Courage Quotes - Page 27

Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men.

We shall never know how many acts of cowardice have been motivated by the fear of appearing not sufficiently progressive.

What you feel doesn’t matter in the end; it’s what you do that makes you brave.

Valor grows by daring, fear by holding back.

I believe that the most important single thing, beyond discipline and creativity is daring to dare.

My study of Gandhi convinced me that true pacifism is not nonresistance to evil, but nonviolent resistance to evil. Between the two positions, there is a world of difference. Gandhi resisted evil with as much vigor and power as the violent resister, but True pacifism is not unrealistic submission to evil power. It is rather a courageous confrontation of evil by the power of love. . . .

The church is not a place where perfect people gather to say perfect things, or have perfect thoughts, or have perfect feelings. The Church is a place where imperfect people gather to provide encouragement, support, and service to each other as we press on in our journey to return to our Heavenly Father.

A mob is a group of persons with heads but no brains.

The one permanent emotion of the inferior man is fear - fear of the unknown, the complex, the inexplicable. What he wants above everything else is safety.

The good gardener knows with absolute certainty that if he does his part, if he gives the labour, the love, and every aid that his knowledge of his craft, experience of the conditions of his place, and exercise of his personal wit can work together to suggest, that so surely will God give the increase. Then with the honestly-earned success comes the consciousness of encouragement to renewed effort, and, as it were, an echo of the gracious words, 'Well done my good and faithful servant'.

Encouragement is the oxygen of the soul.

A sufficient realization of love will dissolve it all. If only you could love enough you would be the happiest and most powerful being in the world.

Always say “yes” to the present moment. What could be more futile, more insane, than to create inner resistance to what already is? what could be more insane than to oppose life itself, which is now and always now? Surrender to what is. Say “yes” to life — and see how life suddenly starts working for you rather than against you.

You have resources yet to be unleashed. Make bold, courageous choices. Live as though you have the power to change the world - because you do.

I think my mother... made it clear that you have to live life by your own terms and you have to not worry about what other people think and you have to have the courage to do the unexpected.

The art of living lies less in eliminating our troubles than in growing with them.

It is stupidity rather than courage to refuse to recognize danger when it is close upon you.

Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocre minds. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence.

But there was no need to be ashamed of tears, for tears bore witness that a man had the greatest of courage, the courage to suffer.

There is nothing with which every man is so afraid as getting to know how enormously much he is capable of doing and becoming.

My talent is such that no undertaking, however vast in size... has ever surpassed my courage.

It takes courage for people to listen to their own goodness and act on it.

Imagine, as realistically as possible, the place where you want to be in the near future, the state you wish to reach and the Universe will help you and guide you

Fatigue, discomfort, discouragement are merely symptoms of effort.

Encouragement is like oxygen to the human spirit. Don't forget you're carrying someone else's air. Encourage them; help them breathe.