“When Heaven is about to confer a great office upon you, it first exercises your mind with suffering and your sinews and bones with toil.”
Courageous feeling
Courageous Quotes — page 221 of 1106
“Money is my God. If you think God will help you then quit your job and see how much he cares.”
“For the black man to come out superior would be against America's teachings. I have been so great in boxing they had to create an image like Rocky, a white image on the screen, to counteract my image in the ring. America has to have its white images, no matter where it gets them. Jesus, Wonder Woman, Tarzan and Rocky.”
“My main fight is for freedom and equality.”
“I would fight God Almighty Himself if He didn't play square with me”
“If I had been censured every time I have run my ship, or fleets under my command, into great danger, I should have long ago been out of the Service and never in the House of Peers.”
“No one is bigger than the team. You're going to be on time, you're going play hard, you're going to know your job and you're going to know when to pass and shoot. If you can't do those four things you're not getting time here and we don't care who you are.”
“Let's pray that the human race never escapes from Earth to spread its iniquity elsewhere.”
“You can't teach a hunter it's wrong to kill.”
“So long as our relationship is defined by our differences, we will empower those who sow hatred rather than peace, those who promote conflict rather than the cooperation that can help all of our people achieve justice and prosperity. This cycle of suspicion and discord must end.”
“In order for the oppressed to unite they must first cut the umbilical cord of magic and myth which binds them to the world of oppression; the unity which links them to each other must be of a different nature.”
“The enemy is only a pretext to test our strength”
“You build inner strength through embracing the totality of your experience, both the delightful parts and the difficult parts.”
“The measure of a man is the way he bears up under misfortune.”
“Power is the near neighbour of necessity.”
“Condition and guts take over where knowledge and skill end.”
“I have never had a feeling, politically, that did not spring from the Declaration of Independence that all should have an equal chance. This is the sentiment embodied in the Declaration of Independence, I would rather be assassinated on this spot than surrender it.”
“Fear attracts attack.”
“It is the weak man who urges compromise - never the strong man.”
“Faith is walking face-first and full-speed into the dark. If we truly knew all the answers in advance as to the meaning of life and the nature of God and the destiny of our souls, our belief would not be a leap of faith and it would not be a courageous act of humanity; it would just be... a prudent insurance policy.”