#courage

I had a lot of encouragement and tolerance from my parents, but I also have many friends who didn't get that from their parents and in a way they have more strength from spending years where nobody believed in them. ↗

— Michel Gondry

#believed #encouragement #friends #get #had

Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit. ↗

— Baltasar Gracian

#courage #fruit #wisdom #without

The Christian life is not a constant high. I have my moments of deep discouragement. I have to go to God in prayer with tears in my eyes, and say, 'O God, forgive me,' or 'Help me.' ↗

— Billy Graham

#christian life #constant #deep #discouragement #eyes

Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are often stiffened. ↗

— Billy Graham

#brave #brave man #contagious #man #often

Believers, look up - take courage. The angels are nearer than you think. ↗

— Billy Graham

#angels #believers #courage #look #nearer

Often we women are risk averse. I needed the push. Now, more than ever, young women need more seasoned women to provide that encouragement, to take a risk, to go for it. Once a glass ceiling is broken, it stays broken. ↗

— Jennifer M. Granholm

#broken #ceiling #encouragement #ever #glass

I was approached by friends who encouraged me to run for an open seat - attorney general of Michigan. It was a big risk. ↗

— Jennifer M. Granholm

#attorney #attorney general #big #encouraged #friends

She encouraged any artistic impulse I had, and my father discouraged any artistic impulse I had. They took out their problems with each other on me and my sister. ↗

— Bill Griffith

#artistic #discouraged #each #encouraged #father

Courage is... the knowledge of how to fear what ought to be feared and how not to fear what ought not to be feared. ↗

— David Ben-Gurion

#fear #feared #how #knowledge #ought

Courage, not compromise, brings the smile of God's approval. ↗

— Thomas S. Monson

#approval #brings #compromise #courage #god