I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast; for I intend to go into harm’s way.
~ John Paul Jones, naval hero of the American Revolutionary War
in Action, Boldness, Courage, Self-confidence
Courage
in Accomplishment, Boldness, Courage, Luck
The bold are always lucky.
~ Danish Proverb
Never tell me the odds!
~ Han Solo, as played by Harrison Ford in Star Wars; screenplay by George Lucas
Courage does not always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, “I will try again tomorrow.”
~ Mary Anne Radmacher
in Courage
It takes courage for people to listen to their own goodness and act on it.
~ Pablo Casals (1876-1973)
in Attitude, Change, Courage, Growth, Perseverance
The greatest and most important problems in life are all in a certain sense insoluble. They can never be solved, but only outgrown.
~ Carl Jung
Self Reliance.
I will gladly listen to the advice of older and wiser people; I will reverence the wishes of those who love and care for me; but I will learn to think for myself. I will not be afraid of being laughed at. I will not be afraid of doing right when the crowd does wrong.
~ William J. Hutchins, The National Institution of Moral Instructions, 1913
On some positions, Cowardice asks the question, “Is it safe?” Expediency asks the question, “Is it politic?” And Vanity comes along and asks the question, “Is it popular?” But Conscience asks the question “Is it right?” And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must do it because Conscience tells him it is right.
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
in Action, Attitude, Courage, Perseverance
If you’re going through hell, keep going.
~ Winston Churchill
in Action, Attitude, Courage, Initiative
They can because they think they can.
~ Virgil
in Attitude, Courage, Initiative, Work
The best way out is always through.
~ Robert Frost
Never imitate. Insist on yourself.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
in Courage, Possibility
Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men. Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for powers equal to your tasks. Then the doing of your work shall be no miracle, but you shall be the miracle.
~ Phillips Brooks
in Action, Courage, Initiative, Urgency
Life cannot wait until the sciences may have explained the universe scientifically. We cannot put off living until we are ready. The most salient characteristic of life is its coerciveness: It is always urgent, here and now without any possible postponement. Life is fired at us point-blank.
~ Jose Ortega Y Gasset
in Accomplishment, Action, Change, Courage
One person can make a difference, and every person should try.
~ JFK
No soul that seriously and constantly desires joy will ever miss it. Those who seek find. To those who knock it is opened.
~ C.S. Lewis
Audentes fortuna iuvat (fortune favors the bold).
~ Virgil