Posts tagged courage.
But if you cannot find
a good companion
of integrity and wisdom,
then, like a king departing
a conquered land,
or an elephant wandering
alone in the forest,
walk alone.
Dhammapada 329
(via fuckyeahsolitude)
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sharanam
1 month ago on April 09, 2012 at 05:41pm
Mind of Man: Why You're Not Married ›
“Life is not a linear series of events that you control. It’s not A, B, C; it’s more like A, W, 5. Life is winging it. Improvising. Navigating by the stars and sailing in the general direction of the shore, knowing well between here and there is an ocean of krakens, sirens and that madman Captain Nemo.
… I don’t believe in fate. I believe in atoning for your transgressions. I believe in not being a dick to other people. I believe in courage, which is the act of stuffing your fear in a basket, balancing it on your head like a Sherpa, and trudging up an impossibly tall mountain that disappears into the clouds.”
-John DeVore
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1 year ago on February 24, 2011 at 06:22pm
The greatest battle is not physical, but psychological. The demons telling us to give up when we push ourselves to the limit can never be silenced for good. They must always be answered by the quiet, the steady dignity that simply refuses to give in. Courage. We all suffer. Keep going.
1 year ago on September 25, 2010 at 08:25am
It is argued that because they believed thoroughly in a just, moral God, they could put their faith there and let the smaller securities take care of themselves. But I think that because they trusted themselves and respected themselves as individuals, because they knew beyond doubt that they were valuable and potentially moral units - because of this they could give God their own courage and dignity and then receive it back.
John Steinbeck, East of Eden (via hellyesjohnsteinbeck)
1 year ago on September 10, 2010 at 10:01pm
With courage you will dare to take risks, have the strength to be compassionate, and the wisdom to be humble. Courage is the foundation of integrity.
Mark Twain
1 year ago on July 05, 2010 at 08:55am
Courage is as often the outcome of despair as of hope; in the one case we have nothing to lose, in the other, everything to gain.
Diane de Pointiers
1 year ago on May 31, 2010 at 12:22am
Courage is not the towering oak that sees storms come and go; it is the fragile blossom that opens in the snow.
Alice M. Swaim
2 years ago on May 15, 2010 at 03:00pm
