“Two qualities are indispensable: first, an intellect that, even in the darkest hour, retains some glimmerings of the inner light which leads to truth and second, the courage to follow this faint light wherever it may lead.”
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“Healing takes courage, and we all have courage, even if we have to dig a little to find it.”
“Goodness is about character - integrity, honesty, kindness, generosity, moral courage, and the like. More than anything else, it is about how we treat other people.”
“If human beings had genuine courage, they'd wear their costumes every day of the year, not just on Halloween.”
“Courage and grace are a formidable mixture. The only place to see it is in the bullring.”
“Just remaining quietly in the presence of God, listening to Him, being attentive to Him, requires a lot of courage and know-how.”
“There can be no great courage where there is no confidence or assurance, and half the battle is in the conviction that we can do what we undertake.”
“We need men with moral courage to speak and write their real thoughts, and to stand by their convictions, even to the very death.”
“A team is where a boy can prove his courage on his own. A gang is where a coward goes to hide.”
“Each person has inside a basic decency and goodness. If he listens to it and acts on it, he is giving a great deal of what it is the world needs most. It is not complicated but it takes courage. It takes courage for a person to listen to his own goodness and act on it.”
“The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice, it is conformity.”
“Courage can't see around corners but goes around them anyway.”
“The only courage that matters is the kind that gets you from one moment to the next.”
“Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.”
“Courage without conscience is a wild beast.”
“Eccentricity has always abounded when and where strength of character had abounded and the amount of eccentricity in a society has generally been proportional to the amount of genius, mental vigor, and courage which it contained.”
“Let's drink to the spirit of gallantry and courage that made a strange Heaven out of unbelievable Hell, and let's drink to the hope that one day this country of ours, which we love so much, will find dignity and greatness and peace again.”
“It is courage, courage, courage, that raises the blood of life to crimson splendor. Live bravely and present a brave front to adversity.”
“All you need is the plan, the road map, and the courage to press on to your destination.”
“To create one's world in any of the arts takes courage.”
“Genius is talent set on fire by courage.”
“We've begun to raise daughters more like sons... but few have the courage to raise our sons more like our daughters.”
“Either life entails courage, or it ceases to be life.”
“Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads.”