Corruption:
Every sin should convince us of the general truth of the corruption of our nature. (John Calvin)
As we get to know ourselves better we always find ourselves to be more depraved than we thought. (Francois Fenelon)
Man is not evolving upward toward a knowledge of God. He was created with a knowledge of God and has been going the other way ever since. (Vance Havner)
Grace does not run in the blood, but corruption does. A sinner begets a sinner, but a saint does not beget a saint. (Matthew Henry)
The history of man is his attempt to escape his own corruption. (Daniel Mullis)
Courage:
Courage is fear that has said its prayers. (Dorothy Bernard)
Have plenty of courage. God is stronger than the devil. We, as Christians, are on the winning side. (John Chapman)
Facing the darkness, admitting the pain, allowing the pain to be pain, is never easy. That is why courage - big-heartedness - is the most essential virtue on the spiritual journey. (Matthew Fox)
Have courage for the great sorrows of life, and patience for the small ones. And when you have laboriously accomplished you daily tasks, go to sleep in peace. God is awake. (Victor Hugo)
Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point, which means at the point of highest reality. (C. S. Lewis)
Courage is not the absence of fear; it is the making of action in spite of fear, the moving against the resistance engendered by fear into the unknown and into the future. On some level spiritual growth, and therefore love, always requires courage and involves risk. (M. Scott Peck)
Father, hear the prayer we offer; not for ease that prayer shall be, but for strength that we may ever live our lives courageously. (Maria Willis)
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