Courage Quotes
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To understand one's world, one must sometimes turn away from it! To serve better, one must briefly hold it at a distance. Where can the necessary solitude be found, the long breathing space in which mind gathers its strength and takes stock of its courage.
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We need the courage to start and continue what we should do, and courage to stop what we shouldn't do.
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There were a number of definitions of courage, but now I was seeing it in its simplest form: you do what has to be done day after day, and you never quit.
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It's not the traveling that takes courage Tally. I've done much longer trips on my own. It's leaving home.
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You have to decide what your highest priorities are and have the courage—pleasantly, smilingly, nonapologetically, to say “no” to other things. And the way you do that is by having a bigger “yes” burning inside. The enemy of the “best” is often the “good.
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Art is a personal act of courage, something one human does that creates change in another.
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To be afraid and to be brave is the best kind of courage of all.
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Obama wants to be thought of as the president who freed us from foreign oil. But if he doesn't show some political courage, he may well be remembered as the president who cooked the planet.
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We are not going to surrender. We are going to face our destiny with courage.
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I believe that you have to live a life that involves both courage and compassion.
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Wisdom, humanity & courage, these three are universal virtues. The way by which they are practiced are one.
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He who loses wealth loses much; he who loses a friend loses more; but he that loses his courage loses all.
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The authoritarian sets up some book, or man, or tradition to establish the truth. The freethinker sets up reason and private judgment to discover the truth... It takes the highest courage to utter unpopular truths.
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The courage we desire and prize is not the courage to die decently, but to live manfully.
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Ah, never shall the land forget How gush'd the life-blood of the brave, Gush'd warm with hope and courage yet, Upon the soil they fought to save!
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In order to understand the world, one has to turn away from it on occasion; in order to serve others better, one has to hold them at a distance for a time. But where can one find the solitude necessary to vigor, the deep breath in which the mind collects itself and courage gauges its strength? There remain big cities.
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I went through a long period where I was afraid of doing things I wanted to do, and you get your courage back, which is what's important.
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Your courage to do what's right has to be greater than your fear of getting hurt...
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Gallantry to women - the sure road to their favor - is nothing but the appearance of extreme devotion to all their wants and wishes, a delight in their satisfaction, and a confidence in yourself as being able to contribute toward it
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The three elements of creativity are thus: loving, knowing, and doing - or heart, mind, and hands - or, as Zen Buddhist teaching has it; great faith, great question, and great courage.
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Courage is always greatest when blended with meekness; intellectual ability is most admirable when it sparkles in the setting of a modest self-distrust; and never does the human soul appear so strong as when it foregoes revenge and dares to forgive an injury.
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I had gone through life thinking that I was better than everyone else and at the same time, being afraid of everyone. I was afraid to be me.
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Look at the blank pages before you with courage. Now fill them with beauty.
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All men would be cowards if they only had the courage.
