Jack Kornfield Quotes

We need courage and strength, a kind of warrior spirit. But the place for this warrior strength is in the heart. We need energy, commitment, and courage not to run from our life nor to cover it over with any philosophy-mate rial or spiritual. We need a warrior’s heart that lets us face our lives directly, our pains and limitations, our joys and possibilities.

Whether we stay or whether we go - to be courageous is to stay close to the way we are made.

Most of us have far more courage than we ever dreamed we possessed.

it is only courage on the path itself that makes the path appear

In 35 yrs of leading I've been afraid at every major step but I DID IT ANYWAY since I REFUSE let fear run my life.

Courage is only an accumulation of small steps.

To be strong does not mean to sprout muscles and flex. It means meeting one's own numinosity without fleeing, actively living with the wild nature in one's own way. It means to be able to learn, to be able to stand what we know. It means to stand and live.

Heart, fear nothing, for, heart, thou shalt find her- Next time, herself!-not the trouble behind her

If I had faced it then, I wouldn't be facing it now, but sooner or later you have to choose between running and facing the thing you thought you could not face.

The courage to be is the most difficult thing for any human being.

One learns better than to hand one's choices to fear. With age, with every wound and scar, one learns.

Courage means feeling all those hard human emotions - all that uncertainty and anxiety - and getting the job done anyway.

The great virtue in life is real courage that knows how to face facts and live beyond them.

The first spiritual quality we need to have is not faith; it is courage.

The depth of darkness to which you can descend and still live is an exact measure of the height to which you can aspire to reach.

I think you have to ask questions that are scary to ask, and you cannot apologize for that, and you cannot worry what anyone else thinks about your journey.

It takes great courage to be vulnerable. It takes enormous strength to be a real woman.

Choosing to remain vulnerable and sensitive despite disappointments or heartbreak helps me stay authentic to my life. It is the hardest part.

I don't think I am fearless. I am just me.

Know who you are and stay true to it. Have a point of view, keep your head down when noise tries to drown out your inner voice, and whatever you do, keep pushing.

Letting go is fearless. Then, moving on and being alright, that’s fearless too.

Strength doesn't necessarily come from resisting fear, weakness, or any other feeling and overcoming it. Strength comes from looking at those things straight on--and accepting them as they really are.

Vulnerability is the cornerstone of confidence.

Courage in the path is what makes the path manifest itself.

Our blood don't run. Sometimes we want to. Sometimes we ought to. But we don't ever run from anyone or anything.