Sobre el coraje

“We cannot banish dangers, but we can banish fears. We must not demean life by standing in awe of death.”

“The mark of fear is not easily removed.”

“You, too, women, cast away all the cowards from your embraces they will give you only cowards for children, and you who are the daughters of the land of beauty must bear children who are noble and brave.”

“War alone brings up to their highest tension all human energies and imposes the stamp of nobility upon the peoples who have the courage to make it.”

“I fear God and next to God I mostly fear them that fear him not.”

“Find a good teacher that will keep the game fun. Work hard and don't be afraid to have success or disappointment. That is what golf is all about.”

“A fear of the unknown keeps a lot of people from leaving bad situations.”

“Often the test of courage is not to die but to live.”

“I define fear as standing across the ring from Joe Louis and knowing he wants to go home early.”

“Liberalism is trust of the people tempered by prudence. Conservatism is distrust of the people tempered by fear.”

“Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction.”

“We need to find the courage to say NO to the things and people that are not serving us if we want to rediscover ourselves and live our lives with authenticity.”

“Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.”

“We must travel in the direction of our fear.”

“Fear of serious injury alone cannot justify oppression of free speech and assembly. Men feared witches and burnt women. It is the function of speech to free men from the bondage of irrational fears.”

“Hope is some extraordinary spiritual grace that God gives us to control our fears, not to oust them.”

“All is in a man's hands and he lets it all slip from cowardice, that's an axiom. It would be interesting to know what it is men are most afraid of. Taking a new step, uttering a new word is what they fear most.”

“Wisdom, prudence, forethought, these are essential. But not second to these that noble courage which adventures the right, and leaves the consequences to God.”

“I had to confront my fears and master my every demonic thought about inferiority, insecurity, or the fear of being black, young, and gifted in this Western culture.”

“With age, you see people fail more. You see yourself fail more. How do you keep that fearlessness of a kid? You keep going. Luckily, I'm not afraid to make a fool of myself.”

“Man spends his life in reasoning on the past, in complaining of the present, in fearing future.”

“Is he alone who has courage on his right hand and faith on his left hand?”

“I am selfish. I am brave.”

“The only tyrant I accept in this world is the "still small voice" within me. And even though I have to face the prospect of being a minority of one, I humbly believe I have the courage to be in such a hopeless minority.”

“The meaning I picked, the one that changed my life: Overcome fear, behold wonder.”

“I live in constant fear of being fired or dropped for that dark part of my work I can't control.”

“I was so afraid to even read a paper in front of my classmates. It is very funny because at that point my teachers would never have believed that I could speak in front of an audience of over 2,000 people.”

“We could never learn to be brave and patient if there were only joy in the world.”

“In the ring, I never really knew fear.”

“Grief has limits, whereas apprehension has none. For we grieve only for what we know has happened, but we fear all that possibly may happen.”