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Because the chief commodity a writer has to sell is his courage. And if he has none, he is more than a coward. He is a sellout and a fink and a heretic, because writing is a holy chore. ↗

— Harlan Ellison

#courage #writers #courage

Heroes may not be braver than anyone else. They're just braver 5 minutes longer. ↗

— Ronald Reagan

#heroes #bravery

In nature, improbabilities are the one stock in trade. The whole creation is one lunatic fringe. If creation had been left up to me, I'm sure I wouldn't have had the imagination or courage to do more than shape a single, reasonably sized atom, smooth as a snowball, and let it go at that. ↗

— Annie Dillard

#nature #courage

Sorrow spoken lends a little courage to the speaker. ↗

— Walter Wangerin Jr.

#grief #courage

Hannah expected this to make her sob even more, but instead she found her tears drying up and her tummy growing warm. How dare they? How dare they do this to little girls? She understood now why her parents go so angry when they saw the result of bombers in the white hot streets of the Middle East, why men and women wailed in anger as well as grief as they lifted the limp bodies of children from the rubble. How dare they? No, she wasn't going to die like this, wrapped up like some helpless baby. ↗

— Stephen M. Irwin

#bombs #captive #captured #child #courage

We Americans have many grave problems to solve, many threatening evils to fight, and many deeds to do, if, as we hope and believe, we have the wisdom, the strength, and the courage and the virtue to do them. But we must face facts as they are. We must neither surrender ourselves to a foolish optimism, nor succumb to a timid and ignoble pessimism. ↗

— Theodore Roosevelt

#balance #courage #courage

Dare to be brave today, and trust that when you extend your wings, you will fly. ↗

— Mary DeMuth

#courage #inspirational-quotes #trust #courage

Life is too short to cower. ↗

— Claire Cross

#cowardice #live #courage

The Coward will run away from danger, only to strike in the dark. The Heroine will run through the dark, even though she knows the coward is waiting to strike. ↗

— David A. Cleinman

#heroic #heroine #inspirational #principle-destiny #courage

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