Courage to Continue on...

"Success is not final, failure is not fatal, it is the courage to continue that counts"
 - Winston Churchill

Wise words from the original "British Bulldog". It is after-all so much easier to give up on life when facing crisis and too many choose this path. They might look to crime or suicide, but these aren't examples of courage but rather cowardice. Sometimes just living this life takes a sense of courage.

Take for example, those who recover from financial crisis rising like a phoenix from the ashes, these are indeed examples of having the "courage to continue". There are also stories of inspiring heroics which don't involve the battlefield. Volunteers who go into ghettos or 3rd world countries to give hope to the helpless are just as heroic as any veteran of a war. And, these people don't do this for any kind of monetary reward, they do this simply because it is the right thing to do, inspiring others to "continue on". People who stand on principles risking arrest to defend civil rights they may already enjoy themselves, but haven't been granted to others, are also pure examples of bravery.

In life we're meant to continue this good fight. In fact we learn and grow through our failures, as such, this sense of courage can also apply to one's potential. And, it's just not possible to actualize this true potential without the will to try and to continue on when all else fails. As Churchill stated, while success is never final, failure is never fatal as long as we continue on, for even the darkest hour only has 60 minutes.