#ura

Precarious, life is. A flying leap. A sweep of hand. A star flung across the night. A lucky catch in this whirling juggling circus act. From Steam Drills, Treadmills, and Shooting Stars ↗

— Rivera Sun

#courage #inspirational #life #philosophy #protest-novel

A wise man knows when to stay silent. However, a wiser man of faith knows that sometimes words can win the battle when all odds stand against you. ↗

— Shannon L. Alder

#faith #fear #following-the-spirit #love #wisdom

Since then, I've observed that a charismatic personality who's willing to take risks only for personal gain does not make a good leader. Principle-centered leadership is based on selfless courage, practical wisdom and moral objectives. It's based on honesty and focused on achieving what is best for others, whether they understand it or not. Consequently, great leaders are not always popular, but they are consistent. ↗

— Kenneth E. Behring

#leadership #courage

I told her I loved the howling sound of her harmonica. That seemed to be the limit of my courage that night, and even those spoken words had to struggle their way out of my mouth. It's all very well for words to build bridges, but sometimes I think it's a matter of knowing when to do it. Knowing when the time's right. ↗

— Markus Zusak

#courage #knowing-when-the-time-is-right #limit #mouth #spoken-words

So," he asked. "How's death?" "Hard," she said. "It just keeps going. ↗

— Neil Gaiman

#laura #shadow #death

Forever Beautiful, Forever Mine. ↗

— Michael Griffo

#michael-griffo #unafraid #unnatural #unwelcome #beauty

Theologians talk about a prevenient grace that precedes grace itself and allows us to accept it. I think there must also be a prevenient courage that allows us to be brave - that is, to acknowledge that there is more beauty than our eyes can bear, that precious things have been put into our hands and to do nothing to honor them is to do great harm. And therefore, this courage allows us, as the old men said, to make ourselves useful. It allows us to be generous, which is another way of saying exactly the same thing. ↗

— Marilynne Robinson

#brave #courage #generous #giving #grace

They were amazing, fierce, beautiful children. ↗

— Adam Gidwitz

#courage #strength-of-character #beauty

Floating in the void free of gravity I made my way along the side of the ship. I listened to my own breaths. It was so dark and I was so weightless that I had to look for my bubbles to be sure which way was up. I swam backward a little away from the boat and into outer space and waved my arm through the water. Sure enough the phosphorescents appeared trailing my movement like the tail of a shooting star. I let myself tip upside down and floated there watching the gentle snowstorm marveling that a world of such strangeness existed here all the time just under the surface. ↗

— Elisabeth Eaves

#swimming #wonder #beauty

Can a man still be brave if he's afraid?" he heard is own voice saying small and far away." And his father's voice replied to him. "That is the only time a man can be brave. ↗

— George R.R. Martin

#bravery #courage #courage