Comments On Courage
By D. S. Mitchell
Research And The Resistance
Part of my job at Calamity Politics is to do research. Research can be lots of fun and I look forward to it. Since the election of Donald J. Trump to the presidency, I, along with about 75,000,000 Americans have joined the Resistance. The opportunity to replace Trump will be by election. The 2020 election is only seven months away. I believe that we are going to need strength and courage to see this political battle to a satisfactory Progressive conclusion. To give some perspective, I decided to look up the word courage.
What People Have Said
Here’s what I found out. When I looked up courage, I found innumerable quotes on the idea of courage. Most were quite inspiring. Here’s a brief collection of some pretty smart comments by some pretty smart people. Winston Churchill has two quotes noted, he was a really smart and courageous guy who led a nearly defeated nation to victory.
“Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen,” –Winston Churchill
“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”
― Winston S. Churchill
“Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear – not absence of fear.”
― Mark Twain
“Courage leads starward, fear toward death,”- Seneca
“Courage conquers all things,” – Ovid
“The strongest, most generous and proudest of all virtues is courage,” Michel De Montaigne
“Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can’t practice any other virtue consistently.”
― Maya Angelou
“Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.”
― Anais Nin
Inspired
Well, I’m definitely inspired. How about you? If you are even a little inspired, do something to fight the Trump administration. Be brave. Be courageous. Step up our very democracy is at risk. There are many things you can do, write a letter to your congressional representative, make a phone call to your state senator, most important, vote.
