#bravery

Did I have the courage to forge a path ↗

— Terry Tempest Williams

#bravery #courage #forge-a-path #courage

Whatever may happen, it must be of new hope or of new courage to me! ↗

— Bram Stoker

#courage #hope #courage

Esk felt that bravery was called for, but on a night like this bravery lasted only as long as a candle stayed alight. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#light #equality

He who is brave is free ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

#freedom #gallantry #freedom

Bravery is not an act of intelligence; it is just selfishness and stupidity. ↗

— M.F. Moonzajer

#intelligence #selfishness #stupidity #intelligence

Are you going to go down on your knees and beg for your life, old one?" Abbot Mortimer stared calmly into Cluny's savage eye. "I will never bend my knee on my own behalf. However, if I thought I could save the life of one of my friends I would gladly fall down on both knees. But I know you, Cluny, better than you know yourself. There is not a scrap of pity or mercy in your heart, only a burning desire for vengeance. Therefore, I will not kneel to one who is consumed by evil. ↗

— Brian Jacques

#kneel #redwall #life

Bravery and Stupidity are the same thing, the outcome determines your label. ↗

— Hayden Sixx

#courage #inspirational #courage

Let the first act of every morning be to make the following resolve for the day: - I shall not fear anyone on Earth. - I shall fear only God. - I shall not bear ill will toward anyone. - I shall not submit to injustice from anyone. - I shall conquer untruth by truth. And in resisting untruth, I shall put up with all suffering. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

#god #goodness #humanity #justice #kindness

I used to feel so alone in the city. All those gazillions of people and then me, on the outside. Because how do you meet a new person? I was very stunned by this for many years. And then I realized, you just say, "Hi." They may ignore you. Or you may marry them. And that possibility is worth that one word. ↗

— Augusten Burroughs

#lonliness #opportunity #risk #social-anxiety #opportunity

We never know how high we are Till we are called to rise; And then, if we are true to plan, Our statures touch the skies. The heroism we recite Would be a daily thing, Did not ourselves the cubits warp For fear to be a king. ↗

— Emily Dickinson

#confidence #fear #poetry #self #heroism