#it

The relationship between commitment and doubt is by no means an antagonistic one. Commitment is healthiest when it is not without doubt, but in spite of doubt. (p. 21) ↗

— Rollo May

#conviction #doubt #courage

Do you think that Hemingway knew he was a writer at twenty years old? No, he did not. Or Fitzgerald, or Wolfe. This is a difficult concept to grasp. Hemingway didn't know he was Ernest Hemingway when he was a young man. Faulkner didn't know he was William Faulkner. But they had to take the first step. They had to call themselves writers. That is the first revolutionary act a writer has to make. It takes courage. But it's necessary ↗

— Pat Conroy

#courage

What we know matters but who we are matters more. ↗

— Brené Brown

#identity #worth #courage

The courage to be is the courage to accept oneself, in spite of being unacceptable. ↗

— Paul Tillich

#accept #being #oneself #spite #unacceptable

The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice, it's conformity. ↗

— Rollo May

#courage

...idea at play here is that of “morality.” When young women are taught about morality, there’s not often talk of compassion, kindness, courage, or integrity. There is, however, a lot of talk about hymens ↗

— Jessica Valenti

#virginity #courage

You cannot have the right to do what is wrong! ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

#means-justifying-the-ends #moral-courage #courage

Having the courage to take the steps we always wanted to take is the only way of showing that we trust in God. ↗

— Paulo Coelho

#courage

Worrying about scarcity is our culture's version of post-traumatic stress. It happens when we've been through too much, and rather than coming together to heal (which requires vulnerability) we're angry and scared and at each other's throats. ↗

— Brené Brown

#scarcity #society #stress #vulnerability #courage

If a man isn't willing to take some risk for his opinions, either his opinions are no good or he's no good ↗

— Ezra Pound

#courage #criticism #intellectuals #opinion #taboos