Courage is Exhilarating

Personally, I've started out 2015 with an awful stomach flu, a burst steam pipe --- and home-related damage.



My aunt says I need to start the year all over again. But I say, I just need courage and a great sense of humor.  I'm working on both.

Found at: google.com/courage

According to http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/courage

COURAGE (n.) -

the quality of mind or spirit that enables a person to face difficulty, danger, pain, etc., without fear; bravery.

Word Origin

C13: from Old French corage, from cuer heart, from Latin cor

In the meantime, I found some powerful quotes from a variety of sources as well as some awesome graphic-quotes from Zen Pencil about courage. I am parking them here.  For me, and for you.

I hope you enjoy. 

And when you're done, please share how and where you find courage in the comments below.

“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” ― Winston S. Churchill

“I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It's when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.
- Atticus Finch” ― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird 

“I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.”― Nelson Mandela

“Courage is found in unlikely places.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien

From http://zenpencils.com/comic/roosevelt/

This quote was used in the final episode of the Roosevelt Documentary and was taken from Eleanor’s book You Learn By Living, which she wrote near the end of her life. There’s a great article about the book on Brain Pickings.



Here is another zenpencil rendering on courage. It is a powerful rendering of Frank Herbert's Litany Against Fear and I warn you, it's quite powerful.The Litany against fear is the mantra of a group of powerful women in the Dune books called the Bene Gesserit, who have achieved superhuman powers from mental and physical training. Zenpencil notes that while not familiar with the Dune series when this was created (February 27, 2012), he created an even more meaningful interpretation.  What do you think?

From: http://zenpencils.com/comic/17-frank-herbert-litany-against-fear/

As always, thanks for your visit.

Please let us know how and where you find courage in the comments below.