Avenues to Courage

The Avenue of Courage

Courage Quotes for College Students *

• Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood.
  - Marie Curie, 1867-1934 Polish-born French physicist and chemist
• All serious daring starts from within.
  -Eudora Welty, 1909-2001, American writer
                         also attributed to Harriet Beecher Stowe

  
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• The courage to dream and grow is our greatest ally. It adds color to our lives.
  - Unknown

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  - A Swedish  proverb  

  
  

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• Evil is like a shadow - it has no real substance of its own, it is simply a lack of light. You cannot cause a shadow to disappear by trying to fight it, stamp on it, by railing against it, or any other form of emotional or physical resistance. In order to cause a shadow to disappear, you must shine light on it.
  - Shakti Gawain, born 1948, Personal development teacher and author
• Depend on the rabbit's foot if you will, but remember it didn't work for the rabbit.
  - R.E. Shay
• The important thing is this: To be able at any moment to sacrifice what we are for what we could become.
  

       - Attributed to Charles Dubois,1882-1939, French critic and essayist

  
  

• To go against the dominant thinking of your friends, of most of the people you see every day, is perhaps the most difficult act of heroism you can perform.
  
  - Theodore H. White, 1915 - 1986, American political journalist, historian, and novelist

  
  
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• Courage is the ladder on which all the other virtues mount.
  - Clare Booth Luce, 1903-1987, American playwright, editor, journalist, ambassador, socialite and U.S. Congresswoman

  
  
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  Courage is being afraid but going on anyhow.

       - Dan Rather, Born 1931, American journalist and former news anchor

  
  
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• There is no such thing as bravery; only degrees of fear.
  

       - John Wainwright

  
  

  Wikipedia lists several people named John Wainwright. However, considering the quote, I would guess it should be attributed to Col. John Wainwright, USA, 1839-1915, Medal of Honor winner, Civil War.

  
  
  Image source: HomeofHeroes.com

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  USS Hopper (DDG 70)

  
   
  

  A ship in port is safe, but that's not what ships are built for.
       - Rear Admiral Grace Murray Hopper, USN, 1906-1992, American computer scientist and United States Naval officer

  
  

   

• People are made of flesh and blood and a miracle fiber called courage. 
  - Mignon McLaughlin, 1913, 1983, journalist and author

  
  

  
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• Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear. 
  
  

       - Ambrose Redmoon, 1933-1996, pseudonym for writer James Neil Hollingworth
  

• It is easy to be brave from a safe distance.
  

       - Aesop, 620-560 BC, Greek fabulist

  
  

  
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• Fear of failure must never be a reason not to try something.
      - Frederick W. Smith, Born 1944, American businessman, founder of Federal Express

  
  

   
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• We cannot escape fear. We can only transform it into a companion that accompanies us on all our exciting adventures. . . . Take a risk a day - one small or bold stroke that will make you feel great once you have done it.
       - Dr. Susan Jeffers, Ph.D., American author of self-help books about fear, confidence, relationships, self esteem, and parenting

  
  

  
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•       Courage is... the knowledge of how to fear what ought to be feared and how not to fear what ought not to be feared.

  
  

       - David Ben-Gurion, 1886-1973, First Prime Minister of Israel and a Zionist leader

  
  

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• Courage is never to let your actions be influenced by your fears.
       - Arthur Koestler, 1905-1983, Hungarian-British novelist, essayist and journalist

  
  

  
  Images source: The work of Arthur Koestler
  ROAD WARRIOR Arthur Koestler and his century.
  by Louis Menand December 21, 2009

• Fear grows out of the things we think;
  it lives in our minds.
  Compassion grows out of the things we are,
  and lives in our hearts.
       - Barbara Garrison, Born 1931, American author
  

  
  

  
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• Optimism is the foundation of courage.
       - Nicholas Murray Butler, 1862-1947, American philosopher, diplomat, and educator

  
  

   
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• Don't be afraid to be amazing.
       - Andy Offutt Irwin                             
      Born 1957                                
  American storyteller, arts educator, singer-songwriter and humorist            

  
  

   

  
  

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• In great straits and when hope is small, the boldest counsels are the safest.
       Livy, 59 BC-17AD, the English name of Titus Livius, Roman historian

  
  

   
  Titus Livius (fictitious portrait) from Wikipedia

  
  

   

  
  

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• Courage often consists as much in refraining to do, as in doing.
       - Farmers Almanac

  
  

   
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• Each time we face our fear, we gain strength, courage, and confidence in the doing.
       - Unknown

  
  

    Chichester Canal
  by JMW Turner circa 1828
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