#oura

…courage and devotion always stir generous hearts, and win admiration… ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

#louisa-may-alcott #courage

She fastened the invisible corset of her composure snugly around herself and prepared to move forward with her plan. ↗

— Amanda Quick

#courage

Its time we woke up,” pursued Gerald, still inwardly urged to unfamiliar speech. “Women are pretty much people, seems to me. I know they dress like fools - but who’s to blame for that? We invent all those idiotic hats of theirs, and design their crazy fashions, and what’s more, if a woman is courageous enough to wear common-sense clothes - and shoes - which of us wants to dance with her? ↗

— Charlotte Perkins Gilman

#feminism #if-i-were-a-man #courage

A heart assured of its purpose will have the honor to admit when it is wrong, the courage to examine the reason for its faith and the strength to recover from the pain of any wrong it has done. And it will possess the greatest power known to both God and man; the power to forgive “AND” most certainly forget. A heart such as this shall always have the voice to answer life. A heart such as this, I too desire. ↗

— Tonny K. Brown

#courage

Courage for the big troubles in life, lad' he'd say, 'and patience for the small. Be of good cheer. God is awake. ↗

— Louisa Young

#courage

The man who indulges us in this natural passion, who invites us into his heart, who, as it were, sets open the gates of his breast to us, seems to exercise a species of hospitality more delightful than any other. No man, who is in ordinary good temper, can fail of pleasing, if he has the courage to utter his real sentiments as he feels them, and because he feels them. ↗

— Adam Smith

#courage

There are moments in our lives when we summon the courage to make choices that go against reason, against common sense and the wise counsel of people we trust. ↗

— Howard Schultz

#making-free-choices #courage

The real courage is in living and suffering for what you believe. ↗

— Christopher Paolini

#eragon #life #courage

Everything and everyone has a place to be, Echo. It’s just a matter of how they get there and when. You have a place; you just have to find it. ↗

— Nadège Richards

#finding #finding-oneself #journey #love #lovers

I acquired courage from the masterpieces of sages. I came of age by their instructions to keep going, even in hard times. Then I learnt not to despair, even when it seemed that my world is falling apart. I learnt to possess fortitude. ↗

— Ogwo David Emenike

#determination #inspirational #motivational #age