Sentences with phrase «courageous things»

We hear stories in the media and from friends and family about people who have done courageous things all the time.

Plenty of people do well - intentioned, courageous things that are nonetheless boring and nobody cares.

I wanted to create a temple and a place where I can immerse myself in thought and meditation about these issues and reinforce the strength that it takes to get up in the morning and do important things and say courageous things.

The people we admire the most — the ones doing amazing courageous things — they're not fearless.

One of the most courageous things we can do as mature adults is embrace our own limits.

For me, the courageous thing is to remain in the church and to continue to be «a traveling church led by a naked woman».

It's a courageous thing to engage our friends, family and acquaintances on gun reform, but it matters.

But I also think that you are brave, and your subsequent admission that you made a mistake was a very courageous thing to do.

It was a really courageous thing for him to do.»

I thought and still think that this was a brave and courageous thing to do.

Being a carer for a family member or friend who is unwell is a very courageous thing to do.

Holly Block, the executive director of the Bronx Museum, which commissioned an architectural environment from him in 2009, said: «A lot of people don't understand Vito's turn to architecture, but I think he wanted to be more ambitious and make pieces that lived in the world — and in people's lives — in a different way than artworks usually do, and it was a risky and courageous thing to do.»

It's a very courageous thing to do a play like this.

That's a very honest and (I would add) courageous thing to do.

The courageous thing is to get help.

Seeking the help of a therapist for oneself or their child is a very courageous thing to do and is a sign of great internal strength and the willingness to change.

Not exact matches

I'm just enraged that this so - called church (read: cult of hubris, like Romney) would do such an atrocious thing to Anne Frank - a courageous young woman who died because of her religion.

How to become stronger, more inclined to do the loving, courageous, honest thing rather than the self - serving one?

His way of phrasing things is probably more careful, accurate, and theologically sound, but I would say that my way is more bold and courageous.

In fact, it often accompanies a courageous, difficult self - acceptance: «[S] he was Periel; she was the least of the things that he had created new; ecce, omnia nova facio.

So, I learn to keep quiet about such things or risk further wounding by taking the courageous and vulnerable step to share my expereince.

We don't have to be geniuses to figure out how to do this; we just have to be courageous and consistent in doing the things that make people feel safe and cared for.

I would say little short prayers, quoting Scriptures: I can do all things through Christ, don't fear, be courageous.

Courtney is also one of the bravest people I know — this post she wrote after she suffered a devastating miscarriage in 2014 is one of the most courageous, beautiful, honest and touching things I've ever read.

We've been saying to ourselves, «Let's be courageous, and let's give ourselves permission to innovate and do things differently.»

And Liverpool chief Jurgen Klopp has not hidden the fact that they will be going for City from the off, saying: «You have to be courageous, take the initiative, do your thing and, whenever they have the ball, be very compact and very quick.

This won't give you everything you need to know but these, my strong, intelligent, and courageous daughter, are the things what I want you to know from my heart about feeding babies and I hope sharing this now feeds you in a new way.

