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Difficult times call for courageous measures. Running away from problems only perpetuates them. Fear begets more fear, and anxiety is a poor counselor. As Shakespeare observed, "Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste death but once."

The following quotations remind us that more often than not victory belongs to the bold. So, if you’re facing a difficult situation, do the courageous thing. Courage has a way of overcoming adversity. Always has; always will.

THOUGHTS ON THE VALUE OF COURAGE . . .

"Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into thin air."
John Quincy Adams

"Courage is the price that Life exacts for granting peace. The soul that knows it not, knows no release from little things."
Amelia Earhart

"We must have courage to be happy."
Henri Frédéric Amiel

"True miracles are created by men when they use the courage and intelligence that God gave them."
Jean Anouilh

COURAGE IS OFTEN THE KEY TO SUCCESS

"All happiness depends on courage and work."
Honoré de Balzac

"Whether you be man or woman you will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor."
James Allen

"Facing it, always facing it; that’s the way to get through."
Joseph Conrad

"
Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit."
Baltasar Gracián

"Become so wrapped up in something that you forget to be afraid."
Lady Bird Johnson

THE FUTILITY OF FEAR

"Fear brings out the worst in everybody."
Maya Angelou

"Courage is always the surest wisdom."
Winston Churchill

"Fear is an illusion."
Michael Jordon

"Courage is doing what you're afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you're scared."
Edward Rickenbacker

"Do what you fear and the death of fear is certain."
Ralph Waldo Emerson

COURAGE IS . . .

"Courage is its own reward."
Plautus

"Courage is a special kind of knowledge: the knowledge of how to fear what ought to be feared and how not to fear what ought no to be feared."
David Ben-Gurion

"Courage is the first of human qualities because the quality which guarantees all the others."
Winston Churchill

"Courage is a kind of salvation."
Plato

"Courage is the virtue which champions the cause of the right."
Cicero

"True courage is not the brutal force of vulgar heroes, but the firm resolve of virtue and reason."
Alfred North Whitehead

"It is the perpetual dread of fear, the fear of fear, that shapes the face of a brave man."
Georges Bernanos

"You gain strength, courage and confidence every time you look fear in the face."
Eleanor Roosevelt

"The great part of courage is having done a thing before."
Ralph Waldo Emerson

"One man with courage is a majority."
Andrew Jackson

"We learn courage by going forward whenever fear urges us back."
David Seabury

LIFE IS SHORT; YOU MIGHT AS WELL LIVE COURAGEOUSLY…

"Courage is rarely reckless or foolish . . . courage usually involves a highly realistic estimate of the odds that must be faced."
Margaret Truman

"He who finds Fortune on his side should go briskly ahead, for she is wont to favor the bold."
Baltasar Gracián

"Do not borrow trouble by dreading tomorrow. It is the dark menace of the future that makes cowards of us all."
Dorothy Dix

"What you can do or dream you can do, begin it; Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it."
Goethe

"God grant me the courage not to give up what I think is right, even if I think it is hopeless."
Chester Nimitz

SUCCESS IS A BYPRODUCT OF COURAGE, FAITH, AND HARD WORK…

"
All happiness depends on courage and work."
Honoré de Balzac

"In adversity, a man is saved by hope."
Menander

"Let your courage guide your future."
Finlay McKenna

"We cannot solve problems except by solving them."
M. Scott Peck

"Courage is contagious."
Billy Graham

"
Courage is being scared to death . . . and saddling up anyway."
John Wayne

AND FINALLY...

"The first and great commandment is don’t let them scare you."
Elmer Davis

"Success is never final. Failure is never fatal. Courage is the only thing."
Winston Churchill

"Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace. God is awake."
Victor Hugo

Written and Compiled by Criswell Freeman, Psy.D

 

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