Courage

Courage →

Published November 25, 2023  ·  All posts on Nov 25  ·  ,

Real courage is when you know you’re licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.

~ Harper Lee

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Quiet voice →

Published August 21, 2023  ·  All posts on Aug 21  ·  ,

Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, “I will try again tomorrow.”

~ Mary Anne Radmacher

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Speak →

Published July 14, 2023  ·  All posts on Jul 14  ·  

All I insist on, and nothing else, is that you should show the whole world that you are not afraid. Be silent, if you choose; but when it is necessary, speak—and speak in such a way that people will remember it.

~ Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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Shame →

Published July 10, 2023  ·  All posts on Jul 10  ·  ,

While you can still avoid shame by hiding, you won’t find happiness or even stability that way. The thing is, shame is a choice. It’s worth repeating: Shame can’t be forced on you; it must be accepted. The artist, then, combines courage with a fierce willingness to refuse to accept shame. Blame, sure. Shame, never. Where is the shame in using our best intent to make art for those we care about?

~ Seth Godin

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Seen in the light →

Published May 18, 2023  ·  All posts on May 18  ·  ,

To him that waits all things reveal themselves, provided that he has the courage not to deny, in the darkness, what he has seen in the light.

~ Coventry Patmore

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Age-old struggle →

Published May 6, 2023  ·  All posts on May 6  ·  ,

The world is in a constant conspiracy against the brave. It’s the age-old struggle—the roar of the crowd on one side and the voice of your conscience on the other.

~ Douglas MacArthur

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Fleeing →

Published April 20, 2023  ·  All posts on Apr 20  ·  ,

A coward flees backward, away from new things. A man of courage flees forward, in the midst of new things.

~ Jacques Maritain

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True bravery →

Published March 18, 2023  ·  All posts on Mar 18  ·  ,

The bravery founded on hope of recompense, fear of punishment, experience of success, on rage, or on ignorance of danger, is but common bravery, and does not deserve the name. True bravery proposes a just end; measures the dangers, and meets the result with calmness and unyielding decision.

~ Francois de la Noue

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Love →

Published March 11, 2023  ·  All posts on Mar 11  ·  ,

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.

~ Lao Tzu

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Talent and courage →

Published March 2, 2023  ·  All posts on Mar 2  ·  , ,

A great deal of talent is lost in this world for the want of a little courage.

~ Sydney Smith

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