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Helen Keller. aka Helen Adams Keller
There is plenty of courage among us for the abstract but not for the concrete.
I Ching, Book of Changes or Zhouyi NULL
It is only when we have the courage to face things exactly as they are,without any self-deception or illusion, that a light will develop out of events,by which the path to success may be recognized.
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Osho, born Chandra Mohan Jain, also known as Acharya Rajneesh and Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh NULL
Yoga is existential, experiential, experimental. No belief is required, no faith is needed – only courage to experience. And that’s what’s lacking. You can believe easily because in belief you are not going to be transformed. Belief is something added to you, something superficial. Your being is not changed; you are not passing through some mutation.
I agree with no man's opinion...The courage to believe in nothing.
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In the shadow of death he produces life, and though the senses are terrified, faith taking all for the best, is full of courage and assurance.
James A. Michener, fully James Albert Michener
It takes courage to know when you ought to be afraid.
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It is so often true that whether a person carries with him an atmosphere of gloom and depression or one of confidence and courage depends on his individual outlook.
Confidence | Courage | Depression | Gloom | Individual |
There are men and women who make the world better just by being the kind of people they are. They have the gift of kindness or courage or loyalty or integrity. It really matters very little whether they are behind the wheel of a truck or running a business or bringing up a family. The teach the truth by living it.
Better | Business | Courage | Kindness | Little | Loyalty | Loyalty | Men | People | Teach | Truth | World | Business |
True courage is a result of reasoning. A brave mind is always impregnable.
Jim Hightower, fully James Allen "Jim" Hightower
The opposite for courage is not cowardice, it is conformity. Even a dead fish can go with the flow.
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John Wooden, fully John Robert Wooden
Success is never final, failure is never fatal. It's courage that counts.
True courage is like a kite; a contrary wind raises it higher.
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All is not lost, the unconquerable will, and study of revenge, immortal hate, and the courage never to submit or yield.
John Steinbeck, fully John Ernst Steinbeck
An unbelieved truth can hurt a man much more than a lie. It takes great courage to back truth unacceptable to our times. There's a punishment for it, and it's usually crucifixion
Courage | Man | Punishment | Truth |
The 21 Indispensible Qualities of a Leader CHARACTER: Be a Piece of the Rock CHARISMA: The First Impression Can Seal the Deal. COMMITMENT: It Separates Doers from Dreamers. COMMUNICATION: Without It You Travel Alone. COMPETENCE: If You Build It, They Will Come. COURAGE: One Person with Courage Is a Majority. DISCERNMENT: Put an End to Unsolved Mysteries. FOCUS: The Sharper It Is, the Sharper You Are. GENEROSITY: Your Candle Loses Nothing When It Lights Another. INITIATIVE: You Won’t Leave Home Without It. LISTENING: To Connect with Their Hearts, Use Your Ears. PASSION: Take This Life and Love It. POSITIVE ATTITUDE: If You Believe You Can, You Can. PROBLEM SOLVING: You Can’t Let Your Problems Be a Problem. RELATIONSHIPS: If You Get Along, They’ll Go Along. RESPONSIBILITY: If You Won’t Carry the Ball, You Can’t Lead the Team. SECURITY: Competence Never Compensates for Insecurity. SELF-DISCIPLINE: The First Person You Lead Is You. SERVANTHOOD: To Get Ahead, Put Others First. TEACHABILITY: To Keep Leading, Keep Learning. VISION: You Can Seize Only What You Can.
Competence | Courage | Impression | Life | Life | Love | Nothing | Problems | Qualities | Will |
John F. Kennedy, fully John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy
The path we have chosen for the present is full of hazards, as all paths are; but it is one of the most consistent with our character and our courage as a nation and our commitments around the world. The cost of freedom is always high — but Americans have always paid it. And one path we shall never choose, and this is the path of surrender or submission. Our goal is not victory of might but the vindication of right — not peace at the expense of freedom, but both peace and freedom, here in this hemisphere and, we hope, around the world. God willing, that goal will be achieved.
Character | Cost | Courage | Freedom | God | Peace | Present | Right | Surrender | Will | God |
It is not that you must be free from fear. The moment you try to free yourself from fear, you create a resistance against fear. Resistance, in any form,does not end fear. What is needed, rather than running away or controlling or suppressing or any other resistance, is understanding fear; that means, watch it, learn about it, come directly into contact with it. We are to learn about fear, not how to escape from it, not how to resist it through courage and so on.
Courage | Understanding | Learn |