slow or spry,It isn't the fact that you're dead that counts,But only, how did you die?

One day, you muster the courage and let go of the fear. In a brief moment of insanity, you give wings to the stories you had wanted to tell; some you didn't even know were in you. In that instant, something about you changes. You are born again.

May you find renewed energy, courage and hope to pursue new adventures.

And then I realized you were not rebellious but courageous. You know what that means? It means being scared but doing it anyway.

Believe in yourself. Under-confidence leads to a self-fulfilling prophecy that you are not good enough for your work.

A champion, he said, wins a World Series or an Olympic and is hoisted on the shoulders of teammates and fans. A hero carries the people on his shoulders. Champions live for the moment- heroes, like Jackie Robinson, transcend time.

We should be sure that in our pursuit of happiness and positivity, we do not lose our ability to experience the other side of life, as well. Feelings of grief and respect for the departed, are honourable thoughts to have and honourable feelings to feel. In seeking happiness, we must not be so afraid of sorrow, that we lose the ability to cope with it properly. There is a healthy way to cope with both sorrow and joy; both need to be looked straight in the face, in the eyes.

When we are most scared is the time to summon our clearest concentration and move forward, not back.

To every difficulty, God’s grace abounds.

Death is just a door that only love can come and go through.

Sometimes, it takes just a moment of insanity to decide the course of our whole life.

It is not the strength of the body that counts, but the strength of the spirit.

Sometimes having courage means the hardest tasks fall onto your shoulders, and those leave the biggest scars.

I had to stop running. I had to turn and face my life head on. It wasn’t enough being like everybody else; I had to be the best, and I was going to show everyone what I was truly made of. I was done with being a terrified princess, constantly waiting to be saved. I was going to be a queen, and, like Vivienne said, I had better start behaving like one. - (Aurora Firedrake)

Stop walking with a ‘calendar’. It’s capable of ruining your fate, by showing you the date & limiting your courage, by reminding you of your age.

When she spread her wings and leaped screeching into the air she had not the slightest doubt that every hand below her would stretch to catch her. And if one could leap from a height with no fear of falling, could one not be said to possess the secret of flight? Just like a bird, just like a god.

The courage to keep trying is the willingness to triumph.

Go forward and achieve your God-given goals.

Christians sometimes make themselves into elephants afraid of mice. You have the Creator of the universe on your side; not to mention, you've been given eternal life. 'Whom or what shall you fear?' To be afraid of anything other than God himself is like an insult to God.

It's your words that gave me courage. It became my light that would guide me towards the right path again. -Jellal Fernandes

If you are driven by fear, anger or pride nature will force you to compete. If you are guided by courage, awareness, tranquility and peace nature will serve you.

The courage to ask question is a daring act.