• Posts Tagged ‘cowardice’

    Martin Luther King, Jr., on Courage

    by  • January 16, 2012 • The Meaning of Manhood • 0 Comments

    On this holiday, some thoughts on courage by Martin Luther King, Jr. “Courage is an inner resolution to go forward despite obstacles; Cowardice is submissive surrender to circumstances. Courage breeds creativity; Cowardice represses fear and is mastered by it. Cowardice asks the question, is it safe? Expediency ask the question, is it politic? Vanity...

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    Coaches, Character and Culpability

    by  • November 11, 2011 • The Meaning of Manhood • 0 Comments

    We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way… ~ Isaiah 53:6 Joe Carter, in his article “Thoughts on the Penn State Scandal” at First Things, collects words from several other writers who have tried to make sense of the moral failures that have brought Paterno’s house...

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