It has forever been thus: So long as men write what they think, then all of the other freedoms—all of them—may remain intact. And it is then that writing becomes a weapon of truth, an article of faith, an act of courage.
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Quotes tagged ‘Courage’
Courage is of the heart by derivation, And great it is. But fear is of the soul.
When the wind of change blows, some build walls, while others build windmills.
What makes Heroic? To face simultaneously one’s greatest suffering and one’s highest hope.
Long before morning I knew that what I was seeking to discover was a thing I'd always known. That all courage was a form of constancy. That it is always himself that the coward abandoned first. After this all other betrayals come easily.
We’re all scared most of the time. Life would be lifeless if we weren’t. Be scared, and then jump into that fear. Again and again. Just remember to hold on to yourself while you do it.
My rising is thy fall.
You may shoot me with your words, You may cut me with your eyes, You may kill me with your hatefulness, But still, like air, I’ll rise.
People cry, not because they’re weak. It’s because they’ve been strong for too long.
Even though love covers all things, fear is what keeps us silent and keeps words unsaid. Fear keeps us standing in one place. Eventually, when it wins, it means we never got the courage to say what we needed to say.
He fought because he actually felt safer fighting than running.
You have two choices. you can keep running and hiding and blaming the world for your problems, or you can stand up for yourself and decide to be somebody important.
It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else.
Life is made of so many moments that mean nothing. Then one day, a single moment comes along to define every second that comes after. Such moments are tests of courage, of strength.
Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength while loving someone deeply gives you courage.
Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength while loving someone deeply gives you courage.
Anyone can hide. Facing up to things, working through them, that’s what makes you strong.
You’ve got to use it, the pain. Use it as fuel to move past the torment, to the light at the end of the tunnel.
I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.
The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.