Courageous Quotes - Page 18

• If I had to go into a battle and I needed someone loyal and courageous to cover my blindside, I know damn well Woody would be my man. I know, too, that God hasn't created a more generous, compassionate, or more understanding man than Woody Hayes.

  Jack Tatum

  Men, Understanding, Battle

  Jack Tatum, Bill Kushner (1980). “They Call Me Assassin”, Avon Books

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• There are so many unsung heroines and heroes at this broken moment in our collective story, so many courageous persons who, unbeknownst to themselves, are holding together the world by their resolute love or contagious joy. Although I do not know your names, I can feel you out there.

  David Abram

  Hero, Names, Broken

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• Yet you told him you loved him?" "Yes, I did." Bridgid was clearly impressed. "You're more courageous than I am. The fear of being rejected pains me to even think about, yet you boldly told Brodick how you felt, even though he hadn't spoken his feelings." "Actually, he told me I loved him.

  Julie Garwood

  Pain, Thinking, Feelings

  Julie Garwood (2002). “Ransom”, p.359, Simon and Schuster

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• There is nothing to fear except fear it's self.

  Eleanor Roosevelt

  Inspirational, Self

  "2012 Crossing Over: A New Beginning". Documentary, www.imdb.com. 2012.

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• Everyone gets scared, Princess. Even brave men sometimes run the first time they see battle. In armies, that's why there's so much training. The ones who hold aren't the courageous ones, they're the well-trained ones. We have instincts like any other animal.

  Brandon Sanderson

  Running, Princess, Army

  Brandon Sanderson (2009). “Warbreaker”, p.387, Macmillan

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• No challenge can stop you if you have the courage to keep moving forward in the face of your greatest fears and biggest challenges. Be courageous.

  Jon Gordon

  Moving, Greatest Fear, Challenges

  Jon Gordon (2014). “The Carpenter: A Story About the Greatest Success Strategies of All”, p.80, John Wiley & Sons

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• Patient acceptance is often considered a weak and passive response to problems that we do not have the power or courage to solve. In reality, however, being patient is far from being passive. There is nothing strong or courageous in reacting to hardship or insults with anger - all we are doing is being defeated by our delusions.

  Geshe Kelsang Gyatso

  Strong, Acceptance, Reality

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• Currently, we allow our political and business leaders to get away with murder. Now is the time to change that. We need direct liability for those who are destroying our future and this planet. We need fast, profound and systemic change. History only moves forward when courageous people get up and act. That's why I support this citizens' initiative to recognise ecocide as the crime it is.

  Kumi Naidoo

  Moving, Profound, People

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• There's something which impels us to show our inner souls. The more courageous we are, the more we succeed in explaining what we know.

  Maya Angelou

  Soul, Succeed, Explaining

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• You're an intelligent person of great moral character who has taken a very courageous stand. I'm an intelligent person with no moral character at all, so I'm in an ideal position to appreciate it.

  Joseph Heller

  Taken, Character, Intelligent

  Joseph Heller (1999). “Catch-22: A Novel”, p.389, Simon and Schuster

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• Faith is walking face-first and full-speed into the dark. If we truly knew all the answers in advance as to the meaning of life and the nature of God and the destiny of our souls, our belief would not be a leap of faith and it would not be a courageous act of humanity; it would just be... a prudent insurance policy.

  Elizabeth Gilbert

  Faith, Courage, Dark

  Elizabeth Gilbert (2010). “The Complete Elizabeth Gilbert: Eat, Pray, Love; Committed; The Last American Man; Stern Men & Pilgrims”, p.167, A&C Black

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• To be courageous requires no exceptional qualifications, no magic formula, no special combination of time, place, and circumstance. It is an opportunity that sooner or later is presented to us all.

  John F. Kennedy

  Courage, Opportunity, Magic

  John F. Kennedy (1964). “Profiles In Courage”

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• What made me most courageous was that I realized I had to try to let go of that stereotype I had in my mind, that bit of homophobia, and try for a second to be vulnerable and sensitive. It was f**kin' hard, man. I succeeded only for milliseconds.

  Jake Gyllenhaal

  Letting Go, Men, Mind

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• The future has many names: For the weak, it means the unattainable. For the fearful, it means the unknown. For the courageous, it means opportunity.

  Victor Hugo

  Mean, Opportunity, Names

  Speech by President of the Government, Mariano Rajoy, at inauguration of National Conference of the Association for the Progress of Management, www.lamoncloa.gob.es. November 13, 2012.

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• We cannot become starched Christians, too polite, who speak of theology calmly over tea. We have to become courageous Christians and seek out those (who need help most).

  Pope Francis

  Christian, Tea, Needs

  "Pope Francis Insists Church Must Help Poor, Not ‘Speak Of Theology’" by Philip Pullella, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 18, 2013.

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• Courage is like—it’s a habitus, a habit, a virtue: You get it by courageous acts. It’s like you learn to swim by swimming. You learn courage by couraging.

  Brené Brown

  Peace, Swimming, Like You

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• Thy will be done, my Lord. Because you know the weakness in the heart of your children, and you assign each of them only the burden they can bear. May you understand my love–because it is the only thing I have that is really mine, the only thing that I will be able to take with me into the next life. Please allow it to be courageous and pure; please make it capable of surviving the snares of the world.

  Paulo Coelho

  Children, Heart, Weakness

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• Its time we woke up,” pursued Gerald, still inwardly urged to unfamiliar speech. “Women are pretty much people, seems to me. I know they dress like fools - but who’s to blame for that? We invent all those idiotic hats of theirs, and design their crazy fashions, and what’s more, if a woman is courageous enough to wear common-sense clothes - and shoes - which of us wants to dance with her?

  Charlotte Perkins Gilman

  Fashion, Crazy, Shoes

  Charlotte Perkins Gilman (2006). “The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Writings”, p.25, Bantam Classics

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• I was a photographer first.I worked alone. I did it my way as much as I could. I have been sort of courageous about doing things, because I didn't think I should do less than my brothers.

  Agnes Varda

  Brother, Thinking, Way

  Source: www.believermag.com

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• I have to care and I have to be honest and have the courage to be vulnerable. If that happens, then that's the best I can do. To just be a puppet for the audience is not very courageous. Just to do whatever they say they want - because a lot of times people will hear something new that they hadn't heard before and get turned on by a new experience and will want to hear more of that.

  Herbie Hancock

  New Experiences, People, Care

  "Jazz icon Herbie Hancock". "Tavis Smiley Show", www.pbs.org. August 29, 2011.

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• Buffaloes are stronger than the lions, but they often fall prey to lions because they hesitate to be courageous and thus run away! Be determined or accept being destroyed!

  Mehmet Murat Ildan

  Running, Fall, Stronger

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• Chickens are brave till the foxes come at night; mortals are courageous till the death comes at twilight.

  Mehmet Murat Ildan

  Twilight, Night, Brave

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• The unfortunate and inescapable historical truth is that those in government - from both parties and with a few courageous exceptions - do not feel constrained by the Constitution. They think they can do whatever they want.

  Andrew Napolitano

  Party, Thinking, Government

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• My view of Bradley Manning is that he's a very courageous young man who... did what I didn't have the guts to do during the Vietnam war.

  Ray McGovern

  War, Men, Views

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• 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 taste and experience much less than usual... And for a man who has let himself be drawn completely out of himself by his activity, nothing is more difficult than to sit still and rest, doing nothing at all. The very act of resting is the hardest and most courageous act he can perform.

  Thomas Merton

  Inspirational, Spiritual, Men

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