Courage

“A few of the basic attributes needed to become a lifelong learner are courage, faithful desire, humility, patience, curiosity, and a willingness to communicate and share the knowledge that we gain…. Lifelong learning is essential to the vitality of the human mind, body, and soul. It enhances self-worth and self-actuation. Lifelong learning is invigorating mentally and is a great defense against aging, depression, and self-doubt.”

Elder Robert D. Hales  |  "The Journey of Lifelong Learning," in Brigham Young University 2008-2009 Speeches [2009], 2, 8-9

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“Courage is not just one of the virtues, it is the form of every virtue at the testing place.”

CS Lewis  |  The Screwtape Letters

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“Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can’t practice any other virtue consistently.”

Maya Angelou

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You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore.

William Faulkner

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“Courage is the power to let go of the familiar.”

Raymond Lindquist

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Thomas S. Monson

“Let us have the courage to defy the consensus, the courage to stand for principle. Courage, not compromise, brings the smile of God’s approval. Courage becomes a living and an attractive virtue when it is regarded not only as a willingness to die manfully, but also as a determination to live decently. A moral coward is one who is afraid to do what he thinks is right because others will disapprove or laugh. Remember that all men have their fears, but those who face their fears with dignity have courage as well.”

Thomas S. Monson  |  The Call for Courage

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“One isn’t necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can’t be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.”

Maya Angelou

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Brene Brown

The origin of the word “courage” comes from the word “cour”, which mean heart, and it means to completely share your story with your whole heart.

Brené Brown  |  The Power of Vulnerability

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Thomas S. Monson

“Courage is required to make an initial thrust toward one’s coveted goal, but even greater courage is called for when one stumbles and must make a second effort to achieve. Have the determination to make the effort, the single-mindedness to work toward a worthy goal, and the courage not only to face the challenges that inevitably come but also to make a second effort, should such be required. Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day that says, ‘I’ll try again tomorrow.’”

Thomas S. Monson  |  Living the Abundant Life.

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“People often think of Christian morality as a kind of bargain in which God says, ‘If you keep a lot of rules, I’ll reward you, and if you don’t, I’ll do other things.’ I do not think that this is the best way of looking at it. I would much rather say that every time you make a choice, you are turning the central part of you, the part of you that chooses, into something a little different from what it was before. And taking your life as a whole, with all your innumerable choices, all your life long you are slowly turning this central thing either into a heavenly creature or into a hellish creature.”

CS Lewis  |  Mere Christianity

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The greatest need in the world today is faith in God and courage to do his will.

David O. McKay  |  Teachings of Presidents of the Church: David O. McKay, p. 171

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“Courage is the form of every virtue at the testing point. Pilate was merciful until it became risky.”

CS Lewis  |  "The Screwtape Letters"

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“Decisions of character are made by remembering the right order of the first and second great commandments.”

Lynn G. Robbins

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“Real courage is when you know you’re licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.”

Harper Lee  |  To Kill a Mockingbird

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“Discouragement is not the absence of adequacy but that absence of courage.”

Elder Neal A. Maxwell

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“It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.”

Mark Twain

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“Yours is a great responsibility in this day when the need for courageous leadership is so urgent. You can become those leaders. … Our [people] need to develop qualities of leadership. They need to learn the value of staying power—stick-to-it-iveness. They need to learn devotion to duty—the devotion to duty that keeps a good doctor on the job right around the clock in an emergency; the devotion to duty that leads a scientist or a teacher to persevere in a low-paying position in public service because that is where his maximum contribution can be made.” –

Ezra Taft Benson

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“The greatest act of courage and love in the history of mankind – Christ’s atoning sacrifice – was also the greatest act of humility and submissiveness. Some may wonder if those seeking to become humble must forever defer to the strongly held opinions and positions of others. Certainly the Savior’s life evidences that true humility is anything but subservience, weakness, or servility.”

Marlin K. Jensen  |  “To Walk Humbly with Thy God,” Ensign, May 2001, p. 10

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