Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising that tempt you to believe your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires some of the same courage that a soldier needs. Peace has its victories, but it takes brave men and women to win them. -Ralph Waldo Emerson.
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Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience.
Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience.
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.
Courage is the ladder on which all the other virtues mount.
Courage is the ladder on which all the other virtues mount.
He who does not have the courage to speak up for his rights cannot earn the respect of others.
He who does not have the courage to speak up for his rights cannot earn the respect of others.
Since fear is mostly about ignorance, the best part is that it's as temporary as you choose.
Since fear is mostly about ignorance, the best part is that it's as temporary as you choose.
A ship is safe in harbor, but that's not what ships are for.
A ship is safe in harbor, but that's not what ships are for.
I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my read more
I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain. - Dune, "Litany Against Fear", 1965.
Give us the fortitude to endure the things which cannot be changed, and the courage to change the things which read more
Give us the fortitude to endure the things which cannot be changed, and the courage to change the things which should be changed, and the wisdom to know one from the other.
