Pastoral Resources

Have the courage to act instead of react.

Well, number one I like dancing. Number two I knew it would be challenging because I had never done this type of dance before. I always wanted to and I happened to have the courage to go out there and give it my best shot.

It is courage, courage, courage, that raises the blood of life to crimson splendor. Live bravely and present a brave front to adversity.

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.

I have seen in the Halls of Congress more idealism, more humanness, more compassion, more profiles of courage than in any other institution that I have ever known.

So the brother in black offers to these United States the source of courage that endures, and laughter.

Heroes to me are guys that sit in libraries. They absorb knowledge and then the risks they take are calculated on the basis of the courage it took to become replete with knowledge.

But we got up there and decided to stick to this mix of power chords and funk and that's where it really started for us. In having the courage to take that decision. To take a gamble not just with our music but our lives.

It takes a great deal of courage to follow another person's lead.

It is a blessed thing that in every age some one has had the individuality enough and courage enough to stand by his own convictions.

The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart.

We need men with moral courage to speak and write their real thoughts, and to stand by their convictions, even to the very death.

Courage without conscience is a wild beast.

If you are lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it.

Time is neutral and does not change things. With courage and initiative, leaders change things.

One man with courage makes a majority.

Howard Dean has been successful because he was clear in his opposition to the war. People appreciate a politician with the courage to say, I oppose this war.

We know the threats - from global terrorist networks to the spread of deadly weapons. Yet we also know that embedded in this time of danger is the promise of a new day, if we have the courage and commitment to work together.

One man with courage is a majority.

Intellectuals try to keep going. But their situation is very difficult. Those who have had the courage to voice their opposition have often paid a very high price.