Great Throughts Treasury

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Related Quotes

Sidney Warren

The President must have not only the courage of his convictions but also the courage to change his convictions.

Change | Convictions | Courage |

D. A. Battista, fully Giovanni Battista Cima da Conegliano

The scars you acquire by exercising courage will never make you feel inferior.

Courage | Will |

Bernard Edmonds

To dream anything that you want to dream, that is the beauty of the human mind. To do anything that you want to do, that is the strength of the human will. To trust yourself, to test your limits, that is the courage to succeed.

Beauty | Courage | Mind | Strength | Trust | Will | Beauty |

Christopher Hitchens

The moment of near despair is quite often the moment that precedes courage rather than resignation. In a sense, with the back to the wall and no exit but death or acceptance, the options narrow to one.

Acceptance | Courage | Death | Despair | Resignation | Sense |

Og Mandino

Obstacles are necessary for success because in selling, as in all careers of importance, victory comes only after many struggles and countless defeats. Yet each struggle, each defeat, sharpens your skills and strengths, your courage and your endurance, your ability and your confidence and thus each obstacle is a comrade-in-arms forcing you to become better or quit. Each rebuff is an opportunity to move forward; turn away from them, avoid them, and you throw away your future.

Ability | Better | Confidence | Courage | Defeat | Endurance | Future | Opportunity | Struggle | Success | Obstacle |

Og Mandino

Each struggle, each defeat, sharpens your skills and strengths, your courage and your endurance, your ability and your confidence."

Ability | Confidence | Courage | Defeat | Endurance | Struggle |

Max Lucado

I will be grateful for the twenty-four hours that are before me. Time is a precious commodity. I refuse to allow what little time I have to be contaminated by self-pity, anxiety, or boredom. I will face this day with the joy of a child and the courage of a giant. I will drink each minute as though it is my last. When tomorrow comes, today will be gone forever. While it is here, I will use it for loving and giving. Today I will make a difference.

Anxiety | Anxiety | Courage | Day | Giving | Joy | Little | Pity | Self | Time | Tomorrow | Will | Child |

Abraham Lincoln

It often requires more courage to dare to do right than to fear to do wrong.

Courage | Fear | Right | Wrong |

Rene G. Torres

He who does not have the courage to speak up for his rights cannot earn the respect of others.

Courage | Respect | Rights | Respect |