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  • Because love is an act of courage, not of fear, love is a commitment to others. No matter where the oppressed are found, the act of love is commitment to their cause--the cause of liberation.

    Paulo Freire (2014). “Pedagogy of the Oppressed: 30th Anniversary Edition”, p.89, Bloomsbury Publishing USA
  • The greatest act of courage is to be and to ownall of who you are - without apology, without excuses, without masks to cover the truth of who you are.

    Apology   Excuse   Mask  
    "Courage: Overcoming Fear and Igniting Self-Confidence". Book by Debbie Ford and Wayne W. Dyer, 2012.
  • It is from the numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped. Each time a man stands up for an ideal or acts to improve the lot of others or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring, those ripples build a current that can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance.

    Change   Hope   Courage  
    Robert F. Kennedy (1998). “Make Gentle the Life of the World: The Vision of Robert F. Kennedy”, Harcourt
  • The scourge of drug trafficking, that favors violence and sows the seeds of suffering and death, requires of society as a whole an act of courage.

  • Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate acts, brave by doing brave acts.

    Courage   Peace   Bravery  
    "Nichomachean Ethics". Book by Aristotle, Book II, c. 325 BC.
  • It is an extraordinary act of courage,' said Tulas Shorn, 'to come to know a stranger's pain.

  • It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped.

    Robert F. Kennedy (1968). “"An Honorable profession": a tribute to Robert F. Kennedy”
  • Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is right. These are the magic keys to living your life with integrity.

    "Teen Ink: What Matters". Book by Stephanie H. Meyer, John Meyer and Peggy Veljkovic (p. 309), April 15, 2003.
  • It will take an unprecedented act of courage, on a grand scale. You may have to do something virtually unknown in the annals of human history. ... You may have to give up some of your most sacred beliefs. ... let me make something clear.

    Giving Up   May   Sacred  
  • Often the best source of information about waste, fraud, and abuse in government is an existing government employee committed to public integrity and willing to speak out. Such acts of courage and patriotism, which can sometimes save lives and often save taxpayer dollars, should be encouraged rather than stifled as they have been during the Bush administration. We need to empower federal employees as watchdogs of wrongdoing and partners in performance.

    "Obama Urged to Back New Whistleblower Act" by Ed O'Keefe, voices.washingtonpost.com. April 2009.
  • It’s a release to know that in spite of everything a premeditated act of courage is still possible.

  • A leader must have the courage to act against an expert's advice.

    "The Harvard Business Review" Magazine, November 1, 1986.
  • We must have courage to bet on our ideas, to take the calculated risk, and to act. Everyday living requires courage if life is to be effective and bring happiness.

  • When somebody who makes movies for a living - either as an actor, writer, producer or director - lives to be a certain age, you have to admire them. It is an act of courage to make a film - a courage for which you are not prepared in the rest of life. It is very hard and very destructive. But we do it because we love it.

  • Excessive caution destroys the soul and the heart, because living is an act of courage, and an act of courage is always an act of love.

    Love   Heart   Anxiety  
  • Art is a personal act of courage.

    Seth Godin (2010). “Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?”, p.77, Penguin
  • To me, there is no greater act of courage than being the one who kisses first.

  • I observed a thousand acts of courage, compassion and love [as a POW] and I will always treasure that memory above all others.

  • Each time a man stands up for an ideal or acts to improve the lot of others or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope.

    Robert F. Kennedy (1998). “Make Gentle the Life of the World: The Vision of Robert F. Kennedy”, Harcourt
  • What really counts is not the immediate act of courage or of valor, but those who bear the struggle day in and day out - not the sunshine patriots but those who are willing to stand for a long period of time.

    Kennedy, John F. (1963). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, 1962”, p.185, Best Books on
  • When God speaks, oftentimes His voice will call for an act of courage on our part.

    Courage   Prayer   Voice  
    Charles Stanley (2002). “How to Listen to God”, p.30, Thomas Nelson Inc
  • Art isn't only a painting. Art is anything that's creative, passionate, and personal. And great art resonates with the viewer, not only with the creator... Art is a personal gift that changes the recipient. The medium doesn't matter. The intent does. Art is a personal act of courage, something one human does that creates change in another.

    Art   Creative   Doe  
  • We believe in ordinary acts of bravery, in the courage that drives one person to stand up for another.

    "Divergent". Book by Veronica Roth (p. 47), 2011.
  • Nothing inspires people more than reckless acts of courage.

    "​I Went Camping With Bear Grylls, And Survived". Interview with Wes Siler, gizmodo.com. November 20, 2014.
  • For without belittling the courage with which men have died, we should not forget those acts of courage with which men have lived.

    Courage   Men   Forget  
    John F. Kennedy (1963). “Profiles in Courage”
  • Writing, therefore, is also an act of courage. How much easier is it to lead an unexamined life than to confront yourself on the page? How much easier is it to surrended to materialism or cynicism or to a hundred other ways of life that are, in fact, ways to hide from life and from our fears. When we write, we resist the facile seduction of theses simpler roads. We insist on finding out and declaring the truths that we find, and we dare to out those truths on the page.

    Writing   Pages   Way  
  • 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.

  • Loving and accepting ourselves are the ultimate acts of courage.

    Brené Brown (2010). “The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are”, p.43, Simon and Schuster
  • Was this a betrayal, or was it an act of courage? Perhaps both. Neither one involves forethought: such things take place in an instant, in an eyeblink. This can only be because they have been rehearsed by us already, over and over, in silence and darkness; in such silence, such darkness, that we are ignorant of them ourselves. Blind but sure-footed, we step forward as if into a remembered dance.

  • If we had to say what writing is, we would have to define it essentially as an act of courage.

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