#oura

If we keep our heads down, either out of defeat or loss or shame or tiredness... whatever the reason, we are going to miss the beautiful sun (and Son) that is right there in front of us, shining its warmth on our faces and our souls! ↗

— Mary Beth Chapman

#encouragement #god #healing #shame #beauty

There was no more dangerous kind of madman than one who devoted a good brain and a courageous heart to unhealthy ambitions. ↗

— Michael Moorcock

#eternal-champion #madman #courage

The consolidation of the music business has made it difficult to encourage styles like the blues, all of which deserve to be celebrated as part of our most treasured national resources. ↗

— Bonnie Raitt

#business #celebrated #consolidation #deserve #difficult

Wisdom, prudence, forethought, these are essential. But not second to these that noble courage which adventures the right, and leaves the consequences to God. ↗

— Robert Dale Owen

#consequences #courage #essential #forethought #god

Courtesy is as much a mark of a gentleman as courage. ↗

— Theodore Roosevelt

#courtesy #gentleman #mark #much

Courage is always the surest wisdom. ↗

— Wilfred Grenfell

#courage #surest #wisdom

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