Courage Quotes
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To exercise power costs effort and demands courage. That is why so many fail to assert rights to which they are perfectly entitled - because a right is a kind of power but they are too lazy or too cowardly to exercise it. The virtues which cloak these faults are called patience and forbearance.
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I grew up in a very westernised environment and went to a private American school. But my personality was shy and quiet, and I wanted to wear the hijab but didn't have the courage, as I knew my friends would talk me out of it.
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God wants us to pray that we might have the courage to live before him in ways that are not natural to us.
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Give me an entrepreneur with a lot of courage, gusto and who iterates rapidly, and I will back that person day in and day out.
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It is senseless to blame others or your environment for your miseries. Change begins from the moment you muster the courage to act. When you change, the environment will change. The power to change the world is found nowhere but within our own life.
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The gentleman holds justice to be of highest importance. If a gentleman has courage but neglects justice, he becomes insurgent. If an inferior man has courage but neglects justice, he becomes a thief.
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Give encouragement (the incentive to action) - you will have courage and be encouraged.
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A final argument for broad freedom of expression is its effect on the character of individuals in a society. Citizens in a free society must have courage — the courage to hear not only unwelcome political speech but novel and shocking ideas in science and the arts.
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America's history is exemplified in the efforts of the men and women who died for our country. The one thing that they all have in common is their selfless love for our nation and their courage to stand up to protect and defend it. They raised their gaze in the face of conflict, believed in what America could be, and pushed forward.
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We ought to face our destiny with courage.
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Implement your plans with courage and persistence. Have complete faith in your ability to succeed and never, ever give up.
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There is only one Art, whose sole criterion is the power, the authenticity, the revelatory insight, the courage and suggestiveness with which it seeks its truth.
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Education without courage is like a wax statue - beautiful to look at but bound to melt at the first touch of a hot stuff.
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War paralyzes your courage and deadens the spirit of true manhood.
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I many times encountered courage, real courage. Undeniable courage. I've heard it said that that was the highest quality of the human animal. I encountered that many times, in unexpected places. And I have learned to recognize it when I see it.
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Courage means to keep working a relationship, to continue seeking solutions to difficult problems, and to stay focused during stressful periods.
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Courage is the resolution to face the unforeseen.
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My brother had the courage to come out in 1978, when equality was still a distant dream.
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Someone once said that the two most important things in developing taste were sensitivity and intelligence. I don't think this is so; I'd rather call them curiosity and courage. Curiosity to look for the new and the hidden; courage to develop your own tastes regardless of what others might say or think.
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Nay, number (itself) in armies, importeth not much, where the people is of weak courage; for (as Virgil saith) it never troubles the wolf how many the sheep be.
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We have come into this exquisite world to experience ever and ever more deeply our divine courage, freedom and light!
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Hope lies in dreams, in imagination, and in the courage of those who dare to make dreams into reality.
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Persistence is the direct result of habit. The mind absorbs and becomes a part of the daily experiences upon which it feeds. Fear, the worst of all enemies, can be effectively cured by forced repetition of acts of courage.
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A life lesson for me is, how do you muster the courage to take on a new risk? Whether it's starting up a business or taking on a new project or expedition. I think the risks that we take are all relative to the risk-taker.
