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Oh, those warm days of stumbling words; blinded eyes, embracing in sweet slow dances and sipping courage from a bottle for sneaking kisses. ↗

— Kellie Elmore

#kiss #kisses #kissing #love #relationships

I want to leave behind me the name of a fellow who never bullied a little boy, or turned his back on a big one. ↗

— Thomas Hughes

#courage #reputation #courage

This is not about you,” reminded the inneru. I know… thought Andy. It’s about all the people in the Land of Oomaldee. It is about the King, Mermin, Alden, Marta, Hans and everyone I’ve come to love here. “You don’t usually think about others first,” replied his inneru. Maybe this is my chance to change that. ↗

— L.R.W. Lee

#lrwlee #change

To invoke Jesus' name is to place yourself in his presence, to open yourself to his power, his energy. The prayer of Jesus' name actually brings God closer, making him more present. He is always present in some way, since he knows and loves each one of us at every moment; but he is not present to those who do not pray as intimately as he is present to those who do. Prayers a difference; 'prayer changes things.' It may or may not change our external circumstances. (It does if God sees that that change is good for us; it does not if God sees that it is not.) but it always changes our relationship to God, which is infinitely more important than external circumstances, however pressing they may seem, because it is eternal but they are temporary, and because it is our very self but they are not. ↗

— Peter Kreeft

#christian #faith #jesus #power-of-his-name #prayer

Courage is often associated with aggression, but instead should be seen as a willingness to act from the heart. ↗

— Donna Quesada

#consciousness-raising #spirituality #yoga #zen #courage

Encourage literally came from "in courage." The courage is put "into" you from outside. Our character and abilities grow through internalizing from others what we do not possess in ourselves. ↗

— Dr. Henry Cloud

#character-defining #character-development #character-driven #character-quote #encourage

I think fear is normal, Cade. Just don't let it win. ↗

— Lisa Schroeder

#fear #the-day-before #courage

Your passion is waiting for your courage to catch up ↗

— Isabelle Lafleche

#courage

Anybody can rise to a crisis and face a crushing tragedy with courage, but to meet the petty hazards of the day with a laugh- I really think that requires spirit! ↗

— Jean Webster

#hazards #laugh #spirit #tragedy #courage

Melodramas of moral courage provide satisfaction through the comforting fantasy that our own character would hold steady under the most extreme pressure of dreadful events. [But we must face] the painful awareness that in all likelyhood one's own character would not have stood firm. ↗

— Jonathan Shay

#pride #reality #war #courage