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"It takes as much courage to have tried and failed as it does to have tried and succeeded."
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"Don't allow life to pass you by because you are afraid of [looking] stupid."
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"We need the courage to create ourselves daily, to be bodacious enough to create ourselves daily - as Christians, as Jews, as Muslims, as thinking, caring, laughing, loving human beings. I think that the courage to confront evil and turn it by dint of will into something applicable to the development of our evolution, individually and collectively, is exciting, honorable."
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"Proclaim now that you refuse to die without fully living!"
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"Valor is a gift. Those having it never know for sure whether they have it till the test comes. And those having it in one test never know for sure if they will have it when the next test comes."
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"Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen."
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"There is only one way to avoid criticism: do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing."
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"I have danced too deeply in my shadows, to ever fear the walk of my sunshine."
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"The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he is willing, in great crises, to give even his life - knowing that under certain conditions it is not worthwhile to live."
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"Sometimes walking away has nothing do with weakness, and everything to do with strength. We walk away not because we want others to realize our worth and value, but because we finally realize our own."
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"Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step."
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"Arranging a bowl of flowers in the morning can give a sense of quiet in a crowded day - like writing a poem or saying a prayer."
Beauty

"Don't wish me happiness - I don't expect to be happy it's gotten beyond that, somehow. Wish me courage and strength and a sense of humor - I will need them all."
Happiness

"The wave of the future is coming and there is no fighting it."
Fight

"Good communication is just as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard to sleep after."
Communication

"There are no signposts in the sky to show a man has passed that way before. There are no channels marked. The flier breaks each second into new uncharted seas."
Man

"Those fields of daisies we landed on, and dusty fields and desert stretches. Memories of many skies and earths beneath us - many days, many nights of stars."
Adventure

"Grief can't be shared. Everyone carries it alone. His own burden in his own way."
Burden

"For happiness one needs security, but joy can spring like a flower even from the cliffs of despair."
Happiness

"After all, I don't see why I am always asking for private, individual, selfish miracles when every year there are miracles like white dogwood."
Beauty

"When the wedding march sounds the resolute approach, the clock no longer ticks, it tolls the hour. The figures in the aisle are no longer individuals, they symbolize the human race."
Marriage
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