“The courage to be is the courage to accept oneself, in spite of being unacceptable.”
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Quoted in The Vital Center: The Politics of Freedom, Arthur M. Schesinger, New Brunswick: NJ, Transaction Publishers (1998) p. 56. First printed in 1949. Second Speech Delivered at the Presidium of the ECCI on the American Question (May 14, 1929)
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Source: The Courage to Be (1952), p. 116
“Let us accept Necessity courageously.”
The Saviors of God (1923)
Context: This is our epoch, good or bad, beautiful or ugly, rich or poor — we did not choose it. This is our epoch, the air we breathe, the mud given us, the bread, the fire, the spirit!
Let us accept Necessity courageously. It is our lot to have fallen on fighting times. Let us tighten our belts, let us arm our hearts, our minds, and our bodies. Let us take our place in battle!
The Wings of Joy (1997)
Context: The very acceptance of the spiritual life demands enormous courage. This courage is not the courage of a haughty, rough person who will strike others to assert his superiority; it is totally different. This courage is our constant awareness of what we are entering into, of what we are going to become, of what we are going to reveal.
Source: The Best of All Possible Worlds (2006), Chapter 10, A Personal Conclusion, p. 188.
“Oh courage…oh yes! If only one had that…Then life might be livable, in spite of everything.”
Hedda, Act II
Hedda Gabler (1890)
“And have the courage to accept that you’re not perfect, nothing is, and no one is — and that’s OK.”
Graduation speech at Williams College, 2007 http://www.graduationwisdom.com/speeches/0029-couric.htm
“You can accept to lose everything in life, but not courage and time.”