Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn quote: "A decline in courage may be the most striking feature that an outside observer notices in the West today. The Western world has lost its civic courage . . . . Such a decline in courage is particularly noticeable among the ruling and intellectual elite, causing an impression of a loss of courage by the entire society."

You're full of contradictions, Ms. Wallace."
I looked up at him and arched a brow. "I'm a girl...
TAMMARA WEBBER

As I look at my nation, I am generally impressed by the physical courage of its citizenry but distre...
M. SCOTT PECK

The only way he could have her was to shatter this stubborn faith of hers. In doing so, would he sha...
FRANCINE RIVERS

If I provide for this life and turn away from the Lord, I am wise for a moment, but lost forever.
FRANCINE RIVERS

The only way he could have her was to shatter this stubborn faith of hers. In doing so, would he sha...
FRANCINE RIVERS

A great deal of talent is lost in the world for want of courage.
SYDNEY SMITH

Last, but by no means least, courage - moral courage, the courage of one's convictions, the courage ...
DOUGLAS MACARTHUR

I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ...
KELLY JONES

Courage takes many forms. There is physical courage, there is moral courage. Then there is a still h...
HOWARD COSELL

You must save what you can of your life; you musn't lose it all simply because you've lost a part.
HENRY JAMES

It is an error to suppose that courage means courage in everything
EDWARD G. BULWER-LYTTON

It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world, and moral courage so rare.
MARK TWAIN

It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.
MARK TWAIN

Someone once told me the one thread that runs through them all is a premium on personal courage - no...
WALTER LORD

Last, but by no means least, courage-moral courage, the courage of one's convictions, the courage to...
GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR

Last, but by no means least, courage--moral courage, the courage of one's convictions, the courage t...
DOUGLAS MACARTHUR

Were you there?”
She shook her head. “No. I was here in Nain having a
child.”
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FRANCINE RIVERS

It is curious - curious that physical courage should be so common in the world, and moral courage so...
MARK TWAIN

Courage stands halfway between cowardice and rashness, one of which is a lack, the other an excess o...
PLUTARCH

Last, but by no means least, courage-moral courage, the courage of one's convictions, the courage to...
DOUGLAS MACARTHUR

It is such an important message and such an important story. It is a message of courage and heroism ...
GORDON FELT

The courage to be is the courage to accept oneself, in spite of being unacceptable.
PAUL TILLICH

Here comes Courage! that seized the lion absent, and run away from the present mouse
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN

when you courageously believe in the power of doubt instead of the power of God, you much see the wo...
ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH

It is curious-curious that physical courage should be so common in the world, and moral courage so r...
MARK TWAIN

She was intimidating and all I could do was sit back on the couch as she paced back and forth, slowl...
IN THE MAKING

Empathy is the new measurement of everything. It doesn't matter what religion you have, what God you...
C. JOYBELL C.

Courage in the face of the unknown is an important quality in a wizard . . . very important.
J.K. ROWLING

To forgive is a decision, to forget takes effort, to heal is a process, to believe again takes coura...
VICTORIA WEN

Courage is a heart word. The root of the word courage is cor - the Latin word for heart. In one of i...
BRENé BROWN

Never give up on you. In order to make a difference you would have to somehow be different.
JOHNNIE DENT JR.

The intellectual "fountain of youth" is accessed by developing the courage to grow.
TROY J. GAINEY

For the men and women of the FBI, bravery is reflected not only in the physical courage often necess...
ROBERT MUELLER

Every man has his own courage, and is betrayed because he seeks in himself the courage of other pers...
RALPH WALDO EMERSON

Every man has his own courage, and is betrayed because he seeks in himself the courage of other pe...
RALPH WALDO EMERSON

Courage is most important virtue, one is blessed with. It is the courage which makes you stand alone...
DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA

Morality may consist solely in the courage of making a choice.
LEON BLUM

The courage to be is the courage to accept oneself as accepted in spite of being unacceptable
PAUL TILLICH

She wasn't bitter. She was sad, though. But it was a hopeful kind of sad. The kind of sad that just ...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY

So, I guess we are who we are for alot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them. But even...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY

I love my mom so much. I don't care if that's corny to say. I think on my next birthday, I'm going t...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY

We Are All Infinite
STEPHEN CHBOSKY

(All the grief she had suffered over her lifetime had moulded her face into a mask of eternal sadnes...
JEAN SASSON

You can't just sit there and put everyone's lives ahead of yours and think that counts as love. You ...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY

I saw other people there. Old men sitting alone. Young girls with blue eye shadow and awkward jaws. ...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY

That one moment when you know you are not a sad story. You are ALIVE.
STEPHAN CHBOSKY

Somos quienes somos por un montón de razones.Quizás nunca conozcamos la mayoría de ellas.Pero aun...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY

Ambos dijeron que tomara asiento y parecían hablar en serio, así que me senté.
STEPHEN CHBOSKY

I know these will all be stories some day, and our pictures will become old photographs. We all beco...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY

