#courage

Passages on courage from many traditions.

“Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.”

— Matthew 5:14 (KJV) · Christianity · #courage · source

“Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.”

— Romans 12:21 (KJV) · Christianity · #courage · source

“There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear”

— 1 John 4:18 (KJV) · Christianity · #courage · source

“Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed”

— Joshua 1:9 (KJV) · Judaism · #courage · source

“Be strong and of a good courage, fear not”

— Deuteronomy 31:6 (KJV) · Judaism · #courage · source

“If one man conquer in battle a thousand times thousand men, and if another conquer himself, he is the greatest of conquerors.”

— Dhammapada, verse 103 (trans. F. Max Müller) · Buddhism · #courage · source

“He who lives without looking for pleasures, his senses well controlled”

— Dhammapada, verse 8 (trans. F. Max Müller) · Buddhism · #courage · source

“When the year becomes cold, then we know how the pine and the cypress are the last to lose their leaves.”

— Analects 9:28 (trans. James Legge) · Confucianism · #courage · source

“Never the spirit was born; the spirit shall cease to be never;”

— Bhagavad Gita 2 (trans. Edwin Arnold, The Song Celestial) · Hinduism · #courage · source

“One Universal Creator God. The Name Is Truth. Creative Being Personified. No Fear. No Hatred.”

— Guru Granth Sahib, Ang 1, Mool Mantar (trans. Sant Singh Khalsa) · Sikhism · #courage · source

“Noble have I created thee, yet thou hast abased thyself. Rise then unto that for which thou wast created.”

— Bahá'u'lláh, The Hidden Words, Arabic 22 (trans. Shoghi Effendi) · Baha'i · #courage · source

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