Courage Quotes

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Something happens to me when I witness someone's courage. They may not know I'm watching and I might not let them know. But something happens… — Holly Near
In [David] Douglas's success in life ... his great activity, undaunted courage, singular abstemiousness, and energetic zeal, at once pointed him out as an individual… — Joseph Dalton Hooker
The rigid electron is in my view a monster in relation to Maxwell's equations, whose innermost harmony is the principle of relativity... the rigid electron… — Hermann Minkowski
Nature knows no political boundaries. She puts living creatures on this globe and watches the free play of forces. She then confers the master's right… — Adolf Hitler
To exercise power costs effort and demands courage. That is why so many fail to assert rights to which they are perfectly entitled - because… — Oscar Wilde
Confession is an act of honesty and courage - an act of entrusting ourselves, beyond sin, to the mercy of a loving and forgiving God. — Pope John Paul II
Every morning during meditation, I prepare myself for the whole day's struggle. Holy Communion assures me that I will win the victory; and so it… — Mary Faustina Kowalska
Who has begun has half done. Have the courage to be wise. Begin! — Horace Walpole
Our young people have come to look upon war as a kind of beneficent deity, which not only adds to the national honor but uplifts… — Rebecca Harding Davis
Weakness has its hidden resources, as well as strength. There is a degree of folly and meanness which we cannot calculate upon, and by which… — William Hazlitt
Together, let us make this a new beginning. Let us make a commitment to care for the needy, to teach our children the values and… — Ronald Reagan
Non-doing has nothing to do with being indolent or passive. Quite the contrary. It takes great courage and energy to cultivate non-doing, both in stillness… — Jon Kabat-Zinn
Some of us need to discover that we will not begin to live more fully until we have the courage to do and see and… — Thomas Merton
True courage is cool and calm. The bravest of men have the least of a brutal, bullying insolence, and in the very time of danger… — Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury
The challenge these days, is to be somewhere, to belong to some particular place, invest oneself in it, draw strength and courage from it, to… — Bell Hooks
Order or disorder depends on organisation; courage or cowardice on circumstances; strength or weakness on dispositions. — Sun Tzu
The word courage comes from the same stem as the French word Coeur, meaning "heart." Thus just as one's heart, by pumping blood to one's… — Rollo May
You are goodness and mercy and compassion and understanding. You are peace and joy and light. You are forgiveness and patience, strength and courage, a… — Neale Donald Walsch
...the gross national product does not allow for the health of our children, the quality of their education or the joy of their play. It… — Robert Kennedy
Every worthy act is difficult. Ascent is always difficult. Descent is easy and often slippery. — Mahatma Gandhi

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