To dare is to lose your footing momentarily. To not dare is to lose yourself.
~ Kierkegaard
© 2024 Jeff Shuck.
Courage
To dare is to lose your footing momentarily. To not dare is to lose yourself.
~ Kierkegaard
In a moment of decision, the best thing to do is the right thing to do. The worst thing to do is nothing.
~ Theodore Roosevelt
Think wrongly if you please, but in all cases, think for yourself.
~ Louisa May Alcott
If we are afraid to be different from the world, how can we make a difference in the world?
~ Rev. John Jenkins, President of Notre Dame University
To do the right thing, to do the best we could, never complain, never take advantage, don't give up, don't be afraid.
~ Family motto of Harry S. Truman, 33rd U.S. President
Tenacity is a pretty fair substitute for bravery.
~ Eric Sevareid
A good anvil does not fear the hammer.
~ Italian proverb
A man must do as he can when he cannot do as he would.
~ Thomas Draxe
Men learn to do ill by doing nothing.
~ Cato
I propose to fight it out on this line if it takes all summer.
~ Ulysses S. Grant
Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out — because I was not a Socialist.
Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out — because I was not a Trade Unionist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out — because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for me — and there was no one left to speak for me.
~ Martin Niemoller (1892-1984)
Protestant pastor who opposed the Nazi regime
and spent the last 7 years of Nazi rule in concentration camps
Go as far as the eye can see, and when you get there, look farther.
~ Dag Hammarskjöld
In skating over thin ice our safety is in our speed.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Have courage for the great sorrows in life and patience for the small ones; and when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace. God is awake.
~ Victor Hugo