When it feels like we need to choose between being right and being humble- pick both
Bob GoffRead
Courageous people feel the same fear everyone else does, they just decide to not be afraid anymore.
Interpretation
Everyone experiences fear, but courageous individuals choose to confront and overcome it instead of succumbing to it.
This quote by Bob Goff emphasizes that courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the decision to move forward despite it. Courageous people feel fear just like everyone else, but they actively choose to face their fears and take action, demonstrating that bravery is a choice that can be made in the face of challenges.
In practice
During a motivational speech at a conference.
When it feels like we need to choose between being right and being humble- pick both
I used to think God guided us by opening and closing doors, but now I know sometimes God wants us to kick some doors down.
Being engaged is a way of doing life, a way of living and loving. It's about going to extremes and expressing the bright hope that life offers us, a hope that makes us brave and expels darkness with light. That's what I want my life to be all about - full of abandon, whimsy, and in love.
Whimsy doesn't care if you are the driver or the passenger; all that matters is that you are on your way.
Courage doesn't mean we're not afraid anymore, it just means our actions aren't controlled by our doubts.
God pursues us into whatever dark place we've landed and behind whatever locked door holds us in. He holds our unwashed and dirty hands and models how He wants us to pursue each other And He says to ordinary people like me and you that instead of closing our eyes and bowing our heads, sometimes God wants us to keep our eyes open for people in need, do something about it, and bow our whole lives to Him instead.
Not only do we suffer from racism and sexism, but we also suffer from ageism. And that is that once you reach a certain age, you're not allowed to be adventurous, you're not allowed to be sexual and I think that's rather hideous. [...] I mean, is there a rule? Are you just supposed to die when you're 40?
Until one has given all, one has given nothing.
It was incomprehensible to me that someone who had never seen me before, someone who knew absolutely nothing about me, would want to inflict pain upon me for no other reason than the color of my skin.
Sometimes people try to destroy you, precisely because they recognize your power - not because they don't see it, but because they see it and they don't want it to exist.
Look at an infantryman's eyes and you can tell how much war he has seen.
Homophobia hurts our league. Racism hurts it. Sexism hurts it.
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