Courage is not the absence of fear, but
rather the judgment that something else
is more important than fear.
~ Ambrose Redmoon ~
It is not because things are difficult that
we do not dare; it is because we do not
dare that they are difficult.
~ Seneca ~
The scars you acquire while exercising
courage will never make you feel inferior.
~ D.A. Battista ~
The ultimate measure of a man is not
where he stands in moments of comfort
and convenience, but where he stands in
times of challenge and controversy.
~ Martin Luther King Jr. ~
Do not conform any longer to the pattern
of this world, but be transformed by the
renewing of your mind. Then you will be
able to test and approve what God's will
is � His good, pleasing and perfect will.
~ The Apostle Paul � Romans 12:2 (NIV) ~
As a kid I learned that my brother and I
could walk forever on a narrow railroad
track and never fall off � all we had to
do was reach across the track and take
each other�s hand.
~ Steven Potter ~
No one is born either naturally or
supernaturally with character; it must be
developed. There are times when we do
know what God�s purpose is; whether we
will let the vision be turned into actual
character depends on us � not on God.
~ Oswald Chambers ~
Anyone who proposes to do good must
not expect people to roll stones out of his
way, but must accept his lot calmly if they
even roll a few more upon it.
~ Albert Schweitzer ~
The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.
What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is
dearness only that gives everything its value. I love the
man that can smile in trouble; that can gather strength
from distress and grow brave by reflection. �Tis the
business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is
firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will
pursue his principles unto death.
~ Thomas Paine ~
If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not
fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself
but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also
suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor
yourself, you will succumb in every battle.
~ Sun Tzu "The Art of War" ~
All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by
night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day
to find that it was vanity; but the dreamers of the day are
dangerous men, for they may act their dreams with open
eyes to make it possible.
~ T.E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia) ~
"The Seven Pillars of Wisdom"
By: Ezra Pound
Ha� we lost the goodliest fere of all
For the priests and the gallows tree?
Aye lover he was of brawny men
O� ships and the open sea
When they came wi� a host to take Our Man
His smile was good to see,
�First let these go!� quo� our Goodly Fere,
�Or I�ll see ye damned,� says he.
Aye he sent us out through the crossed high spears
And the scorn of his laugh rang free,
�Why took ye not me when I walked about
Alone in the town?� says he.
Oh we drunk his �Hale� in the good red wine
When we last made company,
No capon priest was the Goodly Fere
But a man o� men was he.
I ha� seen him drive a hundred men
Wi� a bundle o� cords swung free,
That they took the high and holy house
For their pawn and treasury...
I ha� seen him cow a thousand men
On the hills o� Galilee,
They whined as he walked out calm between,
Wi� his eyes like the grey o� the sea,
Like the sea that brooks no voyaging,
With the winds unleashed and free,
Like the sea that he cowed at Genseret
Wi� twey words spoke suddenly.
A master o� men was the Goodly Fere
A mate of the wind and the sea.
If they think they ha� slain our Goodly Fere
They are fools eternally.
Never mistake motion for action
~ Ernest Hemingway ~
It�s not so much that we�re afraid of
change or so in love with the old ways;
it�s that place in between that we fear...
~ Marilyn Ferguson ~
If you're going through hell--keep going!
~ Winston Churchill ~
It is not worth an intelligent man's time to
be in the majority. By definition, there are
already enough people to do that.
~ G.H. Hardy ~
One doesn�t discover new lands without
consenting to lose sight of the shore for a
very long time.
~ Andre Gide ~
A friend is one before whom I may think aloud
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson ~
We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition
when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on
making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer
of a holiday at the sea. We are far too easily pleased.
~ C.S. Lewis "The Weight of Glory" ~
A great many people think they are
thinking when they are acutally
rearranging their prejudices.
~ William James ~
The opposite of bravery is not cowardice but conformity.
~ Robert Anthony ~
Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one�s courage.
~ Anais Nin ~
Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.
Security does not exist in nature, nor do the
children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding
danger is no safer in the long run than exposure.
~ Helen Keller ~
The art of living is more like that of
wrestling than of dancing; the main thing
is to stand firm and be ready for an
unseen attack.
~ Marcus Aurelius ~
Faith is to believe what you do not see; the
reward of this faith is to see what you believe.
~ Saint Augustine of Hippo ~
When there is no peril in the fight, there is no glory in the triumph.
~ A. Alvarez ~
To be nobody-but-yourself--in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to
make you everybody else�means to fight the hardest battle which any human being
can fight; and never stop fighting.
~ e. e. cummings ~
I do not believe in a fate that falls on men
however they act; but I do believe in a
fate that falls on them unless they act.
~ G. K. Chesterton ~
Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men!
Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for power equal to your tasks.
~ Phillips Brooks ~
Enemy-occupied territory � that is what the world is.
Christianity is the story of how the rightful King has
landed in disguise, and is calling us all to take part in a
great campaign of sabotage.
~ C.S. Lewis ~
There is no room for pretending in the spiritual life. Unfortunately, in many
religious circles, there exists an unwritten rule. Pretend. Act like God is in
control when you don�t believe He is. Give the impression that everything is
okay in your life when it�s not. Pretend you believe when you doubt; hide
your imperfections; maintain the image of a perfect marriage with healthy
and well-adjusted children when your family is like any other normal
dysfunctional family. And whatever you do, don't admit that you sin.
~ Mike Yaconelli ~
Of every one-hundred men faced with battle, eighty are nothing but targets,
ten shouldn�t even be there, nine are real fighters and we are lucky to have
them for they make the battle. Ah, but the one. One is a Warrior... and he
will bring the others back.
~ Hericletus (circa 500 B.C.) ~
It is impossible to be involved with God without enduring the weight of the pressure of being �I.�
Yet thousands live on without having to be �I,� or they live on as truncated �I�s,� truncated to the
third person. They fill their lives with all sorts of things, imagine that they are really involved with
God, flatter themselves that they have not ventured further out because they are so humble. What
confusion! The first condition for getting straightened out is to see that THIS notion about humility
is complete rubbish, that one is dragging his feet only because of weakness, thin skin, and cowardice.
~ Soren Kierkegaard ~
Unfortunately, the heart is a battlefield where we yield ground far too easily.
We make deals and we cut and run when the arrows get thick. We build our
own defenses and barricades knowing that they will only delay the attack and
hoping against hope that the weapons we have forged of our own will are
strong enough to fight with. We seek those places that we thought brought
us shelter in the past only to see them be blown away in the wind of the
battle leaving us wet, cold, tired and terribly vulnerable once again.
~ "mrsmith555" from the Ransomed Heart War Room ~