“Daily strength,
Daily courage,
Daily resourcefulness,
Daily endurance.
That is all there is.”
“From this humiliating self-estimate (of cowardice) Gandhi escaped by substituting for the Englishman's courage, which begins in self-assertion and proceeds to physical mastery, the courage which begins with self-control and proceeds to the nonviolent affirmation of truth.”
Source: The Forgotten Army: India's Armed Struggle for Independence 1942-1945
“Praying to be saved from danger,
Ain't no spineless coward I.
Let all the dangers hail my way,
Each crisis is like a trip to Hawaii.”
Source: Vande Vasudhaivam: 100 Sonnets for Our Planetary Pueblo
“Ain't No Coward (Sonnet 1137)
Praying to be saved from danger,
Ain't no spineless coward I.
Let all the dangers hail my way,
Each crisis is like a trip to Hawaii.
Won't listen to no forbiddance,
Won't heed no foreboding.
None can sense the extent of my senses,
Night and day are my own making.
When all are eager for the sun to rise,
I grab the night and conjure up dawn.
Leave no corner of mindland unharvested,
Struggle isn't over till gloom turns to morn.”
Source: Vande Vasudhaivam: 100 Sonnets for Our Planetary Pueblo
“Give me some sunshine,
Give me some rain!
Why the hell am I asking you,
When I'm the steward of my own reign!”
Source: Vande Vasudhaivam: 100 Sonnets for Our Planetary Pueblo
“Maybe it's that I realized that it is true
No one's really there fighting for you in the last garrison
No one except yourself that is
No one except you
You are the one who's got your back 'til the last deeds done”
Source: The Story of The Streets
“No one's really there fighting for you in the last garrison
No one except yourself that is
No one except you
You are the one who's got your back 'til the last deeds done”
Source: The Story of The Streets
“The best way to be rid of quaking knees is to keep a busy mind.”
Source: Huntingtower
“There is more to courage than beating your chest in a vain attempt to show your might. The real test of courage is to face up to the truth of the situation and have the guts to deal with it.”
Source: The Sheikh's Wedding Contract
“This is a book about the most admirable of human virtues - courage. 'Grace under pressure', Earnest Hemingway defined it.”
Source: PROFILES IN COURAGE. Special Foreword for This 20th Anniversary Edition [by] Rose Kennedy. A Limited Edition.