#oura

Now that I've got some films under my belt, I have the courage of my convictions regarding acting. It gives me a leg to stand on. ↗

— Mira Sorvino

#belt #convictions #courage #films #gives

Clear thinking requires courage rather than intelligence. ↗

— Thomas Szasz

#clear #intelligence #rather #requires #than

You take a number of small steps which you believe are right, thinking maybe tomorrow somebody will treat this as a dangerous provocation. And then you wait. If there is no reaction, you take another step: courage is only an accumulation of small steps. ↗

— George Konrad

#believe #courage #dangerous #maybe #number

There's only one requirement of any of us, and that is to be courageous. Because courage, as you might know, defines all other human behavior. And, I believe - because I've done a little of this myself - pretending to be courageous is just as good as the real thing. ↗

— David Letterman

#because #behavior #believe #courage #courageous

Often the test of courage is not to die but to live. ↗

— Vittorio Alfieri

#die #live #often #test

I looked along the aisle and saw her, and it was as if I saw her for the first time. Everything changed. The ancient featureless interior of me spangled orange, mint, cat-blue. I looked back to the window immediately, my face damp, my breath caught. And worried I would never have the courage to look at her again. ↗

— Sonya Hartnett

#everything-changed #featureless #first-time #change

Not one country in existence today has had the same borders and government for as long as two hundred years. The world will continue changing. ↗

— Jim Rogers

#encourage #life #world #change

Iraqis have held elections and have recently put together their government, all encouraging developments. ↗

— James A. Leach

#elections #encouraging #government #held #iraqis

These are some of the characteristics of the state of mind which the creation and appreciation of haiku demand: Selflessness, Loneliness, Grateful Acceptance, Wordlessness, Non-intellectuality, Contradictoriness, Humor, Freedom, Non-morality, Simplicity, Materiality, Love, and Courage. ↗

— R.H. Blyth

#zen #courage

I am encouraged to see women are being elected in Chile, Argentina, Liberia, Ireland. More is more. ↗

— Dee Dee Myers

#argentina #being #chile #elected #encouraged