you say you have no courage, but i see it in you. what you did, the burden you agreed to shoulder, took courage. for that, i honor you.
Interpretation
Courage often lies hidden within us, revealed through our actions and choices.
This quote emphasizes that courage is not always overt or easy to recognize. It acknowledges the often unseen bravery involved in shouldering burdens and facing challenges, highlighting that those who may doubt their own courage often demonstrate it through their deeds, deserving respect and honor for their resilience and strength.
In practice
In a motivational speech about overcoming adversity.
You're gutless. It's how you were made. And that's not such a bad thing because your saving grace is that you've never lied to yourself about it. Not about that. Nothing wrong with cowardice as long as it comes with prudence. But when a coward stops remembering who he is... God help him.
There was brotherhood between people who had fed from the same breast, a kinship that even time could not break. - Amir
I don't outline at all; I don't find it useful, and I don't like the way it boxes me in. I like the element of surprise and spontaneity, of letting the story find its own way.
And that's the thing about people who mean everything they say. They think everyone else does too.
Perspective [is] a luxury when your head [is] constantly buzzing with a swarm of demons.
The desert weed lives on, but the flower of spring blooms and wilts.
We've been blessed with the opportunity to stand for something - for liberty and freedom and fairness. And these are things worth fighting for, worth devoting our lives to.
My mustrious lordship, i'll show you what a woman can do
True charity requires courage: Let us overcome the fear of getting our hands dirty so as to help those in need.
The fear of the Lord tends to take away all other fears... This is the secret of Christian courage and boldness.
I thought you'd rather have a live donkey than a dead lion.
I believe in pride of race and lineage and self: in pride of self so deep as to scorn injustice to other selves.
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