"It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence."

Courage, Violence, Truth, Strength

4

Create Your Own Wallpaper

Standard

Customized

"It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence."

Exlpore more Courage quotes

"Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step."

Martin Luther King, Jr., American Leader

Courage, Faith, First

"Live dangerously and you live right."

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German Poet

Courage, Right

"History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again."

Maya Angelou, American Poet

Courage, History, Pain

"Sometimes, despite how your heart feels, you have to do what you must in order to get the result you need. When it's impossible to walk away then you need to make it hurt and they will walk away for you."

Donna Lynn Hope, Jamaican Author

Courage, Sacrifice, Determination, Strength, Strategy

"I stare at him. "You can't risk not winning. Not because of me." Sean doesn't lift his eyes from the counter. "We make our move when you make yours. You on the inside, me on the outside. Corr can come from the middle of the pack; he's done it before. It's one side you won't have to worry about." I say, "I will not be your weakness, Sean Kendrick." Now he looks at me. He says, very softly, "It's late for that, Puck."

Maggie Stiefvater, American Author

Courage, Risk, Trust, Strength

"Robb says the man died bravely, but Jon says he was afraid.""What do you think?" his father asked.Bran thought about it. "can a man still be brave if he's afraid?""That is the only time a man can be brave," his father told him."

George R. R. Martin, American Author

Courage, Bravery, Fear, Strength

"A coward cries during a storm, a man of faith sings through it."

Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean Philosopher

Courage, Coward, Storm, Faith, Strength

"One who is not afraid to die lives, and one who is afraid to live dies."

Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean Philosopher

Courage, Fear, Live, Die, Afraid

"I ask of you your lives, Elend said, voice echoing, "and your courage. I ask of you your faith, and your honor-your strength, and your compassion. For today, I lead you to die. I will not ask you to welcome this event. I will not insult you by calling it well, or just, or even glorious. But I will say this."Each moment you fight is a gift to those in this cavern. Each second we fight is a second longer that thousands of people can draw breath. Each stroke of the sword, each koloss felled, each breath earned is a victory! It is a person protected for a moment longer, a life extended, an enemy frustrated!There was a brief pause. us!"

Brandon Sanderson, American Author

Courage, Leadership, Sacrifice, Faith

"I shall not be defined by what I have suffered but how I have endured them."

Donna Lynn Hope, Jamaican Author

Courage, Endurance, Suffering, Strength, Identity

Explore more quotes by Mahatma Gandhi

"I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles, but today it means getting along with people."

Leadership

"My faith is brightest in the midst of impenetrable darkness."

Faith

"While in Bombay, I began, on one hand, my study of Indian law and, on the other, my experiments in dietetics in which Virchand Gandhi, a friend, joined me. My brother, for his part was trying his best to get me briefs. The study of India law was a tedious business. The Civil Procedure Code I could in no way get on with. Not so however, with the Evidence Act. Virchand Gandhi was reading for the Solicitor's Examination and would tell me all sorts of stories about Barristers and Vakils."

Education

"I have always felt that the true text-book for the pupil is his teacher."

Education

"I call him religious who understands the suffering of others."

Compassion

"Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony."

Life

"Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat, for it is momentary."

Violence

"Violent men have not been known in history to die to a man. They die up to a point."

History

"We win justice quickest by rendering justice to the other party."

Justice

"I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people."

Leadership