I have too much respect for people to try to control them. But they are estranged from love, afraid to reach out and touch one another. We’re afraid to appear sentimental or speak in platitudes because people will say, ‘What a jerk!’ It takes courage in our culture to be a lover. | |
— Dr. Leo F. Buscaglia | |
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On This Day In: | |
2022 | Pass A Voting Rights Act For Democracy’s Sake |
2021 | Tomorrow President Biden Starts Wrestling |
Good-Bye #45 | |
2020 | The Burden Of Faith |
On To Superbowl LIV (54)!! | |
2019 | Are Your Dogs Barking? |
Dangerous Waistcoats | |
2018 | And 40+ Years Later? |
2017 | He Is Alone |
2016 | Compensation |
2015 | Charlie Redux |
2014 | The Crux |
2013 | Erosion And Rechannelling |
Alliance, n. | |
2012 | How Many Thought… (One I Know Of) |
Choices And Decisions | |
2011 | Speed Spoils |
Simply Intended | |
2010 | A Second 4 Hour Jog |
Posts Tagged ‘Courage’
Courage To Love
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Control, Courage, Dr. Leo F. Buscaglia, Fear, Love, Philosophy, Quotes, Respect on January 19, 2023| Leave a Comment »
But Am I Strong Or Is There No Special Hurry?
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged A Farewell To Arms, Broken People, Broken Places, Courage, Ernest Hemingway, No Special Hurry, Philosophy, Quotes, Strength on January 9, 2023| 2 Comments »
If people bring so much courage to this world the world has to kill them to break them, so of course it kills them. The world breaks every one and afterward many are strong at the broken places. But those that will not break it kills. It kills the very good and the very gentle and the very brave impartially. If you are none of these you can be sure it will kill you too but there will be no special hurry. | |
— Ernest Hemingway | |
From his novel: “A Farewell to Arms“ | |
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On This Day In: | |
2022 | Looking For Treasure Troves |
2021 | True Originality |
There Must Be Peace And Understanding | |
2020 | #45: Lies And Hate-Speech Are Not Moral Leadership |
2019 | Be Brave |
2018 | What Else Matters? |
2017 | Slow Go |
2016 | A Tiny Ripple Of Hope |
2015 | Liberating Books |
2014 | Discover God |
2013 | Without Witness |
2012 | Nutritarian |
Nourish Others
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Courage, Hope, Love, Napoléon Bonaparte, Nourishment, Philosophy, Quotes on October 23, 2022| 2 Comments »
Courage is like love, it must have hope for nourishment. | |
― Napoléon Bonaparte | |
[…with courage, love and hope. — kmab] | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | Too Heavy A Burden |
I Don’t Mind At All | |
2020 | Compare, Contrast And Learn |
Some Dreams Do Come True | |
Just In Case | |
2019 | Can I Get A Witness? |
2018 | I’d Still Like To Try It Out |
2017 | In Every Thing |
2016 | Future Halo |
2015 | The Hard Way Every Time |
2014 | Indispensable Wits |
2013 | I’d Like To |
2012 | 2012 National League Champions – San Francisco Giants!! |
2nd Viewing – No Change | |
Light Shining Out of Darkness | |
2011 | Just Kickin It |
Are These The “Real” Protectors Of America’s Constitution? | |
2010 | Giants Advance To 2010 World Series!!! |
Units Of Measure
Posted in Other Blogs, Philosophy, Quotes, Science and Learning, tagged Courage, Intelligence, Other Blogs, Paul Dirac, Philosophy, Quotes, ram H singhal, Science, Scientific Progress on August 8, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Scientific progress is measured in units of courage, not intelligence. | |
— Paul Dirac | |
[Found on one of the blogs I follow: “ram H singhal“ | |
Located at: https://ram0singhal.wordpress.com/ | |
The specific post is at: https://ram0singhal.wordpress.com/2021/07/13/1933-nobel-prize-in-physics-paul-adrien-maurice-dirac/ | |
Please visit the original site if you have a spare moment. — kmab] | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | True Fervor |
Still Sparkles | |
2020 | A Destructive Mistake |
I’d Rather Live In HER World | |
2019 | And #IncompetentTrump Is A Failure At Both |
2018 | To Excel At Your Craft |
Day 12: Waiting | |
2017 | Like When You Can Order Others To Fight For You |
2016 | Holding Fast |
2015 | Alms Or Balms |
2014 | A Day At The Beach |
2013 | Pillows |
Steppin’ | |
2012 | Invincible Summer |
2011 | Being Objective |
2010 | First Things First… |
Northwest Passages – Intro | |
Northwest Passages – Day One | |
Northwest Passages – Poetry | |
Northwest Passages – Evening One | |
Northwest Passages – Morning Two | |
Who Wins
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Bravery, Courage, Critics, Difficulties, Peace, Philosophy, Quotes, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Temptations, Victory on July 23, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising that tempt you to believe your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires some of the same courage that a soldier needs. Peace has its victories, but it takes brave men and women to win them. | |