So I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybewe'll never know most of them.
STEPHEN CHBOSKY

So I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them.
STEPHEN CHBOSKY

There's nothing like the deep breathes after laughing that hard. Nothing in the world like a sore st...
STHEPHEN CHBOSKY

no more pencils, no more books, no more teachers' dirty looks, when the teacher rings the bell, drop...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY

I don't know the significance of this, but I find it very interesting.
STEPHEN CHBOSKY

Maybe it’s sad that these are now memories. And maybe it’s not sad.
STEPHEN CHBOSKY

An act of redemption, the ultimate act of personal grace, is an undervalued form of courage.
KILROY J. OLDSTER

Courage is not the absence of fear, courage is acting in spite of fear
CARLY FIORINA

It is a tragedy that we live in a world where physical courage is so common, and moral courage is so...
CLAUDE MONET

In short, we need to recover the courage we celebrate in our heroes, and in particular, the courage ...
DANIEL DENNETT

What can oppose the decline of the west is not a resurrected culture but the utopia that is silently...
THEODOR W. ADORNO

Now is the only time we have, and the only time that we have any control over.
RICHARD CARLSON

The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice, it's conformity.
ROLLO MAY

Love is the most difficult and dangerous form of courage. Courage is the most desperate, admirable a...
DELMORE SCHWARTZ

It is courage, courage, courage, that raises the blood of life to crimson splendor. Live bravely and...
HORACE

The mark of a real man, is a man who can allow himself to fall deeply in love with a woman. But the ...
C. JOYBELL C.

The President regards the Japanese as a brave people; but courage, though useful in time of war, is ...
TOWNSEND HARRIS

It took a degree of courage for Harriet to be involved in that. The ABA is a place where there was a...
LEONARD LEO

A great part of courage is the courage of having done the thing before.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON

Wisdom is finding the path that is best for all - considering the options, the positives and the neg...
LAURENCE OVERMIRE

The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice, it is conformity.
ROLLO MAY

You deserve to be with somebody, who knows you're the one, from that very first moment he lays eyes ...
C. JOYBELL C.

Without belittling the courage with which men have died, we should not forget those acts of courage ...
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY

All virtues come down to courage, at the sharp end of the sword. But courage must be tempered by pru...
LOIS MCMASTER BUJOLD

A courage which looks easy and yet is rare; the courage of a teacher repeating day after day the sam...
HONORE DE BALZAC

He wept because he was afraid now that he could not save Gabriel. He no longer cared about himself
LOIS LOWRY

Courage is most important virtue, one is blessed with. It is the courage which makes you stand alone...
DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA

It takes great courage to see the world in all its tainted glory, and still to love it. And even mor...
OSCAR WILDE

I think such actions need courage and boldness, ... What we have seen on the TV, Israelis not wantin...
PERVEZ MUSHARRAF

Courage often comes from the sense of responsibility and duty. Mahatma Gandhi was a kind man of cour...
DEBASISH MRIDHA

He brings the greatest conflict into the history of mankind. He will come soon to our world just lik...
TOBA BETA

She would tuck Sam into her heart, a bright light for her to take out whenever things were darkest.
SARAH J. MAAS

We can leave a place behind, or we can stay in that place and leave our selfishness (often expressed...
JOHN H. GROBERG

Racial hatred in America still exists but never was it anything like the time immediately after the ...
WILLIAM SILVERMAN

Strength may be found in greater numbers, but true courage, which is from the heart, can only be fou...
MOHAMMED J A SHAH

Not all that have fallen are vanquished.
J.R.R. TOLKIEN

A person must find the courage to live a complete and full life. We learn to live when we stop being...
KILROY J. OLDSTER

There is no greater glory than to die for love.
GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ

Together they had overcome the daily incomprehension, the instantaneous hatred, the reciprocal nasti...
GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ

She would defend herself, saying that love, no matter what else it might be, was a natural talent. S...
GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ

Wake up to a brand new day and realize why you woke up to meet the day! Live to the end of another d...
ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH

This isn't going to be pretty. Rules will be broken. Friendships will be tested. And huge risks will...
LISI HARRISON

I have reached the conclusion that those who have physical courage also have moral courage. Physical...
ORIANA FALLACI

Courage is an everyday thing. When we look reality squarely in the eye and refuse to back away from ...
SOURCE UNKNOWN

To map out a course of action & follow it to the end, requires courage conviction & confidence. With...
DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA

His life seemed like a deck of cards, and in the midst of all those two’s and three’s someone ha...
TEKOA MANNING

I was very grateful to have heard it again. Because I guess we all forget sometimes. And I think eve...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY

I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them. But even if...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY

Octopuses are tough--and not just in the sense that they can take out sharks (both real and computer...
KATHERINE HARMON COURAGE

Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can't practice any oth...
MAYA ANGELOU

The ugliest thing in the world is a beautiful woman without the brains or courage to know that [beau...
CHARLIE FLETCHER

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