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Courage

«Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising which tempt you to believe that your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires courage.»
«What is the quality of your intent?Certain people have a way of saying things that shake us at the core. Even when the words do not seem harsh or offensive, the impact is shattering. What we could be experiencing is the intent behind the words. When we intend to do good, we do. When we intend to do harm, it happens. What each of us must come to realize is that our intent always comes through. We cannot sugarcoat the feelings in our heart of hearts. The emotion is the energy that motivates. We cannot ignore what we really want to create. We should be honest and do it the way we feel it. What we owe to ourselves and everyone around is to examine the reasons of our true intent.My intent will be evident in the results.»
«What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?»
Author: Vincent van Gogh (Painter) | About: Courage, Effort, Hope, Life, Trying | Keywords: attempt
«Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul.»
«Valor grows by daring, fear by holding back.»
Author: Publilius Syrus | About: Courage, Fear | Keywords: daring, valor
«What we seek we shall find; what we flee from flees from us.»
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson (Essayist, Lecturer, Poet) | About: Courage, Fear | Keywords: flee, flees
«Two extremes: to exclude reason, to admit reason only.»
«We have to show these men and women freedom by enslaving them, and show them courage by frightening them.»
«We must build dikes of courage to hold back the flood of fear.»
«We are face to face with our destiny and we must meet it with a high and resolute courage. For us is the life of action, of strenuous performance of duty; let us live in the harness, striving mightily; let us rather run the risk of wearing out than rusting out.»
Author: Theodore Roosevelt (President) | About: Action, Courage, Duty | Keywords: harnessing