Courage Quotes - Page 28

You know quite well, deep within you, that there is only a single magic, a single power, a single salvation...and that is called loving. Well, then, love your suffering. Do not resist it, do not flee from it. It is your aversion that hurts, nothing else.

Character isn't inherited. One builds it daily by the way one thinks and acts, thought by thought, action by action. If one lets fear or hate or anger take possession of the mind, they become self-forged chains.

It takes courage to be creative. Just as soon as you have a new idea, you are in a minority of one.

It was the only thing I ever really wanted. And that’s the sin that can’t be forgiven--that I hadn’t done what I wanted. It feels so dirty and pointless and monstrous, as one feels about insanity, because there’s no sense to it, no dignity, nothing but pain--and wasted pain...why do they always teach us that it’s easy and evil to do what we want and that we need discipline to restrain ourselves? It’s the hardest thing in the world--to do what we want. And it takes the greatest kind of courage.

Life is to be entered upon with courage.

The world is not interested in the storms you encountered, but did you bring in the ship?

The pessimist borrows trouble; the optimists lend encouragement.

I am always doing what I can't do yet in order to learn how to do it.

So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat.

In a time of crisis we all have the potential to morph up to a new level and do things we never thought possible.

Non-violence is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind. It is mightier than the mightiest weapon of destruction devised by the ingenuity of man.

No matter how difficult a task may look.. Persistence and steady action will get you through

If one suffers we all suffer. Togetherness is strength. Courage.

Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to die.

Learn from the past, set vivid, detailed goals for the future,and live in the only moment of time over which you have any control: now.

Gratefulness has the courage to trust and so overcomes fear.

Hope is like an anchor. Our hope in Christ stabilizes us in the storms of life, but unlike an anchor, it does not hold us back.

Sometimes I have experienced God in extraordinary ways - in dramatic surprises or soul-expanding insights or unexplainable mystical encounters. More often, I have felt God's reality in the simple encouragement of a friend, in the gentle inspiration of a sermon, or in the familiar ritual of the Eucharist and I'd be less than honest if I didn't also say that at times, I've found myself in the spiritual doldrums, cast adrift, wondering if the wind would ever blow again.

Acts of bravery don't always take place on battlefields. They can take place in your heart, when you have the courage to honor your character, your intellect, your inclinations, and yes, your soul by listening to its clean, clear voice of direction instead of following the muddied messages of a timid world.

Hope is the foundational quality of all change, and encouragement is the fuel which keeps hope alive.

God moves in a mysterious way His wonders to perform; He plants his footsteps in the sea, And rides upon the storm. Deep in unfathomable mines Of never failing skill He treasures up his bright designs, And works his sovereign will. Ye fearful saints fresh courage take, The clouds ye so much dread Are big with mercy, and shall break In blessings on your head. Judge not the Lord by feeble sense, But trust him for his grace; Behind a frowning providence He hides a smiling face.

There is but one coward on earth, and that is the coward that dare not know.

Courage is the complement of fear. A man who is fearless cannot be courageous. [He is also a fool.]

Do not be afraid. Do not be satisfied with mediocrity. Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.

Man's goodness is a flame that can be hidden but never extinguished