Anne Bronte Quotes
But as the priceless treasure too frequently hides at the bottom of well, it needs some courage to dive for it, especially as he that does so will be likely to incur more scorn and obloquy for the mud and water into which he has ventured to plunge, than thanks for the jewel he procures; as like in manner, she who undertakes the cleansing of a careless bachelor's apartment will be liable to more abuse for the dust she raises than commendation for the clearance she effects.
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Nobody has yet proven that taking a chance and doing something unique that an audience isn't used to is a bad idea. What the theater lacks is that kind of courage.
Harold Prince
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To have courage for whatever comes in life - everything lies in that.
Saint Teresa of Avila
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I think that what's been holding composers back a great deal is that they feel they must have a new style every year. This, in my case, would be hopeless. In fact, it is said that I have no style at all, but that doesn't matter. I just go on doing, as they say, my thing. I believe this takes a certain courage.
Samuel Barber
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Most of us have far more courage than we ever dreamed we possessed.
Dale Carnegie
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You will always be fond of me. I represent to you all the sins you have never had the courage to commit.
Oscar Wilde
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People have told me that I'm courageous, but I have seen greater courage.
Gabrielle Giffords
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When we read stories of heroes, we identify with them. We take the journey with them. We see how the obstacles almost overcome them. We see how they grow as human beings or gain qualities or show great qualities of strength and courage and with them, we grow in some small way.
Sam Raimi
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Collaboration is just, really, a group of people getting in a room with their eye on a very similar prize and wanting to come out with the same show. The director, ultimately, is the guy in front of whom the buck stops. So, he has to have the courage to prevail. But, he has got to have a huge amount of respect for his collaborators.
Harold Prince
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Productive givers focus on acting in the long-term best interests of others, even if it's not pleasant. They have the courage to give the critical feedback we prefer not to hear, but truly need to hear. They offer tough love, knowing that we might like them less, but we'll come to trust and respect them more.
Adam Grant
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The courage of very ordinary people is all that stands between us and the dark.
Pam Brown
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One who roams the channels after dark, searching for buried treasure.
Harriet Van Horne
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Someone once told me the one thread that runs through them all is a premium on personal courage - not intellectual courage, but just plain physical courage.
Walter Lord
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I had to work up the courage to even imagine myself running for Congress. But I eventually decided that our country had a moral problem in only letting white men - even the right-minded ones - have a seat at the table.
Laura Moser
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Nothing gives a fearful man more courage than another's fear.
Umberto Eco
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A skilled worker, regardless of the job description, remains a treasure.
Madeleine M. Kunin
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We have for a long time neglected our children. They are our richest treasure. We must give them time, attention and the love of our pure, unselfish hearts.
Dada Vaswani
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The honor I feel today being inducted into the Hall of Fame is beyond what words can describe. My thanks to the Hall of Fame committee, who saw fit to bestow this great honor upon me today.
Hank Stram
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May the day when you need courage never come.Even as she said it, though, she knew the day would come.
Orson Scott Card
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All would have transformed us if we had the courage to be what we are.
Marguerite Yourcenar
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Kids are afraid that if they race too fast they will get tired. Way too much fear and way too little COURAGE.
Gerry Lindgren
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For out of fear and need each religion is born, creeping into existence on the byways or reason.
Friedrich Nietzsche
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You know how if you're born in a certain situation you always expect your life to run on a steady trajectory? I've never really had a sense of that. I assume that life is going to go up and down.
Monica Ali
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I'm the first to admit that I never achieved my potential as an actress.
Evelyn Keyes
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But as the priceless treasure too frequently hides at the bottom of well, it needs some courage to dive for it, especially as he that does so will be likely to incur more scorn and obloquy for the mud and water into which he has ventured to plunge, than thanks for the jewel he procures; as like in manner, she who undertakes the cleansing of a careless bachelor's apartment will be liable to more abuse for the dust she raises than commendation for the clearance she effects.
Anne Bronte