Courage Quotes - Page 10

A hero is a man who does what he can.

This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave.

A child needs encouragement like a plant needs water.

What I've always said is that I'm opposed to institutional racism, and I would've, had I've been alive at the time, I think, had the courage to march with Martin Luther King to overturn institutional racism, and I see no place in our society for institutional racism.

Courage is like love; it must have hope for nourishment.

I'm dense when it comes to discouragement.

Giving is the secret to a healthy life. Not necessarily money, but whatever a person has to give of encouragement, sympathy, and understanding.

Then there is a still higher type of courage - the courage to brave pain, to live with it, to never let others know of it and to still find joy in life; to wake up in the morning with an enthusiasm for the day ahead.

Giving encouragement to others is a most welcome gift, for the results of it are lifted spirits, increased self-worth, and a hopeful future.

If you don't have a seat at the table, you're probably on the menu.

What may look like a small act of courage is courage nevertheless. The important thing is to be willing to take a step forward.

My mother taught me about the power of inspiration and courage, and she did it with a strength and a passion that I wish could be bottled.

Brokenness is often the road to breakthrough. Be encouraged.

It's good to be challenged, to keep moving forward, and keep being inspired and scared. I feel like, if you're not afraid of something, you shouldn't do it. If you're just coasting through things, what's the point? You're not learning.

People with courage and character always seem sinister to the rest.

My own duty as a teacher...is not so much to interpret Beethoven, Wagner, or other masters of the past, but to give what encouragement I can to the young musicians of America. I...hope that just as this nation has already surpassed so many others in marvelous inventions and feats of engineering and commerce, and has made an honorable place for itself in literature in one short century, so it must assert itself on the...art of music...To bring about this result, we must trust the very youthful enthusiasm and patriotism of this country.

My generation's apathy. I'm disgusted with it. I'm disgusted with my own apathy too, for being spineless and not always standing up against racism, sexism and all those other -isms the counterculture has been whining about for years.

Every positive change - every jump to a higher level of energy and awareness - involves a rite of passage. Each time to ascend to a higher rung on the ladder of personal evolution, we must go through a period of discomfort, of initiation. I have never found an exception.

There is little success where there is little laughter.

How do you identify someone who needs encouragement? That person is breathing.

Being a successful trader also takes courage: the courage to try, the courage to fail, the courage to succeed, and the courage to keep on going when the going gets tough.

How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes!

Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature.

Ask an impertinent question and you are on the way to the pertinent answer.

Support the strong, give courage to the timid, remind the indifferent, and warn the opposed.