It takes courage, of course, to step out of the fray, as it takes courage to do anything that's necessary, whether tending to a loved one on her deathbed or turning away from that sugarcoated doughnut.
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It takes courage, of course, to step out of the fray, as it takes courage to do anything that's necessary, whether tending to a loved one on her deathbed or turning away from that sugarcoated doughnut.
Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.
For all sad words of tongue and pen, The saddest are these, 'It might have been'.
Some people believe holding on and hanging in there are signs of great strength. However, there are times when it takes much more strength to know when to let go and then do it.
The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.
Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.
The best way out is always through.
Do not anticipate trouble, or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight.
Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can't practice any other virtue consistently. You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage.
Never forget that no military leader has ever become great without audacity.
The will must be stronger than the skill.
I am here for a purpose and that purpose is to grow into a mountain, not to shrink to a grain of sand. Henceforth will I apply ALL my efforts to become the highest mountain of all and I will strain my potential until it cries for mercy.
Dance training can't be separate from life training. Everything that comes into our lives is training. The qualities we admire in great dancing are the same qualities we admire in human beings: honesty, courage, fearlessness, generosity, wisdom, depth, compassion,and humanity.
It doesn't take a hero to order men into battle. It takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into battle.
To him that waits all things reveal themselves, provided that he has the courage not to deny, in the darkness, what he has seen in the light.
Good ideas are not adopted automatically. They must be driven into practice with courageous impatience.
Come to the edge.' 'We can't. We're afraid.' 'Come to the edge.' 'We can't. We will fall!' 'Come to the edge.' And they came. And he pushed them. And they flew.
Courage is not the absence of fear — it s inspiring others to move beyond it.
We have a powerful potential in our youth, and we must have the courage to change old ideas and practices so that we may direct their power toward good ends.
The terrorists didn't think that Yazidi girls would have the courage to tell the world every detail of what they did to us. We defy them by not letting their crimes go unanswered.
Develop enough courage so that you can stand up for yourself and then stand up for somebody else.
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