#oura

summer, after all, is a time when wonderful things can happen to quiet people. for those few months, you’re not required to be who everyone thinks you are, and that cut-grass smell in the air and the chance to dive into the deep end of a pool give you a courage you don’t have the rest of the year. you can be grateful and easy, with no eyes on you, and no past. summer just opens the door and lets you out. ↗

— Deb Caletti

#quiet #summer #courage

Much more surprising things can happen to anyone who, when a disagreeable or discouraged thought comes into his mind, just has the sense to remember in time and push it out by putting in an agreeable, determinedly courageous one. Two things cannot be in one place. ↗

— Frances Hodgson Burnett

#courage

Even in the mud and scum of things, something always, always sings. ↗

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

#enjoy-life #hope #perseverance #courage

Have you ever loved someone so much that when you drew a breath you knew it was his? ↗

— Barbara Boyer

#love #courage

Ray's voice echoes in my head from one of his many self-defense lectures. "It's the panic that's gonna kill you or get you seriously hurt, Annie. ↗

— E.L. James

#inspirational #panic #courage

We have nothing to fear but fear itself," Otto replied. "Oh, and a megalomaniacal headmaster, the world's deadliets assassin, giant mutated plant monsters, an international cartel of supervillains, and the security forces of every country on earth, but other than that...just fear. ↗

— Mark Walden

#fear #humor #courage

the search for God is a reversal of the normal, mundane worldly order. in search for God, you revert from what attracts you and swim toward that which is difficult. you abandon your comforting and familiar habits with the hope (the mere hope!) that something greater will be offered you in return for what you have given up...... if we truly knew all the answers in advance as to the meaning of life and the nature of God and the destiny of our souls, our belief would not be a leap of faith and it would not be a courageous act of humanity ; it would just be... a prudent insurance policy. ↗

— Elizabeth Gilbert

#courage

Where the battle rages, there the loyalty of the soldier is proved. ↗

— Martin Luther

#battle #courage #faithfulness #loyalty #courage

Be with a leader when he is right, stay with him when he is still right, but, leave him when he is wrong. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

#leadership #loyalty #moral-courage #courage

The liar was the hottest to defend his veracity, the coward his courage, the ill-bred his gentlemanliness, and the cad his honor ↗

— Margaret Mitchell

#honor #liar #courage