#age

When we fail, we cut the string. Then God ties it up again, making a knot and thereby bringing us a little closer to Him. Again and again our failures cut the string, and with each additional knot God keeps drawing us closer and closer. ↗

— Sharon A. Hersh

#courage

في الحقبة الحديثة انطلق العلم يفجر الطاقات الكامنة في الانسان منذ نهاية العصور الوسطى، لكن العلم انقلب على الانسان لأن الإنسان استغله لاستعباد الانسان. ↗

— Paul Tillich

#courage

What she knew was sand and wind and innumerable stars. The rumble in a camel’s throat as it swayed over shifting dunes, its trappings jingling in time with its steps beneath her. She knew the sting of thirst and the taste of dried fruit, the glare of sun and the frigid, bone-numbing cold of the air when the sun gave her throne over to the moon. She knew that, to survive, one must often revise one’s caliber, and one must completely depend upon Jesus Christ. ↗

— V.S. Carnes

#courage #historical #courage

A man faced death, but when death drew back forgot it until the next time. ↗

— John Christopher

#courage

Like all bullies and marauders, Gos was a coward at heart ↗

— L. Frank Baum

#cowardice #courage

I had always been suspicious of women who described the dissolution of their marriages as something that happened overnight. How could you not know? I'd thought. How could you miss all those signs? Well, let me tell you how: you were so busy putting out a fire directly in front of you that you were completely oblivious to the inferno raging at your back. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#business

If you're only looking out for yourself, you will always be scared. But if there are other factors, other concerns and considerations driving you, you will always find the strength and courage to overcome the danger and the fear. ↗

— J.H. Myn

#inspirational #courage

Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy. ↗

— Dale Carnegia

#courageous #business

The only reason I'm in Hollywood is that I don't have the moral courage to refuse the money." —Marlon Brando ↗

— David DeBacco

#hollywood-money #marlon-brando #stanley #courage

It is only the brave who win life’s rewards. Those who don’t overcome their fears are destined to fail at even the least things. ↗

— Kevis Hendrickson

#inspirational #the-tale-of-liril #wisdom #courage