Book Titles

Courage is Calling
Fortune Favors the Brave

By Ryan Holiday

Year Published: 2021
ISBN-13: 978-0-593-19167-5
Categories: Bravery, Courage, Cowardice

182 Quotes Found

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Courage is Calling:

There is nothing worth doing that is not scary.

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Courage is Calling:

There is no one who has achieved greatness without wrestling with their own doubts, anxieties, limitations, and demons.

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Courage is Calling:

What we are to do in this life comes from somewhere beyond us; it’s bigger than us.

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Courage is Calling:

[Scared versus Fear is]… an essential distinction. A scare is a temporary rush of a feeling. That can be forgiven. Fear is a state of being, and to allow it to rule is a disgrace.

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Courage is Calling:

Who does good work when they are afraid?… How can you do anything when you’re afraid?

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Courage is Calling:

It has been said that leaders are dealers in hope, but in a more practical sense, they are also slayers of fear.

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Courage is Calling:

The only way through is to attack that fear. Logically. Clearly. Empathetically.

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Courage is Calling:

The paradox of course is that almost everything new, everything impressive, everything right, was done over the loud objections of the status quo.

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Courage is Calling:

People would rather be complicit in a crime than speak up.

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Courage is Calling:

You can’t let fear rule. Because there has never been a person who did something that mattered without pissing people off.

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