Concessions that might seem insignificant at the time, cumulatively have a devastating consequence. We believe, too, that courage also comes slowly at first, when individuals begin to stand up for what’s right – and that courage, too, can gain a powerful momentum. The Consortium.
Abraham Lincoln.
I have had enough sense this morning to turn off the radio station where the DJ talks a lot and talks about contentious issues. Not something to digest with breakfast. I have ABCCLASSICFM playing. A much wiser idea. The dogs are at the door for a morning treat and the cats and birds are fed. Out front, the wee lass is grooming her new horse, Leo, and a large white egret or heron is down in the watercourse. It takes some courage to step back from the fractious matters of life and wait for the King Parrot to come in for a landing on the tree where the kookaburras sit.
Cowardice comes in small doses.
I shall take a look for some pithy sayings regarding COWARDICE.
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The eye is a coward. That’s an African one. I don’t think I quite grasp it as yet. The eye is a coward.
Courage comes in small doses.
Some sayings regarding COURAGE.
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A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person afterward. I have placed this one first because I see myself as a timid person but hadn’t read this quotation till just then.
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KHMER: The heart of the sandalwood tree, even though dry, crusty, and withered, does not lose its quality of sweet fragrance; a full-grown elephant, even though approaching battle, does not hesitate or surrender.
Interpretation: The fragrance of sandalwood and the full-grown elephant are likely metaphors for positive personal attributes such as intelligence, skill and courage. A person will not lose such traits in old age or crises.