Stacey Ferguson, Justice Fergie [«Cheer for Your Cheerleaders»] Kristin Shaw, Two Cannoli [«You Know Your Child Best»] Aviva Goldfarb, The Scramble [«Always the Potential for Good»] Margo Porras, Nacho Mama [«Your Kids Will Do What You Do»] Emily McKhann, The Motherhood [«You Are Courageous»] Jane Maynard, This Week for Dinner [«Savor Even the Hard Seconds»] Mary Ann Zoellner, producer at NBC's TODAY [«Play Like a Dad»] Lian Dolan, Oprah.com [«Life is Serious Enough»] Maria Bailey, Mom Talk Radio [«Take Time to Celebrate You»] Christie Matheson, Stroller Traffic [«Nothing Better Than Coming Home»] Carla Naumburg, Psychcentral.com [«You Are Not Your Thoughts»] Jenny Lee Sulpizio, JennyLeeSulpizio.com [«I'm Not Above Mom Jeans»] Kimberly Coleman, Foodie City Mom [«Follow Your Own Inner Voice»] Missy Stevens, Wonder, Friend [«Nice Things Are Still Just Things»] Rachel Jankovic, Femina Girls [«It's Not Supposed to Be Easy»] Megan Brooks, Texas Health Moms [«The Love Language of Listening»] Carissa Rogers, Good N Crazy [«Here's to Embracing Change»] Dina Freeman, BabyCenter [«Learn to Swim in the Deep End»] Elizabeth Grant Thomas, Elizabethgrantthomas.com [«It's Easier to See Light in Darkness»] Wendy Hilton, Hip Homeschool Moms [«They Want to Make Us Happy»] Renée Schuls - Jacobson, Rasjacobson.com [«Beware of Emotional Vampires»] Shannon Lell, ShannonLell.com [«Don't Be Afraid to Sparkle»] Bunmi Laditan, Honest Toddler [«What Makes You a Writer»] Erin Dymoski, Sisterhood of the Sensible Moms [«What I'd Tell My Younger Self»] Lyss Stern, Divamoms.com [«Those Who Matter Don't Mind»] Debra Shigley, In Deb's Kitchen [«Feeling Bad?

So when, in the first Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the ban since 1993, the military says one thing, many members of Congress fear going against them, though a few courageous ones have.

You had two courageous options: to insist that Andrew Lansley had done a great job in pushing through vital reforms and keep him as Health Secretary; or admit that the reform bill was botched and appoint a new health secretary whose job was to put things right.

The shocking thing was that no one in his field had noticed until courageous students in his lab reported their suspicions.

Be courageous and prepared to try new things.

and courageous female... who has an odd sense of humour and isn't shy to try new things

Well, If there's one thing that even the bravest, most courageous men are afraid of — it's commitment.

I mean Domhnall Gleeson who's a superb young actor and he's destined for really big things and then Maggie as well who's amazing you know, really very courageous in what she's doing in the film.

One thing that works well in this second film is that it keeps consistent in tone with Die Hard, with John still vulnerable but courageous, while Holly is still resourceful and loyal.

The score alternates between orchestral and choral swells signifying courageous honor and the pounding, marching percussion of Marines moving toward more aliens blowing up things.

The disc opens with a general Affirm Films promo followed by individual trailers for a number of things carrying that label: When the Game Stands Tall, Moms» Night Out, Courageous, Fireproof, Facing the Giants, and The Grace Card.

Elizabeth Swann: There will come a time when you'll have the chance to do something courageous, to do the right thing.

The same thing happened over and over again, in state after state, in the ensuing years, including in Mississippi where my mother Marian Wright Edelman, on behalf of courageous black plaintiffs, sued several segregated local school districts.

In the classroom, teachers need to be able to learn things on the fly, they need to teach themselves new technologies as they come out and they need to have a very courageous and adventurous attitude about technology in classrooms.

They know by experience that it is not a cool and glamorous lifestyle; it takes a courageous fool to say things that have not been said and to do things that have not been done.

- Library Journal «John Kaag is the closest thing we have to William James: a breathtakingly good prose stylist; philosophically and psychologically courageous, inventive and inspiring; ruthlessly honest; unsparing about the difficulties of love, intimacy and experience; and above all, human, in the most valuable and moral sense of the word.»

Courageous Canines is designed for shy dogs as new things, new environments and new people can sometimes be a bit scary.

Being the courageous pink thing he is, Kirby brushes aside impending danger and heads off to rescue his chilly friend.

But we had two things on our side: first, the truth, and second the camaraderie of some of the most delightfully eccentric, deeply knowledgeable, courageous and likeable people on earth.

«He is a courageous leader who does the right thing for his constituents and our oceans regardless of the opposition he may face.

Mobiot believes that «political courage» means doing things that he wants, in spite of what other people want and the technical or political feasibility of being «courageous».

Hansen's an outlier, and proud of it, thinking himself more courageous than other scientists who, he says, are «reticent» to tell the public how bad things really are.

Professor Rod Macdonald had grand ideas about many things, ideas that were insightful, brilliant, quirky, courageous and original.