“I started to make a study of the art of war and revolution and, whilst abroad, underwent a course in military training. If there was to be guerrilla warfare, I wanted to be able to stand and fight with my people and to share the hazards of war with them.”
Courageous feeling
Courageous Quotes — page 106 of 1106
“Justice consists in doing no injury to men; decency in giving them no offense.”
“I'm ready to accept the challenge. I'm coming home.”
“I want to grow old without facelifts. I want to have the courage to be loyal to the face I have made.”
“Adversity does not build character,it reveals it”
“Let me give you a word of the philosophy of reform. The whole history of the progress of human liberty shows that all concessions yet made to her august claims, have been born of earnest struggle. The conflict has been exciting, agitating, all-absorbing, and for the time being, putting all other tumults to silence. It must do this or it does nothing. If there is no struggle there is no progress.”
“Today there are people trying take away rights that our mothers, grandmothers and great-grandmothers fought for: our right to vote, our right to choose, affordable quality education, equal pay, access to health care. We the people can't let that happen.”
“I must fight with all my strength so that the little positive things that my health allows me to do might be pointed toward helping the revolution. The only real reason for living.”
“Our men and women in uniform put their lives on the line for our nation every day; they should not have to jeopardize their financial well-being as well.”
“Artillery is the god of war.”
“The greatness of our Army has always been the ability of our soldiers who serve in the ranks to rise to the challenge against the odds, in the face of danger, and win.”
“Opportunities to find deeper powers within ourselves come when life seems most challenging.”
“When God forgave me, I figured I'd better do it too.”
“[I]t must be emphasized that nonviolent resistance is not a method for cowards; it does resist. If one uses this method because he is afraid or merely because he lacks the instruments of violence, he is not truly nonviolent. This is why Gandhi often said that if cowardice is the only alternative to violence, it is better to fight.”
“We developed microfinance to fight loan sharks - I was telling people don't go to loan sharks - not trying to take advantage and make money for myself. I would be a junior loan shark if I did ... It is not a panacea.”
“A courage which looks easy & yet is rare; the courage of a teacher repeating day after day the same lessons - the least rewarded of all forms of courage.”
“Those in the community who defy authority and 'break the law' seem to enjoy the good life and have everything in the way of material possessions. On the other hand, people who work hard and struggle and suffer much are the victims of greed and indifference, losers. This insane reversal of values presses heavily on the Black community. The causes originate from outside and are imposed by a system that ruthlessly seeks its own rewards, no matter what the cost in wrecked human lives.”
“If there's anyone who can appear before Aslan without their knees knocking, they're either braver than most, or else just silly.”
“The church is a place where we make our prejudice sacred.”
“Life is too short for grief. Or regret. Or bullshit.”