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I skate where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.
-- Wayne Gretzky
 

 

Friday, November 21, 2025

Choose courage

Courage is making a choice when you must, even though you have no assurance it’s the best one. Courage is speaking what is true, even when you know the truth will not be well received.

Courage means being acutely aware of your fear and pushing in the direction of that fear nonetheless. Though courage is not easy it is necessary, and good.

With courage you step away from what’s comfortable and toward rewards that are possible but not guaranteed. With courage you risk pain in order to produce gain.

Courage pushes you to learn, experiment, adjust, and persist. Courage gets good work done when there are multitudes that actively oppose it.

Much of the richness in your life has come to you through courage, whether your own or someone else’s. With more courage going forward, more richness becomes possible.

The things in life most likely to endure are built upon courage. In the many times when you’re confronted with the choice, choose courage.

— Ralph Marston

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