Quotes by Courage When I was 16 the first girl I had a crush on wasn't interested at all. I liked her from afar for ages, and when I eventually got the courage and told her, and she wasn't into me. Luke Pasqualino shemegirlcourage I had a long time admiration for the Jewish people. Especially with their long time of courage, taking so much abuse for so long. I was only seven years old, but I could easily see the ungodly treatment that the white folks were handing the poor Jewish family whom I worked for. Louis Armstrong familycouragetimepeople 'West Wing' was huge. Like 'Hamilton,' it pulls back the curtain on how decision-making happens at the highest level, or at least how you hope it would be. The amount of information Aaron Sorkin packs into a scene gave me this courage to trust the audience to keep up. Lin-Manuel Miranda metrusthopecourage I have too much respect for people to try to control them. But they are estranged from love, afraid to reach out and touch one another. We're afraid to appear sentimental or speak in platitudes because people will say, 'What a jerk!' It takes courage in our culture to be a lover. Leo Buscaglia respectcourageloveculture I grew up in a very westernised environment and went to a private American school. But my personality was shy and quiet, and I wanted to wear the hijab but didn't have the courage, as I knew my friends would talk me out of it. Leila Aboulela mefriendspersonalitycourage The minute a person whose word means a great deal to others dare to take the open-hearted and courageous way, many others follow. Marian Anderson persongreatcourageway Know what's important and what isn't. Have the wisdom to know the right thing to do, the integrity to do it, the character to stand up to those who don't, and the courage to stop those who won't. Mark Goulston wisdomcourageintegritycharacter The continental troops have as much courage and real discipline as those that are opposed to them. They are more inured to privation, more patient than Europeans, who, on these two points, cannot be compared to them. Marquis de Lafayette disciplinepatientrealcourage It was actually a women's writing group I belonged to in graduate school that gave me the courage to move from poetry to fiction. Mary Gordon mewomenpoetrycourage Something like riding a horse - which I've recently started doing - requires courage, especially for me, as I started out being actually scared of horses. Mary Gaitskill meridinghorsecourage I've always been independent. I've always had courage. But I didn't always own my diabetes. Mary Tyler Moore ownalwaysdiabetescourage We have a powerful potential in out youth, and we must have the courage to change old ideas and practices so that we may direct their power toward good ends. Mary McLeod Bethune goodchangepowercourage What I do know is that writing is the thing I am best at, and I don't have the stomach, the ability, the strength or the courage to enter the political arena. And I think writing can be a political act, if only to let those people accountable know they are being watched. Literature can be a conscience. Miguel Syjuco i-ambeststrengthcourage My big inspiration for hope is the courage that I read about from people from all over the world, or that I see on a daily basis from the kids I get to work with. Morley dailyhopecouragework Ain't nobody ever had a jumpshot like mine, ain't nobody ever power moves like mine, ain't nobody ever tough defense like mine and ain't nobody ever had the courage to be a winner like me. Moses Malone nobodymepowercourage In the morning, I'm like the Antonioni movies. I'm little sad. I haven't the courage to start the day. In the evenings, I'm happier, more alive - like the character I play in 'An Almost Perfect Affair.' Monica Vitti daysadcouragemorning Most people talk; we do things. They plan; we achieve. They hesitate; we move ahead. We are living proof that when human beings have the courage and commitment to transform a dream into reality, there is nothing that can stop them. Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum nothingcouragerealitypeople You have to master the ball, play with confidence and play with character and courage. Mike Phelan youconfidencecouragecharacter The Adequate Protest demands far more than protests. It calls for Great and Daring Leaps of Integrity and Courage to See. Mary Daly greatseecourageintegrity I was inspired by my son on the song 'The Most Beautiful People Are Broken.' Life is an extra challenge for him. But he does it all with such great grace and courage. Maria Doyle Kennedy couragebeautifullifeson«7677787980818283848586»
