#inspiration

Rohan, if being a hero is having the courage to resist using power arbitrarily, then you are a hero, beloved. ↗

— Melanie Rawn

#courage

Harry, despite your privileged insight into Voldemort’s world (which, incidentally, is a gift any Death Eater would kill to have), you have never been seduced by the Dark Arts, never, even for a second, shown the slightest desire to become one of Voldemort’s followers!” “Of course I haven’t!” said Harry indignantly. “He killed my mum and dad!” “You are protected, in short, by your ability to love!” said Dumbledore loudly. ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#art

Deal with him, Hemingway! ↗

— James Joyce

#friendship #heart #humor #inspirational #leadership

The word that came to me now was "defiant." Because a person had to be defiant to be able to stand amid the wreckage of her life and instead of shaking a fist, pick up a hammer. ↗

— Karen White

#inspirational #karen-white #the-beach-trees #courage

Always be bold in everything you do, because boldness has genius, power and magic in it which makes impossibility possible ↗

— Adedayo kingjerry

#inspirational #courage

Thought you could kill my Snow-on-the-Mountain, did you? Well, Jessie says that the top's growing back out. Next time you'll know how to do it right, won't you? You'll pull it up by the roots, won't you? ↗

— Harper Lee

#courage #inspirational #courage

Tell your story: Yes, tell your story. Show your example. Tell everyone it's possible, and others shall feel the courage, to climb their own mountains. ↗

— Paulo Coelho

#courage

Trust your passion, identify your dreams, and find the courage to share them with others, no matter how many times they call you a fool. ↗

— Bill Strickland

#motivational #courage

You can't test courage cautiously.” (Annie Dillard) ↗

— Marcia Quinn Noren

#courage

When you are born...your courage is new and clean. You are brave enough for anything: crawling off of staircases, saying your first words without fearing that someone will think you are foolish, putting strange things in your mouth. But as you get older, your courage attracts gunk and crusty things and dirt and fear and knowing how bad things can get and what pain feels like. By the time you're half-grown, your courage barely moves at all, it's so grunged up with living. So every once in a while, you have to scrub it up and get the works going or else you'll never be brave again. Unfortunately, there are not so many facilities in your world that provide the kind of services we do. So most people go around with grimy machinery, when all it would take is a bit of spit and polish to make them paladins once more, bold knights and true. ↗

— Catherynne M. Valente

#growing-up #inspirational #courage