success is the accomplishment of a worthwhile goal. It is the continual progress we make towards our destiny, vision and goals. When something is heavy that means it has weight and at times its weight is more than the thing its resting on. The success of you and i will only make the world a better place for humanity at large. If you succeed and i fail what you achieved will be used to correct my own errorr and vice verser. The purpose of this article is to remind you and i that it is not over until we win after all we have come too far to give up now. Its sincerely better to die fighting than to die fearing. since death is inevitable the only thing we can do here on earth is to fulfill our visions and dreams so that they can speak for us long after we have gone. My dear reader, you have come this far,why give up now?

What Courage Is NOT! It pains my heart to see many misunderstand what a true Courage is. It’s my advice to you that you will relax and read through this article careful as I explain to you what courage is not. Few people regard facing an average workday as a courageous feat because their notions About courage are too restricted. Traditionally, facing fear under perilous circumstances is Our only understanding of “courageous.” Running into a burning building to save a pet, pushing a pedestrian out of the way of a speeding car, jumping in front of a bear to divert its path, throwing yourself on a grenade to save your squad or tackling a fleeing criminal are readily accepted instances. And, these heroic or amazing acts are rarely associated with women. Most ideas about courage lean toward instinctual reactions to sensational, life-threatening incidents that require split-second decisions. A local radio announcer reiterated this stereotype on his program. He defined courage as “the man who pulls a guy out of the Potomac River when a plane goes down or the guy who runs into a burning building to get some kid out—that’s courageous, not some woman who teaches in a hard-luck school in the ghetto for twenty-five years because ‘they need her’ or some kid who sends in his pitiful allowance to the Red Cross when there’s a flood in Africa, or the guy who tells on a cheating boss. These are nice people, but they’re not really courageous! Real courage takes a lot of muscle and split-second thinking.” I prefer a more enlightened understanding of this virtue and how it will empower us to take effective steps toward fulfilling lives and careers. For over a decade, I have researched the behaviors and nuances of the misunderstood virtue called courage, and I am convinced that our culture’s limited understanding of courage holds us all back, especially Africans and women. From a more enlightened perspective, we gain a deeper understanding of the African and feminine behaviors of courage and how they will make us more effective in our lives, including in the workplace. The traditional understanding of courage limits it to physical bravado displayed in extreme situations. Such situations require split-second decisions and immediate reactions, but this article does not discuss these heroic reactions to danger. This “courage in the face of danger” is quite different from and detracts from true courage, which persists far longer than any split-second reaction. It seems as if most of us believe that only larger-than-life personalities are capable of responding with courage. Yet, for the vast majority of the world’s “everyday people,” life provides daily instances of courageous acts. For me, the common understanding of courage is more accurately labeled as heroism, “ignoring the threat to your own personal safety and putting the lives of your fellow human beings ahead of your own.”1 True heroism often involves risking your life. During 9-11, “The true heroes were those who saw a purpose bigger than themselves in the heat of the moment, when the natural instinct was for self-preservation.”2 Notions of courage as extreme or dramatic heroism diminish the opportunities to substantiate and display true courage—the courage that also underscores your life. Author Marilyn Thomsen once said, “While it takes courage to achieve greatness, it takes more courage to find fulfillment in being ordinary. For the joys that last have little relationship to achievement.”3 I hope this article on what courage is not will help give you a clear understanding of what courage is not and give you and insight of what a true courage is.

Today am going to start giving you couareous quotes by men who have achieved outstanding success on this earth despite the challenges they faced. I pray it will help build your courage. Relax as you enjoy the ride with courageous men. After-all it takes courage to start doing what courageous people do. Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction. Albert Einstein We must build dikes of courage to hold back the flood of fear. Martin Luther King, Jr. You cannot build character and courage by taking away a man's initiative and independence. Abraham Lincoln Who could refrain that had a heart to love and in that heart courage to make love known? William Shakespeare Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear. Mark Twain Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen. Winston Churchill Healing for the Broken Is your life shattered and Broken? There is someone who can fix it! www.JourneyAnswers.com Who Is Jesus? Learn about the life of Jesus and what He did for you www.WhoJesusIs.com Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts. Winston Churchill Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities... because it is the quality which guarantees all others. Winston Churchill It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare. Mark Twain Faced with what is right, to leave it undone shows a lack of courage. Confucius Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men. Confucius Do you really think it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that there are terrible temptations which it requires strength, strength and courage to yield to. Oscar Wilde Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. Steve Jobs Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them. Bruce Lee Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point. C. S. Lewis He is a man of courage who does not run away, but remains at his post and fights against the enemy. Socrates Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction. John F. Kennedy One man with courage is a majority. Thomas Jefferson All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them. Walt Disney Above all, we must realize that no arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women. It is a weapon our adversaries in today's world do not have. Ronald Reagan

