The man who has the courage of his platitudes is always a successful man. ~ Van Wyck BrooksTweetShareSharePin
Courage is an everyday thing. When we look reality squarely in the eye and refuse to back away from our awareness, we are living courage. ~ UnknownTweetShareSharePin
He who does not have the courage to speak up for his rights cannot earn the respect of others. ~ Ren G. TorresTweetShareSharePin
Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising which tempt you to believe that your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to the end, requires some of the same courage which a soldier needs. ~ Ralph Waldo EmersonTweetShareSharePin
I am old enough to know that victory is often a thing deferred, and rarely at the summit of courage… What is at the summit of courage, I think, is freedom. The freedom that comes with the knowledge that no earthly think can break you. ~ Paula GiddingsTweetShareSharePin
Now the alternative to despair is courage. And human life can be viewed as a continuous struggle between these two options. Courage is the capacity to affirm one’s life in spite of the elements which threaten it. The fact that courage usually predominates over despair in itself tells us something important about life. It tells you that the forces that affirm life are stronger than those that negate it. ~ Paul E. PfuetzeTweetShareSharePin
Courage, her mother had once told her, was not simply the fact that you weren’t scared of anything.. it was being scared, and doing whatever it was anyway. Courage was dealing with your fears, and not letting them rule you. ~ Missy GoodTweetShareSharePin
The only courage that matters is the kind that gets you from one moment to the next. ~ Mignon McLaughlinTweetShareSharePin
We must have the courage to bet on our ideas, to take the calculated risk, and to act. Everyday living requires courage if life is to be effective and bring happiness. ~ Maxwell MaltzTweetShareSharePin
But screw up your courage to the sticking place, And we’ll not fail. ~ Mary BertoneTweetShareSharePin