#courage

Hope is a function of struggle. ↗

— Brené Brown

#courage

It [is] that courage that Africa most desperately needs. ↗

— Barack Obama

#society #courage

But I think that because they trusted themselves and respected themselves as individuals, because they knew beyond doubt that they were valuable and potentially moral units -- because of this they could give God their own courage and dignity and then receive it back. Such things have disappeared perhaps because men do not trust themselves anymore, and when that happens there is nothing left except perhaps to find some strong sure man, even though he may be wrong, and to dangle from his coattails. ↗

— John Steinbeck

#self-trust #courage

When there is no peril in the fight, there is no glory in the triumph. ↗

— A. Alvarez

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It takes a great deal of courage to stand alone even if you believe in something very strongly. ↗

— Reginald Rose

#justice #responsibility #courage

Readers understand that the books celebrate female power. In the romance novel, the woman always wins. With courage, intelligence and gentleness she brings the most dangerous creature on the earth, the human male, to his knees. ↗

— Jayne Ann Krentz

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Love is about grand gestures. Love is about airplanes pulling banners over stadiums, proposals on jumbo-trons, giant words in sky writing. Love is about going that extra mile even if it hurts, letting it all hang out there. Love is about finding courage inside of you that you didn't even know was there. ↗

— Josh Hutcherson as Gabe

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Don't let the noise of other people drown out your inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. ↗

— Steve Jobs

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Being an idealist is not being a simpleton; without idealists there would be no optimism and without optimism there would be no courage to achieve advances that so-called realists would have you believe could never come to fruition. ↗

— Alisa Steinberg

#optimism #realists #courage

Don't be afraid to make corrections," Picchu said. "Don't be afraid to lend a hand." She fell silent, seeming to think for a moment. "And don't look down. ↗

— Diane Duane

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