“It is not enough to understand, or to see clearly. The future will be shaped in the arena of human activity, by those willing to commit their minds and their bodies to the task.”
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Courageous Quotes — page 187 of 1106
“Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others.”
“The bold may not live long, but the timid never live at all.”
“Unless you can fake sincerity, you'll get nowhere in this business.”
“This is a matter of vital importance to the public safety ... While we recognize that assault-weapon legislation will not stop all assault-weapon crime, statistics prove that we can dry up the supply of these guns, making them less accessible to criminals.”
“The most fundamental paradox is that if we're never to use force, we must be prepared to use it and to use it successfully. We Americans don't want war and we don't start fights. We don't maintain a strong military force to conquer or coerce others. The purpose of our military is simple and straightforward: we want to prevent war.”
“We cannot survive as a free nation when some men decide that others are not fit to live and should be abandoned to abortion or infanticide...t here is no cause more important for preserving that freedom than affirming the transcendent right to life of all human beings, the right without which no other rights have any meaning.”
“If the mind is willing, the flesh could go on and on without many things.”
“In conflict, straightforward actions generally lead to engagement, surprising actions generally lead to victory.”
“This life is a hard fact; work your way through it boldly, though it may be adamantine; no matter, the soul is stronger.”
“Work hard, be steady, and have faith in the Lord. Set to work.”
“Everybody has anger or regret in them one way or another. They all try different things to get it out. Some people go to psychiatrists. Some paint pictures. Some people talk it out.”
“I'm tired of pretending that everything's fine just so I can please everyone else.”
“The Ultimate decision, the fastest decision there is, is ACTION!”
“In a battle, as in a siege, the art consists in concentrating very heavy fire on a particular point. The line of battle once established, the one who has the ability to concentrate an unlooked for mass of artillery suddenly and unexpectedly on one of these points is sure to carry the day.”
“What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans, and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty or democracy?”
“Palestine belongs to the Arabs in the same sense that England belongs to the English or France to the French.”
“Though violence is not lawful, when it is offered in self-defense or for the defense of the defenseless, it is an act of bravery far better than cowardly submission. The latter befits neither man nor woman. Under violence, there are many stages and varieties of bravery. Every man must judge this for himself. No other person can or has the right.”
“Hinder me? Thou fool. No living man may hinder me!" “But no living man am I!”
“Whatever you fear most has no power - it is your fear that has the power. The thing itself cannot touch you. But if you allow your fear to seep into your mind and overtake your thoughts, it will rob you of your life.”