— Ralph Waldo Emerson | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | 6/1 Capitol Riot Commission |
Walkin’ And Talkin’ | |
2020 | Fact Check: Presidential Memories |
Vote In November! | |
2019 | Where Today’s Republican Party Is Failing America (And The President) |
2018 | Either / Or |
2017 | Redemptive Power |
2016 | On Calls To Renew Waterboarding / Torture |
2015 | Still Struggling |
2014 | How To Become A Saint |
2013 | Not Much Change |
Our Biggest Fear | |
2012 | Brain, n. |
2011 | Styles Of Leadership |
2010 | Face Front! |
Somebody Should Have Warned Putin About Ukraine
Posted in Philosophy, Proverbs, Quotes, tagged Courage, Isabel Allende, Knives, Philosophy, Quotes, Strength, Ukraine, Ukrainian Proverb, Vladimir Putin on March 16, 2022| 2 Comments »
He who licks knives will soon cut his tongue. | |
— Ukrainian proverb | |
We don’t even know how strong we are until we are forced to bring that hidden strength forward. | |
— Isabel Allende | |
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On This Day In: | |
2022 | Somebody Should Have Warned Putin About Ukraine |
2021 | No Plan And Less Sand |
It Might Sound Strange | |
2020 | Why #45 Is In The Dark |
180 Day Health / Weight Update (Mar 2020) | |
2019 | Tonight I Am All Blacks |
In All Its Messy Complexity | |
2018 | Danger = Opportunity |
2017 | True And Great |
Sand At The Beach | |
2016 | There Is A Difference Between Dangerous And Frightening |
2015 | Always A Goal |
2014 | Standing Strong |
2013 | Shaken And Stirred |
The Bird With The Broken Wing | |
2012 | Friends In High Places |
2011 | Objective Independence |
Courage In Ukraine
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Ambrose Redmoon, Courage, Fear, Freedom, Judgment, Philosophy, Quotes, Ukraine on March 15, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear. | |
— Ambrose Redmoon | |
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On This Day In: | |
2022 | Courage In Ukraine |
2021 | Enjoying The Getting There |
And I Carry It With Me | |
2020 | Might As Well Jump |
2019 | Just Sitting Here… |
2018 | My Experience As Well |
2017 | He’s Making A List |
2016 | Mere Specks |
2015 | Day To Day Success |
2014 | We Have Ignition! |
2013 | The Dreamer |
2012 | I Err Gladly |
2011 | Ill Executed |
And You? | |
Still Building
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Character, Courage, Eleanor Roosevelt, Experience, Honesty, Life, Personal Growth, Philosophy, Quotes on November 21, 2021| 4 Comments »
People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built. | |
— Eleanor Roosevelt | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | Still Building |
Golden | |
2020 | Books And Blogs |
You Don’t Know What I Got | |
2019 | #45 Is The Inverse |
2018 | A Message To The White House Press Corps |
2017 | Eeny Meeny Miny Moe |
Binge, Binge, Binge | |
2016 | Feeling Warm Yet? |
Four Documentaries | |
2015 | Just Like All The Others |
2014 | In My Own Vanity |
2013 | Filled With Words |
2012 | Lectio Auget Existentiae Meae |
2011 | Lied Lately? |
2010 | Born To Work At Faux News |
Lost Again (Uh, Make That Still) | |
Qui Genus Humanum Ingenio Superavit | |
They’re Back… (Part 1) | |
First Ask For Courage
Posted in Philosophy, Poems And Writing By Others, Poetry, Quotes, tagged André Zirnheld, Courage, God, Leo Tolstoy, Philosophy, Poems And Writing By Others, Quotes, Strength, The Para's Prayer on September 15, 2021| Leave a Comment »
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The Para’s Prayer |
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I carried a hand-written copy of this in my wallet for years… — kmab] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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2021 | First Ask For Courage | |||||||||||||||||||
Shadows And Darkness | ||||||||||||||||||||
2020 | My 2 Cents | |||||||||||||||||||
You Do It | ||||||||||||||||||||
Must Be Why I Like Dreamin’ | ||||||||||||||||||||
2019 | The Opening Step | |||||||||||||||||||
Day 17/18: That Didn’t Take Long | ||||||||||||||||||||
2018 | I’ll Trade You… | |||||||||||||||||||
2017 | Luv Me Some Meat Loaf | |||||||||||||||||||
2016 | Unless Your Name Is #AmnestyDon | |||||||||||||||||||
2015 | A Tentative First Step | |||||||||||||||||||
2014 | Making People | |||||||||||||||||||
2013 | On Reading Books | |||||||||||||||||||
2012 | On America | |||||||||||||||||||
2011 | Shiver, Me Timbers! | |||||||||||||||||||
2010 | Fiduciary Breakdown | |||||||||||||||||||
Born Again
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Courage, Malala Yousafzai, Philosophy, Power, Quotes, Strength, Terrorists on August 6, 2021| Leave a Comment »
The terrorists thought they would change my aims and stop my ambitions, but nothing changed in my life except this: weakness, fear and hopelessness died. Strength, power and courage were born. | |
