Kelly Crigger's Blog - Posts Tagged "courage"
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I wrote an article about finding what you love in life and letting it kill you only to find someone else had pretty much written the same thing before me, so it’s now in the trash never to see the light of day. And that got me thinking about all those inspirational life coach gurus who pass around the words of someone else as infinite wisdom that we should all live our lives by.
When you think about it, the message is almost always the same down through the centuries. We’re really not as creative as we all like to think we are. Take courage, for example. So many people have said something about it in different voices and at different times, but they all make the same point-be strong. Pretty straightforward message, but for thousands of years everyone has said it in their own unique way with the same point. Follow along…
It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.
-Confucius, 6th century BC
The longest journey starts with a single step.
-Lao Tzu, 5th century BC
It is courage, courage, courage, that raises the blood of life to crimson splendor. Live bravely and present a brave front to adversity.
-Horace, 1st century BC
The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity.
-Lucius Annaeus Seneca, 1st century AD
I love those who can smile in trouble.
-Leonardo da Vinci, 15th century
Everyone can master a grief but he that has it.
-Shakespeare, 16th century
Long is the way and hard, that out of hell leads up to light.
-John Milton, 17th century
Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm and whose conscience approves their conduct will pursue their principles unto death.
-Thomas Paine, 18th century
Our greatest glory consists not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
-Oliver Goldsmith, 18th century
What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside of you.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson, 19th century
Bite on the bullet old man, and don’t let them think you’re afraid.
-Rudyard Kipling, 19th century
Hope is the struggle of the soul, breaking loose from what is perishable, and attesting her eternity.
-Herman Melville, 19th century
Let me not pray to be sheltered from dangers, but to be fearless in facing them.
-Rabidranath Tagore, 19th century
Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
-Thomas A. Edison, 20th century
A man can only stumble for so long before he either falls or stands up straight.
-Brandon Sanderson, 20th century
If you’re going through hell, keep going.
-Winston Churchill, 20th century
Tough times never last, tough people do.
-Robert Schuller, 20th century
Suck it up, cupcake.
-Sergeant Major Terry Brown, 21st century
Dear Universe…you hit like a bitch.
-Me, yesterday
Curmudgeonism: A Surly Man's Guide to Midlife
When you think about it, the message is almost always the same down through the centuries. We’re really not as creative as we all like to think we are. Take courage, for example. So many people have said something about it in different voices and at different times, but they all make the same point-be strong. Pretty straightforward message, but for thousands of years everyone has said it in their own unique way with the same point. Follow along…
It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.
-Confucius, 6th century BC
The longest journey starts with a single step.
-Lao Tzu, 5th century BC
It is courage, courage, courage, that raises the blood of life to crimson splendor. Live bravely and present a brave front to adversity.
-Horace, 1st century BC
The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity.
-Lucius Annaeus Seneca, 1st century AD
I love those who can smile in trouble.
-Leonardo da Vinci, 15th century
Everyone can master a grief but he that has it.
-Shakespeare, 16th century
Long is the way and hard, that out of hell leads up to light.
-John Milton, 17th century
Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm and whose conscience approves their conduct will pursue their principles unto death.
-Thomas Paine, 18th century
Our greatest glory consists not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
-Oliver Goldsmith, 18th century
What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside of you.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson, 19th century
Bite on the bullet old man, and don’t let them think you’re afraid.
-Rudyard Kipling, 19th century
Hope is the struggle of the soul, breaking loose from what is perishable, and attesting her eternity.
-Herman Melville, 19th century
Let me not pray to be sheltered from dangers, but to be fearless in facing them.
-Rabidranath Tagore, 19th century
Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
-Thomas A. Edison, 20th century
A man can only stumble for so long before he either falls or stands up straight.
-Brandon Sanderson, 20th century
If you’re going through hell, keep going.
-Winston Churchill, 20th century
Tough times never last, tough people do.
-Robert Schuller, 20th century
Suck it up, cupcake.
-Sergeant Major Terry Brown, 21st century
Dear Universe…you hit like a bitch.
-Me, yesterday
Curmudgeonism: A Surly Man's Guide to Midlife
