Heroes and Heroines remind us of courage.

What about hard knocks?

A Roman poet who lived 200 BC said, “That’s courage – take hard knocks like a man when occasion calls.” His name was Plautus. (Think about how long ago that was!)

What about defeat?

“The greatest test of courage is to bear defeat without losing heart,” says R. G. Ingersoll.

What is actually courage?

Henry van Dyke tells us what courage is: “True courage is not incompatible with nervousness, and heroismus does not mean the absence of fear, but the conquest of it.”

Do you need encouragement?

Let us hear what the Lord says to Joshua. He does not only say, “‘Be strong and courageous,'” but he says again, “‘Be strong and very courageous.'”

And let us always remember the quote by Sir J. M. Barrie:

“COURAGE IS THE THING. ALL GOES IF COURAGE GOES.”