— Malala Yousafzai | |
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On This Day In: | |
2020 | Nah… I’m Still Chuckling |
Squeaking By With “C’s” | |
2019 | Consider Me A Phony |
2018 | Last |
Day 10: Double Digits | |
2017 | Could You Repeat The Question? |
2016 | Still Busy? |
2015 | Why, Just This Morning… |
2014 | Just Kindness |
2013 | Now Shaking |
2012 | Absurdity, n. |
2011 | Minor Changes |
Things I’ve Learned From Life – Nana Carter | |
Acting Out | |
Facing The Headwinds
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Backbone, Courage, Fairness, Justice, Philosophy, Quotes, Speaking Up, U.S. Representative John Lewis, Wind on February 25, 2021| Leave a Comment »
We all live in the same house, we all must be part of the effort to hold down our little house. When you see something that is not right, not fair, not just… do something about it. Say something. Have the courage. Have the backbone. Get in the way. Walk with the wind. It’s all going to work out. | |
— U.S. Representative John Lewis | |
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On This Day In: | |
2022 | Until Something Better Comes Along |
2021 | Facing The Headwinds |
Still Thankful, Still Don’t Read Well | |
2020 | Write For Yourself |
2019 | I’m Actively Irresponsible |
2018 | I Will Love You… Forever |
2017 | Pebbles In Your Shoe? |
2016 | Resolute Will |
2015 | Absorbed And Civilized |
2014 | Relax And Lead |
2013 | Location, Location, Location |
2012 | Are You Really Good? |
2011 | Relatively Objective, Anyway |
Inshallah
Posted in Faith, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Courage, Faith, Patience, Philosophy, Quotes, Victor Hugo on January 7, 2021| Leave a Comment »
Have courage for the great sorrows in life, and patience for the small ones; and when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace. God is awake. | |
— Victor Hugo | |
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On This Day In: | |
2022 | Historians, Not Librarians |
2021 | Inshallah |
Leave No Doubt | |
2020 | A Choice |
2019 | Fill It Up |
2018 | Can We Talk About Me? |
2017 | About Change |
Gordian | |
2016 | Are Your Prayers Functioning? |
2015 | Expressing Love |
2014 | Cyclical Attitudes |
2013 | Footprints |
2012 | Broken Resolutions |
Bin It | |
Waiting For 20 January 2021
Posted in Faith, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, tagged Confidence, Courage, Eleanor Roosevelt, Fear, Horror, Philosophy, Quotes, Strength on November 10, 2020| Leave a Comment »
You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, ‘I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.’ You MUST do the thing that you think you cannot do. | |
— Eleanor Roosevelt | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | My Thoughts On Global Climate Change |
And Never Understand | |
2020 | Waiting For 20 January 2021 |
#45: You Would Cry Too… | |
2019 | #Corrupt45 Fails Another Great Test |
2018 | Where The Economy Is Headed Thanks To #IncompetentDonald |
2017 | Time For More Research, Too |
2016 | Original Thoughts |
2015 | If They’re Good Enough |
2014 | Three… |
2013 | Uncle Joe’s Song |
Live, Then, As If… | |
2012 | Still Trying |
2011 | Not Deserving |
The Importance You Can Have
Posted in History, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Comfort, Courage, History, Hope, Life, Michelle Obama, Philosophy, Quotes on September 14, 2020| Leave a Comment »
You may not always have a comfortable life and you will not be able to solve all of the world’s problems at once but don’t ever underestimate the importance you can have because history has shown us that courage can be contagious and hope can take on a life of its own. | |
— Michelle Obama | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | Vote NO In The California Recall |
On And On | |
2020 | The Importance You Can Have |
Slow Dancin’ | |
Trump Reaffirms His Administration Is The Cause Of West Coast Wildfires | |
2019 | A Lifestyle |
Day 16: Cheat Day | |
2018 | The Children Are Our Future |
2017 | And Three |
2016 | Nine Parts Mystery |
2015 | Little Or No Common Ground |
2014 | Just Between Me |
2013 | Beyond The Strings |
2012 | Saving The Union |
2011 | Still And Too Often |
Saddle Up!
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Courage, Fear, John Wayne, Philosophy, Quotes, Saddle Up, Scared on August 15, 2020| Leave a Comment »
Courage is being scared to death . . . and saddling up anyway. | |
— John Wayne | |
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On This Day In: | |
2019 | Welcome Home |
The Whole Community | |
2018 | The Cells Are Right |
Day 19: Broth | |
2017 | Be Responsible |
2016 | Thinking About November 8th, 2016 |
2015 | Lonely Teardrops |
2014 | Pleasurable Law |
2013 | Room For Justice |
In The Minds Of Others | |
2012 | Extinction, n. |
2011 | Snap! |