When you have decided what you believe, what you feel must be done, have the courage to stand alone and be counted

A candle can bring light to a dungeon but it can also be used to light a deadly marijuana cigarette.

Courage is exhilarating.

Do one thing everyday that scares you. Those small things that make us uncomfortable help us build courage to do the work we do.

A great deal of fear is a result of just “not knowing.” We do not know what is involved in a new situation. We do not know whether we can deal with it. The sooner we learn what it entails, the sooner we can dissolve our fear.

All wars eventually act as boomerangs and the victor suffers as much as the vanquished.

Of course Mahatma Gandhi you might say did not have so much physical vigor but he certainly seemed to have extraordinary resistance, which perhaps is rather different from physical vigor.