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“Wanting to live, but accepting death to save others: that was courage.”
“We all marveled that we'd gotten to take part in so perfect and courageous and amazing a life.”
“The word 'heresy' not only means no longer being wrong; it practically means being clear-headed and courageous. The word 'orthodoxy' not only no longer means being right; it practically means being...”
“Until a person has failed significantly or missed the boat, they will not know how to hold the tension until the right moment or how to test the waters before pushing on.”
“When you are the central character in a seemingly boiling pit of busy-ness the time will come when the pace of decline cannot be countered. You build yourself the circumstances of ultimate failure ...”
“What a hideous life he had chosen, how painful was the loneliness he endured because he didn't have the courage to trust someone again. To trust someone entirely because in love there is no other way.”
“Real courage is being kind again, after you've felt that your kindness was thrown in your face. To risk it once more, or even twice more takes a special strength.”
“Virtue begins with understanding and is fulfilled by courage.”
“Young man, be of good courage. Care not for what the world says or thinks: you will not be with the world always. Can man save your soul? No. Will man be your judge in the great and dreadful day of...”
“Strength was not how fiercely one punched, but instead, how one would summon the courage to take a blow for someone else.”
“We can't always control our circumstances, who are parents are, where we live, or how much money we make, but in those rare moments when we can shape our fate, when we do have the power to make our...”
“The world is a better place to live in because it contains human beings who will give up ease and security and stake their own lives in order to do what they themselves think worth doing.”
“I don't fear the future. I fear letting it pass by me, without ever trying to make it mine.”
“Because you made it here on a lot less" he says and he has no idea how on the mark he is.”
“Being meek does not make you weak. Youre not someone who sways with changing circumstances. You dont allow yourself to be used. Youre not passive or spineless. Your faith is in the Almighty, so you...”
“Thinking it was easy to take a chance on things if you had nothing to lose -- politics, ideas, almost anything in fact; from the bottom of the ladder you could safely risk a fall, but the higher th...”
“Only a bet on the impossible makes sense. It is an act of faith and courage requiring an irrational leap over reason. A man wins simply by making such a bet.”
“We all write stories in our minds, but only few have the courage to put them on paper.”
“Faith is courage.”
“If your focus is on your failures, limitations, & fears, you've one sure destination. You'll get drowned. If not now, at the end of the day!”
