#ura

If I am to be fallen into love, I will. And if as a result I will appear to be stupid, disillusioned, and of poor judgment, I will. And I would be damned if I cared what other people think. For I would rather be thought of as all of these things, than not love. If in loving, I become the naked woman on the horse, I will ride that horse with my head held high. This is my spirit. I am unbreakable. ↗

— C. JoyBell C.

#courage #fearless #fight-for-love #human #inspirational

If by a "Liberal" they mean someone who looks ahead and not behind, someone who welcomes new ideas without rigid reactions, someone who cares about the welfare of the people-their health, their housing, their schools, their jobs, their civil rights and their civil liberties-someone who believes we can break through the stalemate and suspicions that grip us in our policies abroad, if that is what they mean by a "Liberal", then I'm proud to say I'm a "Liberal. ↗

— John F. Kennedy

#liberal #politics #courage

But I’d rather look back and regret something I did when I was young and crazy, than look back and regret something I never had the courage to do, and realize it’s too late. ↗

— Cherrie Lynn

#courage

It is not the strength of the body that counts, but the strength of the spirit. ↗

— J.R.R. Tolkien

#courage #courage

Step follows step, Hope follows Courage, Set your face towards danger, Set your heart on victory. ↗

— Gail Carson Levine

#inspirational #victory #courage

Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others. ↗

— Robert Louis Stevenson

#fears #keep #others #share #your

I am my own biggest critic. Before anyone else has criticized me, I have already criticized myself. But for the rest of my life, I am going to be with me and I don't want to spend my life with someone who is always critical. So I am going to stop being my own critic. It's high time that I accept all the great things about me. ↗

— C. JoyBell C.

#bravery #courage #critic #critical #criticism

People with courage and character always seem sinister to the rest. ↗

— Hermann Hesse

#always #character #people #rest #seem

There is more in you of good than you know, child of the kindly West. Some courage and some wisdom, blended in measure. If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world. ↗

— J.R.R. Tolkien

#wisdom #courage

To call woman the weaker sex is a libel; it is man's injustice to woman. If by strength is meant brute strength, then, indeed, is woman less brute than man. If by strength is meant moral power, then woman is immeasurably man's superior. Has she not greater intuition, is she not more self-sacrificing, has she not greater powers of endurance, has she not greater courage? Without her, man could not be. If nonviolence is the law of our being, the future is with woman. Who can make a more effective appeal to the heart than woman? ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

#feminist #gandhi #inspirational #courage