“To ‘pretend’ is to say that I’m willing to waste the precious energy that it takes to pretend, and I’m unwilling to… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“The courage in chasing any dream rests in our refusal not to chase it.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“Maybe the best way to think about something in a ‘new’ way is to believe enough in what we already know to… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“Bravery is not the absence of fear, for then I doubt that anyone would be truly brave. Rather, it is passion clothed… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“It’s not the genius of an idea that makes it great. Rather, it’s the courage to pursue it.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“The hallmark of all great journeys is the decision to walk directly into that which we would otherwise seek to escape.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“Yeah, you’ve been beaten up. But the battle will always go to those who get up.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“Bravery is to acknowledge that we are cowards who have committed ourselves to keeping our cowardice on a very short leash.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“The heart of a giant is never bound by the size of the man.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“Why should I care when no one else does? For the simple reason that the most critical time to care is when… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“When we choose to stay down, we are in reality confusing wisdom with cowardice. When we choose to stand back up, we… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“At the moment that everything goes dark, the sunset in front of us becomes the whole story. But if we find courage… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“Unless someone ‘stands-in-the-gap,’ the gap itself will be overrun by those who embody the lesser ideals that crush great nations and enslave… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“If the amount of times we get up is just one less than the amount of times that we've been knocked down,… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“There’s nothing brave in pushing myself to the edge of my comfort zone. Bravery is about refusing to be in any kind… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“With God, a mountain before me is soon to be a memory behind me.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“Let me be strong, for to be anything else is to languish in the abyss of compromise and to descend to places… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“One man lives out his life beating his fears into submission, while another lives out his life letting his fears beat him… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“This isn’t the last time that you’re going to get knocked down, so don’t make it the last time that you’re going… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“We incessantly vacillate between what’s behind us and what’s before us depending on the current barometer of our courage and the ambivalent… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“I am small and reckless. However, to be courageous enough to admit to these things frees me to be transformed by the… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“It is not the presence of fear that bothers me. Rather, it is the cowardice within me that refuses to face the… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“A great man beats his fears into submission, while everyone else around him is beaten into submission.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“Bravery without vision is a loose cannon, and vision without bravery is a search for a cannon. But put both together, and… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“It is not the force of the wind, but the depth of the roots.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“Death is a reality that calls the rest of life and all of our assorted strivings into sharp relief.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“I’m not trying to save you from yourself. I’m trying to help you save yourself from yourself.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“The fact that I can get away with something is the very reason why I shouldn’t do it.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“Rather than being incensed by the nature of the bruise, maybe we should be inspired by the possibilities in the bruise.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“A ‘good’ father will tenderly cultivate his children. But a ‘good’ father who is also a ‘brave’ father will let the children without cultivate… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“It’s better to die for what’s right than live for what’s wrong.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“To stand at the very moment when all seems lost is the point of insanity for the coward, but it is the home of… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“Thankfulness acknowledges that we can’t own anything, but we can experience everything. And just knowing that makes me thankful.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“Do not be fooled. Passive prayers hastily tossed out as some second-thought appeasement at those junctures when life’s more pressing duties benevolently grant us… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
