Courage, the highest gift, that scorns to bend
To mean devices for a sordid end.
Courage--an independent spark from Heaven's bright throne,
By which the soul stands raised, triumphant high, alone.
Great in itself, not praises of the crowd,
Above all vice, it stoops not to be proud.
Courage, the mighty attribute of powers above,
By which those great in war, are great in love.
The spring of all brave acts is seated here,
As falsehoods draw their sordid birth from fear.
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Courage is doing what you're afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you're scared.
Courage is doing what you're afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you're scared.
Honor is unstable and seldom the same; for she feeds upon opinion, and is as fickle as her food.
Honor is unstable and seldom the same; for she feeds upon opinion, and is as fickle as her food.
If courage wasn't a standard result of aging, it meant that the young could somehow acquire it as well.
If courage wasn't a standard result of aging, it meant that the young could somehow acquire it as well.
You win some, you lose some, and some get rained out, but you gotta suit up for them all.
You win some, you lose some, and some get rained out, but you gotta suit up for them all.
Give us the fortitude to endure the things which cannot be changed, and the courage to change the things which read more
Give us the fortitude to endure the things which cannot be changed, and the courage to change the things which should be changed, and the wisdom to know one from the other.
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear
For a righteous man falls seven times, and rises again. [Proverbs 24:16].
For a righteous man falls seven times, and rises again. [Proverbs 24:16].
It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.
It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.
Great dreams... never even get out of the box. It takes an uncommon amount of guts to put your dreams read more
Great dreams... never even get out of the box. It takes an uncommon amount of guts to put your dreams on the line, to hold them up and say, 'How good or how bad am I?' That's where courage comes in.
