When one has nothing to lose, one becomes courageous. We are timid only when there is something we can still cling to.
What could we accomplish if we knew we could not fail?
Cuba has become a symbol of courageous resistance to attack. Since 1959, Cuba has been under attack from the hemispheric superpower.
Courage is exhilarating.
Cheryl Strayed is a courageous, gritty, and deceptively elegant writer.
Courageous people are still afraid, but they don't let the fear paralyze them.
I don't feel particularly courageous.
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.
The more creative you are the more trouble you're in. You have to be courageous!
There comes a time in the lives of those destined for greatness when we must stand before the mirror of meaning and ask: Why, having been endowed with the courageous heart of a lion, do we live as mice?
The ordinary man is as courageous and invulnerable as a hero when he does not recognize any danger, when he has no eyes to see it. Conversely, the hero's only vulnerable spot is on his back, and so exactly where he has no eyes.
It is possible to point to hundreds, thousands, perhaps even millions of imaginative, courageous programs to reduce, recycle, and reuse - yet the overall trajectory of industrial civilization remains relatively unchanged.
Apology is the most courageous gesture we can make to ourselves.
For a courageous man cannot die dishonorably, a man who has attained the consulship cannot die before his time, a philosopher cannot die wretchedly.
Skydiving is something I've never done! And I am very excited to take the leap with a community of like-minded courageous women.
Faith is walking face-first and full-speed into the dark. If we truly knew all the answers in advance as to the meaning of life and the nature of God and the destiny of our souls, our belief would not be a leap of faith and it would not be a courageous act of humanity; it would just be. . . a prudent insurance policy.
Why having been endowed with the courageous heart of a lion, do we live as mice?
Women? I love women. Life would have been virtually zero without them. Journalism? I really feel like I am a journalist. . . And courage? I had a boat named Courageous.
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.
He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.