#oura

But there are some things, child, that you should steal. That you must steal, if you have enough love and courage in your heart. You must snatch freedom from the hands of the tyrant. You must spirit away innocent lives before they are destroyed. You must hide secret and sacred places. ↗

— Lian Tanner

#courage #stealing #theft #courage

Many have stood their ground and faced the darkness when it comes for them. Fewer come for the darkness and force it to face them. ↗

— Eliezer Yudkowsky

#courage #darkness-and-light #good-and-evil #goodness #inspiration

After doing this work or the past twelve years and watching scarcity ride roughshod over our families, organizations, and communities, I'd say the one thing we have in common is that we're sick of feeling afraid. we want to dare greatly. We're tired of the national conversation centering on "What should we fear" and "Who should we blame?" We all want to be brave. ↗

— Brené Brown

#bravery #courage #fear #scarcity #courage

Good Samaritans: Truth, justice and the American way–for them it wasn't only a comic book code; it was a way of life. it was admirable, courageous, and inconvenient as shit. -Stefan, CHIMERA ↗

— Rob Thurman

#basilisk #chimera #sardonic-humor #science-fiction #stefan-korsak

Jesus.. says, 'Let go of your complaints, forgive those who loved you poorly, step over your feelings of being rejected, and have the courage to trust that you won't fall into an abyss of nothingness but into the safe embrace of a God whose love will heal all your wounds. ↗

— Henri J.M. Nouwen

#courage

The young must grow old Whilst old ones grow older. And cowards will shrink As the bold grow bolder. Courage may blossom in quiet hearts, For who can tell where bravery starts? Truth is a song, oft lying unsung, Some mother bird protecting her young. Those who lay down their lives for friends, The echo rolls onward, it seldom ends. Who never turned and ran, but stayed? This is a warrior, born, not made. Living in peace, aye many a season, Calm in life and sound in reason, Till evil arrives, a wicked horde Driving the warrior to pick up his sword The challenger rings then, straight and fair, Justice is with us, beware, beware. ↗

— Brian Jacques

#poetry #courage

Me? Oh, intellectually I believe in having a good heart, a chirpy penis, a lively intelligence, and the courage to say ‘shit!’ in front of a lady. ↗

— D.H. Lawrence

#courage

Courage is not a virtue or value among other personal values like love o fidelity. It is the foundations that underlies and gives reality to all other virtue and personal values. (p. 13) ↗

— Rollo May

#values #virtue #courage

A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for~John A. Shedd, Salt from My Attic (1928) ↗

— John A. Shedd

#courage #inspirational #nautical #risk-taking #courage

There's no shame in fear. But understand this - the coward is ruled by fear, while the hero rides it like a wild stallion. ↗

— David Gemmell

#courage #fear #heroism #courage