Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear. - Ambrose Redmoon Courage is an everyday thing. When we look reality squarely in the eye and refuse to back away from our awareness, we are living courage. - Anonymous
To have courage for whatever comes in life - everything lies in that. - Mother Teresa
It is from 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. - Robert F . Kennedy
It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that they are difficult. - Seneca, Native American
Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others. - Aristotle
Courage is being scared to death but saddling up anyway. - John Wayne
Courage is doing what your afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you're scared. - Eddie Rickenbacker
Courage is fear holding on a minute longer. - George Patton
One man with courage makes a majority. - Andrew Jackson
Be bold and courageous. When you look back on your life, you'll regret the things you didn't do more than the ones you did. - H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. — Eleanor Roosevelt
Within each of us is a hidden store of energy. Energy we can release to compete in the marathon of life Within each of us is a hidden store of courage. Courage to give us the strength to face any challenge Within each of us is a hidden store of determination. Determination to keep us in the race when all seems lost. - Roger Dawson
We must never despair; our situation has been compromising before; and it changed for the better; so I trust it will again. If difficulties arise; we must put forth new exertion and proportion our efforts to the exigencies of the times. - George Washington
We must remember that one determined person can make a significant difference, and that a small group of determined people can change the course of history. -Sonia Johnson
Never doubt that a small, group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has. - Margaret Mead
George WashingtonGeorge Washington is a pen name. I am using the pen name, with the approval of the publisher, because I have received death threats due to my 9/11 research and writing. I am using a pen name to protect myself and my family.
If it's political courage you want try softer means
Not into the testosterone issue, personally, I tend to think of the saying "shoot if you must this old gray head." Seriously. Where does the concept of non-violence come in? And take as an issue Impeachment. Why is it easy to find individuals in private conversation who would advocate it, but then turn around and give reasons why "the country isn't ready for it now." There may twinges of real reasons. Possibly lose job. Kids would be taunted at school. No one is likely to get killed unless he/she goes at it like a barroom brawl.
Whether a person does or does not come out strongly for impeachment is something left to personal weighing of odds and risks. In my case I'm retired. No job to worry about. I'm studious of how to promote my desire to see it happen. An example involves physicians. By going to doctors over the years one finds how much they are dissatisfied with the current hoops they have to go through just to accept patients and then to treat them without taking into account what their insurance will pay. Does that make a physician a professional? Has he not become a hired hand to the HMOs and insurance industry? Two of my doctors are reading The Genius of Impeachment. I'll let them decide what they think of getting out of George W. Bush's great healthcare program.
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Margaret Bassett (21 articles, 1302 quicklinks, 26 diaries, 772 comments)
on Thursday, December 13, 2007 at 9:40:04 PM
