Quotes about Courage
You've discovered a wellspring, simply allow it to flow and it will fill your world. Don't try to keep a safe distance so as to see what happens. Don't wait to be certain before you take a step. What you give, you will receive, although it might sometimes come from the place you least expect. (p229)
- Paulo Coelho
My heart is afraid that it will have to suffer," the boy told the alchemist one night as they looked up at the moonless sky. "Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And that no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dreams, because every second of the search is a second's encounter with God and with eternity.
- Paulo Coelho
You're crying? I'm a woman of the desert, she said, averting her face. But above all, I'm a woman.
- Paulo Coelho
No one could make a choice without feeling afraid. That's was the law of life..and no one could escape.
- Paulo Coelho
If everyone played their part, no one else would have to suffer, because He had suffered for all those who'd had the courage to fight for their dreams.
- Paulo Coelho
people need not fear the unknown if they are capable of achieving what they need and want. "We are afraid of losing what we have, whether it's our life or our possessions and property. But this fear evaporates when we understand that our life stories and the history of the world were written by the same hand.
- Paulo Coelho
being constantly subjected to tests of his persistence and courage. So he could not be hasty, nor impatient. If he pushed forward impulsively, he would fail to see the signs and omens.
- Paulo Coelho
Love would never keep a man from his Personal Legend.
- Paulo Coelho
Come boldly, 'O believer, for despite the whisperings of Satan and the doubtings of thine own heart, thou art greatly beloved.
- Charles Spurgeon
I really admire stand-up, and I think I would have loved to learn how to do it. I think it's terrifying and thrilling. A really cool thing to do. It's a dying art, in a way.
- Tina Fey
Creativity takes courage.
- Henri Matisse
Be brave enough to do the loving thing.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson