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What we seek we shall find; what we flee from flees from us.

What you feel doesn’t matter in the end; it’s what you do that makes you brave.

When a cause comes along and you know in your bones that it is just, yet refuse to defend it--at that moment you begin to die. And I have never seen so many corpses walking around talking about justice.

When a man has fulfilled all four of these requisites-to be wide awake, to have fear, respect, and absolute assurance-there are no mistakes for which he will have to account; under such conditions his actions lose the blundering quality of the acts of a fool. If such a man fails, or suffers a defeat, he will have lost only a battle, and there will be no pitiful regrets over that.

When God speaks, oftentimes His voice will call for an act of courage on our part.

When human power becomes so great and original that we can account for it only as a kind of divine imagination, we call it genius

When I consider what some books have done for the world, and what they are doing, how they keep up our hope, awaken new courage and faith, soothe pain, give an ideal life those whose hours are cold and hard, bind together distant ages and foreign lands, create new worlds of beauty, bring down truth from heaven; I give eternal blessings for this gift, and thank God for books.

When I'm trusting and being myself as fully as possible, everything in my life reflects this by falling into place easily, often miraculously.

When in doubt, do the courageous thing.

When I tell the truth, it is not for the sake of convincing those who do not know it, but for the sake of defending those that do.

When it comes to the pinch, human beings are heroic.

When you look fear in the face, you are able to say to yourself, 'I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.'

When moral courage feels that it is in the right, there is no personal daring of which it is incapable.

When on the brink of complete discouragement, success is discerning that...the line between failure and success is so fine that often a single extra effort is all that is needed to bring victory out of defeat.

When something happens to you, you either let it defeat you, or you defeat it.

When you die, it does not mean that you lose to cancer, you beat cancer by how you live, why you live and in the manner in which you live.

When you jump across a canyon, cautious small steps and vacillation won't work. Sometimes you just have to go for it.

When one trusts this inner universal power, it automatically draws forth the trust of the people one deals with.

When superior people hear of the Way, they carry it out with diligence. When middling people hear of the Way, it sometimes seems to be there, sometimes not. When lesser people hear of the Way, they ridicule it greatly. If they didn't laugh at it, it wouldn't be the Way.

When you become detached mentally from yourself and concentrate on helping other people with their difficulties, you will be able to cope with your own more effectively. Somehow, the act of self - giving is a personal power - releasing factor.

When you've got something to prove, there's nothing greater than a challenge.

Where I could not be honest, I never yet was valiant.

Where there is a brave man, in the thickest of the fight, there is the post of honor.

Who does not sometimes envy the good and the brave, who are no more to suffer from the tumults of the natural world, and await with curious complacency the speedy term of his own conversation with finite nature?

Whistling to keep myself from being afraid.

Who dares nothing, need hope for nothing.

Who bravely dares must sometimes risk a fall.

Who hath not courage to revenge will never find generosity to forgive.

Who has courage to say no again and again to desires, to despise the objects of ambition, who is a whole in himself, smoothed and rounded.

Why, courage then! what cannot be avoided 'Twere childish weakness to lament or fear.

Who would true valour see, Let him come hither; One here will constant be, Come wind, come weather There’s no discouragement Shall make him once relent His first avowed intent To be a pilgrim.

Why did I hesitate to put all this glory of the sun on my canvas?

Wine gives courage and makes men more apt for passion.

Within each experience of pain or negativity is the opportunity to challenge the perception that lies behind it, the fear that lies behind it, and choose to learn with wisdom. The fear will not vanish immediately, but it will disintegrate as you work with courage. When fear ceases to scare you, it cannot stay. When you choose to learn through wisdom, to evolve consciously, your fears surface one at a time in order for you to exorcise them with inner faith. This is how it happens. You exorcise your own demons.

with courage a human being is safe enough. And without it - he is never for one instant safe!

With infinite life comes an infinite list of relatives. Grandparents never die, nor do great grandparents, great-aunts…and so on, back through the generations, all alive and offering advice. Sons never escape from the shadows of their fathers. Nor do daughters of their mothers. No one ever comes into his own…Such is the cost of immortality. No person is whole. No person is free.

Without dreams, there can be no courage. And without courage, there can be no action.

Without courage all other virtues lose their meaning.

Wisdom, prudence, forethought, these are essential. But not second to these that noble courage which adventures the right, and leaves the consequences to God.

With honesty of purpose, balance, a respect for tradition, courage, and, above all, a philosophy of life, any young person who embraces the historical profession will find it rich in rewards and durable in satisfaction.

Within each of us is a hidden store of energy. Energy we can release to compete in the marathon of life. Within each of us is a hidden store of courage. Courage to give us the strength to face any challenge. Within each of us is a hidden store of determination. Determination to keep us in the race when all seems lost

Without courage you can't practice any other virtue consistently.

Without courage we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency.

Without fear and disease, my life would be like a boat without oars.

Without heroes, we are all plain people and don't know how far we can go.

Woman must not accept; she must challenge. She must not be awed by that which has been built up around her; she must reverence that woman in her which struggles for expression.

Women are like tea bags: put them in hot water and they get stronger.

Without realizing it, the individual composes his life according to the laws of beauty even in times of greatest distress.

Yield not to calamity, but face her boldly.

Yesterday I dared to struggle. Today I dare to win.