Dare to be strong and courageous. That is the road. Venture anything.
Mohammed knew that most people are terribly cowardly and stupid. That is why he promised two beautiful women to every courageous warrior who dies in battle. This is the kind of language a soldier understands. When he believes that he will be welcomed in this manner in the afterlife, he will be willing to give his life, he will be enthusiastic about going to battle and not fear death. You may call this primitive and you may laugh about it, but it is based on deeper wisdom. A religion must speak a man's language.
To be an artist includes much; one must possess many gifts - absolute gifts - which have not been acquired by one's own effort. And, moreover, to succeed, the artist much possess the courageous soul.
As an innovation. . . the establishment of Free Schools was the boldest ever promulgated, since the commencement of the Christian era. . . Time has ratified its soundness. Two centuries proclaim it to be as wise as it was courageous, as beneficient as it was disinterested. It was one of those grand mental and moral experiments. . . The sincerity of our gratitude must be tested by our efforts to perpetuate and improve what they established. The gratitude of the lips only is an unholy offering.
There's something which impels us to show our inner souls. The more courageous we are, the more we succeed in explaining what we know.
Be courageous. It's one of the only places left uncrowded.
Taking risks in older age is more courageous because you have more to lose. When you have nothing, you have nothing to lose.
Ask courageous questions. Do not be satisfied with superficial answers. Be open to wonder and at the same time subject all claims to knowledge, without exception, to intense skeptical scrutiny. Be aware of human fallibility. Cherish your species and your planet.
If you want to be seen as courageous by some and hated by others, just say what you really think.
Courage is on display every day, and only the courageous wring the most out of life.
While I do not hesitate to applaud certain aspects of the resolution honoring the sacrifices of our courageous soldiers who are risking their lives in Iraq, I cannot be supportive of capitalizing on these very sacrifices for political gain.
Decision is the spark that ignites action. Until a decision is made, nothing happens. . . . Decision is the courageous facing of issues, knowing that if they are not faced, problems will remain forever unanswered.
A courageous person is one who faces fearful things as he ought and as reason directs for the sake of what is noble.
God hears no sweeter music than the cracked chimes of the courageous human spirit ringing in imperfect acknowledgement of His perfect love.
The courageous conversation is the one you don't want to have.
I don't have to research humanity, I just have to be courageous enough to share that part of myself with everybody.
To stand up for peace and against war and for disarmament is very courageous here in America.
Battles are won in the trenches, in the grit and grime of courageous determination; they are won day by day in the arena of life.
Happiness depends on being free, and freedom depends on being courageous.
Nothing seemed as scary as waking up at 40 and realizing that I had not lived a very courageous life.