Quotes about Courage

To be fully alive, fully human, and completely awake is to be continually thrown out of the nest.

Only to the extent that we expose ourselves over and over to annihilation can that which is indestructible in us be found.

I used to have a sign pinned up on my wall that read: Only to the extent that we expose ourselves over and over to annihilation can that which is indestructible be found in us...It was all about letting go of everything.

Do I prefer to grow up and relate to life directly, or do I choose to live and die in fear?

Fear will always step in the moment we choose to let faith go.

if Christ is in their ship, it means He is also in their storm.

Persecution is designed to make you run away from the Word (Matthew 13:21). Strong believers will run to the Word and not from the Word in times of attack.

Strong believers will run to the Word and not from the Word in times of attack.

If God is with you, who can be against you?

Blessed is he who is skilled with the sword. It will keep him from falling.

What if the call to pray is a call to bleed as well as to receive blessing?

Doubt is God's instrument, will arrive in God's time, and will come from unexpected places—places out of your control. And when it does, resist the fight-or-flight impulse. Pass through it—patiently, honestly, and courageously for however long it takes. True transformation takes time.