Discover Your Inner Courage: Quotes to Empower You - page 20

The incessant struggle of the mind to be true to itself, to absorb new truths, to grow, to overcome pressures--these are the painful portion of the independent thinker. Almost his sole reward is the satisfaction of integrity.
The incessant struggle of the mind to be true to itself, to absorb new truths, to grow, to overcome pressures--these are the painful portion of the independent thinker. Almost his sole reward is the satisfaction of integrity.
 Howard Mumford Jones
“The essence of warriorship, or the essence of human bravery, is refusing to give up on anyone or anything.”
Never doubt the courage of the French. They were the ones who discovered that snails are edible.
 Doug Larson
With cropping, a new integrity appears and winning abstractions flutter up like butterflies. You can afford to be critical, discriminating, innocent, open-minded, charmed, beguiled or bamboozled.
 Robert Genn
I am here for a purpose and that purpose is to grow into a mountain, not to shrink to a grain of sand. Henceforth will I apply ALL my efforts to become the highest mountain of all and I will strain my potential until it cries for mercy.
“Cowards shrink from challenges, weaklings flee from them, but warriors wink at them.”
 Matshona Dhliwayo
Cowards only sin, brave men never, no, not even in mind.
Each mistake teaches you something new about yourself. There is no failure, remember, except in no longer trying. It is the courage to continue that counts.
 Chris Bradford
It isn't the absence of conscience or values that prevents us from being all we should be, it is simply the lack of moral courage.
 Michael Josephson
On no account brood over your wrongdoing. Rolling in the muck is not the best way of getting clean.
On no account brood over your wrongdoing. Rolling in the muck is not the best way of getting clean.
You can't get it all right all the time, but you can try your best. If you've done that, all that's left is to accept your shortcomings and have the courage to try to overcome them.
 Idina Menzel
Through discipline, and determination one can change anything and everything about him - his habits, his outlook on life
The supreme accomplishment is to blur the line between work and play.
 Arnold J. Toynbee
Play around. Dive into absurdity and write. Take chances. You will succeed if you are fearless of failure.
 Natalie Goldberg
The easiest thing is to make sure you feel happy and satisfied in this moment. Setting long term goals is much more effort taking, but at the same time much more fulfilling.
I know what I want, I have a goal, an opinion, I have a religion and love. Let me be myself and then I am satisfied. I know that I’m a woman, a woman with inward strength and plenty of courage.
 Anne Frank
“During times of persistent hardship is when the warrior learns the most about his fortitude.”
 Bodhi Sanders
Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a certain poverty of ambition. It asks too little of yourself. Because it's only when you hitch your wagon to something larger than yourself that you realize your true potential.
Vegetarianism is a way of life that we should all move toward for economic survival, physical well-being and spiritual integrity.
Vegetarianism is a way of life that we should all move toward for economic survival, physical well-being and spiritual integrity.
 Thomas Berry
“Some warriors look fierce, but are mild. Some seem timid, but are vicious. Look beyond appearances; position yourself for the advantage.”
 Deng Ming-Dao