Quotes about Courage
Never feel shame for trying and failing, for he who never failed is he who never tried.
— Og Mandino
We discussed the function of defense mechanisms and found that we were humbled by the power of that portion of our psyche, we began to understand that if it weren't for rationalization, sublimation, denial—all the little tricks we let ourselves perform—if instead we simply saw the world as it was, with nothing to protect us, honestly and courageously, it would break our hearts.
— Olga Tokarczuk
Rough work, iconoclasm, but the only way to get at truth.
— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Ay, tear her tattered ensign down!Long has it waved on high,And many an eye has danced to seeThat banner in the sky;Beneath it rung the battle shout,And burst the cannon's roar—The meteor of the ocean airShall sweep the clouds no more.
— Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
The thing you fear most has no power. Your fear of it is what has the power. Facing the truth really will set you free.
— Oprah Winfrey
Use what you have to run toward your best - that's how I now live my life.
— Oprah Winfrey
The biggest adventure you can ever take is to live the life of your dreams.
— Oprah Winfrey
What we also need is a constructive overarching vision of Christian engagement in today's advanced modern world, one that is shaped by faith in God and a Christian perspective rather than by current wisdom, and one that can inspire Christians to move out with courage to confront the best and worst that we may encounter.
— Os Guinness
The Spirit of Liberty" is not to be found in courts, laws and constitutions alone. "Liberty lives in the hearts of men and women; when it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court can even do much to save it. While it lives there, it needs no constitution, no law, no court to save it."" The
— Os Guinness
The Spirit of Liberty" is not to be found in courts, laws and constitutions alone. "Liberty lives in the hearts of men and women; when it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court can even do much to save it. While it lives there, it needs no constitution, no law, no court to save it."" The
— Os Guinness
Christians," as that crusty old philosopher Bertrand Russell used to quip, "would sooner die than think—in fact they do.
— Os Guinness
Stranger, tell the Spartans that we behaved as they would wish us to, and are buried here.
— Os Guinness