#ura

Integrity is the ability to stand by an idea. ↗

— Ayn Rand

#integrity #moral-courage #courage

Language ... has created the word 'loneliness' to express the pain of being alone. And it has created the word 'solitude' to express the glory of being alone. ↗

— Paul Tillich

#independence #language #loneliness #pain #paradox

I had to cease to mourn what could never be and make the most of what was possible. And I would begin doing that by trying to mend the hurts of the past. ↗

— Cameron Dokey

#love #moving-on #courage

Marveling at his own boldness, he said softly, "I would enter your sleep if I could, and guard you there, and slay the thing that hounds you, as I would if it had the courage to face me in fair daylight. But I cannot come in unless you dream of me. ↗

— Peter S. Beagle

#courage

Sometimes standing against evil is more important than defeating it. The greatest heroes stand because it is right to do so, not because they believe they will walk away with their lives. Such selfless courage is a victory in itself. ↗

— N.D. Wilson

#heroism #victory #courage

Good men don't become legends," he said quietly. "Good men don't need to become legends." She opened her eyes, looking up at him. "They just do what's right anyway. ↗

— Brandon Sanderson

#integrity #moral-courage #courage

People will always have opinions about your decision because they're not courageous enough to take action on their opinion. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#courageous #decision #inspirational #life #motivational

Self-control is the chief element in self-respect, and self-respect is the chief element in courage. ↗

— Thucydides

#discipline #self-control #self-respect #courage

A true friend unbosoms freely, advises justly, assists readily, adventures boldly, takes all patiently, defends courageously, and continues a friend unchangeably ↗

— William Penn

#courage

Because that is when you love somebody - when you see them being game in the face of the worst. Not courageous. Not heroic. Just game. ↗

— Philip Roth

#courage