John Wooden: "Success is never final, failure is never fatal.It's courage that counts." Jonas Salk: "Hope lies in dreams, in imagination, and in the courage of those who dare to make dreams into reality."
8- “Courage isn't having the strength to go on – it is going on when you don't have strength.” -Napoléon Bonaparte – Quotes On Strength. Don't give up on yourself. Carry on and march forward in courage.
“Courage is the main quality of leadership, in my opinion no matter where it is exercised.” “It often requires more courage to dare to do right than to fear to do wrong.” "I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear.”
“Life is mostly froth and bubble; Two things stand like stone: Kindness in another's trouble, Courage in our own.” “No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.” “Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate.”
Courage as taking a worthwhile risk fits well within the positive psychology domain as a path for people to do things they find valuable. Being able to act despite risk allows individuals to enact their other virtues.
"It always seems impossible until it's done." "It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop." "If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always gotten." "Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm."
“Conscience is the root of all true courage; if a man would be brave let him obey his conscience.” “The best hearts are ever the bravest.” “Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear — not absence of fear.” “The man who has never been in danger cannot answer for his courage.”
We can inspire courage in ourselves and others in three ways: 1)By naming our own fears out loud and by acknowledging the fears of others. Recognition and naming diminish fear. 2)By preparing for what we fear or helping others prepare themselves to face their fear.
First with the head, then with the heart, you'll be ahead from the start. Pride is holding your head up high when everyone around you has theirs bowed. Courage is what makes you do it.
“The great courageous act that we must all do, is to have the courage to step out of our history and past so that we can live our dreams.” “The only real battle in life is between hanging on and letting go.” “I am more than my scars.” “Keeping baggage from the past will leave no room for happiness in the future.”
