#ura

Because love is an act of courage, not of fear, love is a commitment to others. No matter where the oppressed are found, the act of love is commitment to their cause--the cause of liberation. ↗

— Paulo Freire

#courage

Barnabas’s voice helps me drift off to sleep. I think briefly about how I’ve never felt this way about anyone else. I care about my family and friends, but this is a different feeling. This must be how my father feels about my mother. This must be what it feels like to be in love. Somehow, I’m certain. I know I can’t leave him here to rot. I can’t leave him at all. ↗

— Kris Noel

#life #love #young-adult #young-adult-fantasy #young-adult-romance

Look upstream. Just simply turn around; have you no will? ↗

— Annie Dillard

#courage

Sekarang saya tahu satu hal, ketika kita berpikir tentang Semangat yang mudah menular, begitu juga yang terjadi pada Kebencian. ↗

— Ariel Seraphino

#hatred #infectious #passion #courage

Lebih mudah menyemangati diri sendiri ketika kau sadar tidak ada yang salah dalam hidupmu. ↗

— Ariel Seraphino

#hidup #life #realize #courage

True courage is in facing danger when you are afraid... ↗

— L. Frank Baum

#wizard-of-oz #courage

Whatever actions you take, keep in mind that over the course of life, you will fail far more from timidity, procrastination, and carefulness than you will from just stepping up to the plate and, as we say in Australia, giving it a bloody go! ↗

— Margie Warrell

#courage #failure #fear #procrastination #timidity

I'm a lion in a strange land. ↗

— Criss Jami

#awkwardness #beast #courage #different #earth

Tom's cowardice was as huge as his courage, as it must be in great men. ↗

— John Steinbeck

#cowardice #great-men #greatness #courage

Butch, let me help you." He cursed. "What if-" "What ifs don't cut it." She took a deep breath. "I won't lie. I'm scared. But I don't want to turn my back on you and you're a fool to try and make me." He shook his head, respect in his eyes. "You always been this courageous?" "No. But it appears that for you, I guess I am. So are you going to let me in?" "I want to. I feel like I need to. ↗

— J.R. Ward

#black-dagger-brotherhood #butch #j-r-ward #marissa #courage