CHARACTERISTICS OF A COURAGEOUS PEOPLE:

Welcome To Courageouspeople.blogspot.com FEATURES OF A COURAGEOUS PEOPLE: When we talk about features of courageous people we are looking at those “ prominent attribute or aspect of they possess” It’s what unites all courageous people in the world such that wherever you see anybody that is truly courageous you’ll notice these traits in them no matter their color, tribe, language, height, gender etc. At this point I employ you to follow me in this article as I give the secrets that will change your life forever, make you love yourself better and fulfill your dreams atlas. 1) They have mentor or a group of people that have gone to where they Want to go. The truth of the matter is that it takes courage to seek advice from someone higher than you and implement what he/she has counseled you. In fact many at times, it means letting down your guard. I have been there myself when you have revealed your highest secret in order to get the right counsel. NOTE: Anybody can give you advice (tell you their opinion) but what you implement should be the one you’re sure you can accept responsible for if it doesn’t work. There is an error that I have many people commit. Here it is “When parents, relatives, counselors etc talk to you, they want you to do exactly as they have said forgetting that it’s their own opinion. Age, doesn’t teach wisdom experience and intuition does. 2) Courageous people stand up for what they believe: The most admirable of all Courage is to stand up and say something is not right when many others Are happy to just go along with it so they don't have to deal with the Consequences. That is one of the outstanding identities of cowards (A person who shows fear or timidity). The courageous people don’t jabber, parrot, and shy away when the truth has to be said. Jesus Christ, Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King jnr, Mahatma Gandhi etc all exhibited this trait. I can boldly say that it was what they stood for and said that led to their DEATHS. 3) Courageous people let go of ego so they can do: Being courageous isn't about proving your better than others, it is about being honest with yourself and believing you have the ability to change circumstances in your life so you can take the steps to achieve it. I have this many times. Often you see people who think that have all the answer to win respect or show they are brave. Honestly that’s far from the truth. Ego (An inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others) is a killer disease. 4) Courageous people let go of what was and look forward to what ought to be. If you’ve been around people who have accomplished great things on this earth they have past unfriendly experiences but never let it affect where they are going. Their family members at times relatives are the people that gives them the toughest challenge of all. 5) Courageous people will always Outclass "Strong". The truth is that it takes wisdom to be courageous. When I was in Campus, I had two roommates; one was very muscular, while the other roomy was very slim but wise such that we renamed him “samwise”. The muscular guy always tried to intimidate him with his muscle but at last the wisesam will maneuver him. A day will not pass that they won’t have clash just because the muscular guy couldn’t stand the wisdom of his young, slim roommate. What I saw as courage in the slim guy is that he always stands his ground, refuses to make argument but never fails to declare his opinion say his mind. Or maybe I should say that he was scared but did It Anyway. This is just the part 1 of this personality traits of courageous people so join me next time as we dig deeper into the secrets of ages to change our own life’s and make our names immortal just like the past courageous people.

What is courage?

This blog is not just another blog/site that is on internet or make money online program stuffs. It’s a blog that teaches all you need to know about courage. Courage is everything-Jude NOTE: Faith is believing on what you’ve heard or seen while courage is acting on what you’ve believed. This blog came as a burden, concern in my heart to encourage, inspire, advice those that love what I love (courage, boldness, braveness) In fact in the whole dictionary, the word that makes most sense to me is courage, bravo, bravery, fearlessness, resilience etc. These words do not only contain the power to turn your breakdown into break through but also has the power to tell you that the word impossible is only a myth and ferry tale. The only limitations we can meet are the ones we set up in our own mind. The first man to climb mounting ever-rest rightly said “it’s not the mountain we conquer but ourselves”. That’s not mounting rather it’s a word of power, motivation, inspiration or better still word that dare you to try. In this site you will be learning everything about courage. It’s only a courageous man that can start a journey with no physical evidence of success and still make something out of it. So at this point what is courage? Courage: The ability to face danger or pain without showing fear. NOTE: It’s not absence of fear but the ability to hold on a minute longer in the face of fear. Bravery: Feeling no fear or better still fearlessness. I welcome you once again to my blog for a proper orientation, tips, proverbs, stories of what courage is and how you can use it to your advantage and destiny fulfillment. Enjoy yourself Best regards Jude A.U