COURAGE
“Courage isn’t having the strength to go on – it is going on when you don’t have strength.” Napoleon Bonaparte
slow down and REFLECT
on the MEANING and the MESSAGE of today’s quotation
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IN YOUR OWN WORDS… what is the main idea or theme that is expressed in the above quote?
“If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough.” (Albert Einstein)
PERSONALIZE….
Do you have any personal experiences or observations that relate to the meaning of this quote? If so, describe a specific example.
“There are many truths of which the full meaning cannot be realized until personal experience has brought it home.” (John Stuart Mill)
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ai INTERPRETATION of TODAY’S QUOTE
“Courage isn’t having the strength to go on – it is going on when you don’t have strength.” Napoleon Bonaparte
“What it means
Courage is not necessarily feeling strong, confident, or fearless. Sometimes, we are tired, discouraged, frightened, or unsure of what to do next. Yet we find a way to take another step.
The quote suggests that continuing despite weakness is a deeper form of courage than continuing when everything is easy.
For example:
- A person who has experienced failure but tries again is showing courage.
- Someone going through a difficult period who gets up each morning and keeps moving forward is showing courage.
- A person who is afraid but does what needs to be done anyway is being courageous.
The important word is “going on.” Courage does not always mean making a dramatic or heroic decision. Sometimes it simply means getting through today and trying again tomorrow.
A simple way to remember it
Strength says: “I can do this.”
Courage says: “I don’t know if I can, but I will keep going.”
That is why courage can sometimes be found not in our strongest moments, but in our weakest ones.”
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