COURAGE

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“No one has greater love than this, that someone should surrender his soul in behalf of his friends.” – Jesus Christ – John 15:13 – apostle John – HOLY SCRIPTURES

Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality that guarantees the others. – Aristotle

Bravery is the capacity to perform even when scared half to death. – (General) Omar Bradley

“Before I can live with other folks, I’ve got to live with myself.  The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience.” – Atticus Finch to Scout – Harper Lee – TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD

A good leader can’t get too far ahead of his followers. – Franklin D. Roosevelt

Everybody wants to do something to help, but nobody wants to be first. – Pearl Bailey

I wanted a perfect ending.  Now I’ve learned the hard way, that some poems don’t rhyme, and some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle, and end. – Gilda Radner

Cowards die many times before their death. – Julius Caesar

It is dangerous to be right on matters on which the established authorities are wrong. – Voltaire

“And another thing, I want you to be more assertive!  I’m tired of everyone calling you Alexander the Pretty Good!” – His Mother to Alexander the Great as a kid. – THE FAR SIDE - Gary Larson

Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you’re scared to death. – Earl Wilson

Have courage for the great sorrows of life, and patience for the small ones.  And when you laboriously accomplish your daily tasks, go to sleep in peace.  GOD is awake! – Victor Hugo

It’s the heart afraid of breaking that never learns to dance. – Bette Midler

If no one ever took risks, Michelangelo would have painted the Sistine Floor. – Neil Simon

“It’s a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done.  It’s a far, far better rest that I go to, than I have ever known.” – Charles Darney facing execution by guillotine at the conclusion of A TALE OF TWO CITIES – Charles Dickens

Heroes may not be braver than anyone else.  They’re just brave five minutes longer. – Ronald Reagan    

History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again. – Maya Angelou

All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them. – Walt Disney

Storms make trees take deeper roots. – Dolly Parton

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Defenders never gain new ground. – Ira Hayes                                                 

It takes a lot of courage to show your dream to someone else. – Erma Bombeck       

“Real courage is when you know you’re licked before you begin, but you begin anyway, and see it through, no matter what.” – Harper Lee – TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD

We can’t all be heroes, somebody has to sit on the curb and clap as they walk by. – Will Rogers

“A mind troubled by doubt cannot focus on the course of victory.” – Arthur Golden – MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA

Every man has the right to risk his own life in order to save it. – Rousseau

Crisis is opportunity riding a dangerous wind. – Dennis Waitley           

“The wolves became lambs. Such transformations occur in last agonies of life. However different and imperfect the various sketches of religion are, even when belief is shapeless—there is a trembling of the soul.” – Victor Hugo – THE MAN WHO LAUGHS

Fear is pain rising from the anticipation of evil. – Aristotle

We basically go back to children when we’re in the dentist’s chair. – Arthur Benjamin

I do not agree with what you have to say, but I’ll defend to the death your right to say it. – Voltaire

God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. – Rienhold Niebuhr

The die is cast. – Julius Caesar                                                    

I really like human beings that have suffered.  They’re kinder. – Emma Thompson

When we are no longer able to change the situation, we are challenged to change ourselves. – Viktor Frankl                         

People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built. – Eleanor Roosevelt  

During my piano recital, I was on a stage and I was so scared.  I looked at all the people watching me and saw my daddy waving and smiling.  He was the only one doing that, so I wasn’t scared anymore. – Cindy (age 5)

Maturity is the art of living in peace with what we cannot change, the courage to change what we know should be changed and the wisdom to know the difference. – Ann Landers

A faint heart never won the fair lady. – Miguel Cervantes

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“I simply want to tell you there are some men in this world who are born to do our unpleasant jobs for us.  Your father is one of them.” – Miss Maudie (neighbor) to Jem (Phillip Alford) – TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD – Horton Foote (Screenplay)

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage. – Anais Nin   

Success is not final, failure is not final.  It’s the courage to continue that counts. – Winston. Churchill