#elf

Chastity ... has, even now, a religious importance in a woman's life, and has so wrapped itself round with nerves and instincts that to cut it free and bring it to the light of day demands courage of the rarest. ↗

— Virginia Woolf

#dignity #double-standards #empowerment #encroachment #feminism

Courage is a decision you make to act in a way that works through your own fear for the greater good as opposed to pure self-interest. Courage means putting at risk your immediate self-interest for what you believe is right. ↗

— Derrick A. Bell

#fear #self-interest #courage

Every revolution was first a thought in one man's mind, and when the same thought occurs to another man, it is the key to that era. ↗

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

#courage-to-be-oneself #individuality #change

Have the courage to let some go, and sacrifice for some to stay; thus, live and make life your own way. ↗

— Mohammed Ali Bapir

#courage-to-be-oneself #life-experience #life-lessons #make-a-difference #sacrifice

IF - and this is the greatest of them all - I had the courage to see myself as I reallyam, I would find out what is wrong with me, and correct it, then I might have a chance to profit by my mistakes and learn something from the experience of others,for I know that there is something WRONG with me, or I would now be where I WOULD HAVE BEEN IF I had spent more time analyzing my weaknesses, and less time building alibis to cover them. ↗

— Napoleon Hill

#mistakes #self-help #self-improvement #success #weakness

No longer will I doubt my abilities...I will give myself a chance. ↗

— Stephanie Lahart

#courage-to-be-oneself #inspirational #motivation #courage

To stand by yourself -- that was also part of dignity. That way, a person could get through a public flaying with dignity. Galileo. Luther. Even somebody who admitted his guilt and resisted the temptation to deny it. Something politicians couldn't do. Honesty, the courage for honesty. With others and yourself. ↗

— Pascal Mercier

#courage #dignity #honesty #personality #self-awareness

Stubbornness" is knowing exactly what you want courageously living by free will; never to be judged or ridiculed. ↗

— Michelle Cruz-Rosado

#free-will #freedom-of-choice #courage

Knighthood. Was he even worthy? Just a little while ago, he’d have answered yes without a doubt, but now, facing the cross and his own desires, he wasn’t so sure. Courage, loyalty, obedience, faith. If even a man like Ulric could act against those virtues, then they were not something one possessed, but something to be constantly guarded and reclaimed. ↗

— Aleksandr Voinov

#virtues #william #courage

With courage and hope, we can conquer our fears and do what we once believed impossible. ↗

— Juliet Marillier

#conquer #courage #fears #hope #impossible