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"My message to you all is of hope, courage and confidence. Let us mobilize all our resources in a systematic and organized way and tackle the grave issues that confront us with grim determination and discipline worthy of a great nation."

"My message to you all is of hope, courage and confidence. Let us mobilize all our resources in a systematic and organized way and tackle the grave issues that confront us with grim determination and discipline worthy of a great nation."

Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Pakistani Politician

Courage, Determination, Discipline, Hope

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"I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear."

"I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear."

Nelson Mandela, South African Statesman

Courage, Fear, Absence, Man

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"Our challenge is not to let life mold us or break us."

"Our challenge is not to let life mold us or break us."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Courage, Challenge, Life, Mold, Break

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"It is up to African leaders to show their will and political courage in order to assure that this new pan-African institution becomes an efficient instrument and not a place for endless discussions."

"It is up to African leaders to show their will and political courage in order to assure that this new pan-African institution becomes an efficient instrument and not a place for endless discussions."

Omar Bongo, Gabonese Statesman

Courage, African, Leaders, Order

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"He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life."

"He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life."

Muhammad Ali, American Athlete

Courage, Life, Nothing, Will

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"It's easy to stand with the crowd. It takes courage to stand alone."

"It's easy to stand with the crowd. It takes courage to stand alone."

Mahatma Gandhi, Indian Leader

Courage, Age, Wit

67

"The sky belongs to eagles, even during storms."

"The sky belongs to eagles, even during storms."

Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean Philosopher

Courage, Eagles, Sky, Storms, Resilience

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"Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear."

"Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear."

Mark Twain, American Author

Courage, Fear, Absence

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"The task we must set for ourselves is not to feel secure, but to be able to tolerate insecurity."

"The task we must set for ourselves is not to feel secure, but to be able to tolerate insecurity."

Erich Fromm, American Psychologist

Courage, Insecurity

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"A member must say that he is a member of the Unification Church and that he is the follower of Sun Myung Moon. If he doesn't have the courage to say it, he is not worthy of me."

"A member must say that he is a member of the Unification Church and that he is the follower of Sun Myung Moon. If he doesn't have the courage to say it, he is not worthy of me."

Sun Myung Moon, Korean Clergyman

Courage, Church, Moon, Sun

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"It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees."

"It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees."

Emiliano Zapata, Mexican Revolutionary

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"Courage treats the weak better than fear treats the strong."

"Courage treats the weak better than fear treats the strong."

Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean Philosopher

Courage, Weakness, Fear, Strength

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"Do the thing you fear and the death of fear is certain."

"Do the thing you fear and the death of fear is certain."

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet

Courage, Fear, Truth, Action

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"Fear defeats more people than any other one thing in the world."

"Fear defeats more people than any other one thing in the world."

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet

Courage, People, Fear, World

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"The test of courage comes when we are in the minority. The test of tolerance comes when we are in the majority."

"The test of courage comes when we are in the minority. The test of tolerance comes when we are in the majority."

Ralph W. Sockman, American Leader

Courage, Majority, Minority, Tolerance

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"The first quality that is needed is audacity."

"The first quality that is needed is audacity."

Winston Churchill, English Statesman

Courage, Quality, First

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"Silence becomes cowardice when occasion demands speaking out the whole truth and acting accordingly."

"Silence becomes cowardice when occasion demands speaking out the whole truth and acting accordingly."

Mahatma Gandhi, Indian Leader

Courage, Act, Acting, Cowardice, Man

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"The weak in courage is strong in cunning."

"The weak in courage is strong in cunning."

William Blake, English Poet

Courage, Cunning

35

"The best protection any woman can have... is courage."

"The best protection any woman can have... is courage."

Elizabeth Cady Stanton, American Activist

Courage, Protection, Woman

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"More firm and sure the hand of courage strikes, when it obeys the watchful eye of caution."

"More firm and sure the hand of courage strikes, when it obeys the watchful eye of caution."

James Thomson, Scottish Musician

Courage, Caution, Eye

31

"Without strength and courage it's really hard to perform at the highest levels of international figure skating, because you're alone on the ice and you only have seven minutes over two nights to prove yourself."

"Without strength and courage it's really hard to perform at the highest levels of international figure skating, because you're alone on the ice and you only have seven minutes over two nights to prove yourself."

Scott Hamilton, American Athlete

Courage, Strength

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"If you're not ready to die for it, put the word 'freedom' out of your vocabulary."

"If you're not ready to die for it, put the word 'freedom' out of your vocabulary."

Malcolm X, American Activist

Courage, Vocabulary, Word

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"Don't play for safety - it's the most dangerous thing in the world."

"Don't play for safety - it's the most dangerous thing in the world."

Hugh Walpole, New Zealander Writer

Courage, Play, Safety, World, Newzealander

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"The enemy is fear. We think it is hate but it is fear."

"The enemy is fear. We think it is hate but it is fear."

Mahatma Gandhi, Indian Leader

Courage, Enemy, Fear, Hate

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"As a gay Jewish white South African, I belong to quite a lot of minority groups. You constantly have to question who you are, what you are and whether you have the courage to be who you are."

"As a gay Jewish white South African, I belong to quite a lot of minority groups. You constantly have to question who you are, what you are and whether you have the courage to be who you are."

Antony Sher, South African Writer

Courage, African, Gay, Minority

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"We need courage to take ourselves seriously, to look closely and without flinching, to regard the things that frighten us in life and art with wonder."

"We need courage to take ourselves seriously, to look closely and without flinching, to regard the things that frighten us in life and art with wonder."

Elizabeth Gilbert, American Novelist

Courage, Fear, Wonder, Truth

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"How much truth does a spirit endure, how much truth does it dare?"

"How much truth does a spirit endure, how much truth does it dare?"

Friedrich Nietzsche, German Philosopher

Courage, Spirit, Truth, Endurance

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"Do the thing we fear, and death of fear is certain."

"Do the thing we fear, and death of fear is certain."

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet

Courage, Death, Fear

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"He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it. He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it."

"He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it. He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it."

Martin Luther King, Jr., American Leader

Courage, Evil, Martin Luther King

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"Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold."

"Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold."

Helen Keller, American Author

Courage, Danger

22

"He piled upon the whale's white hump the sum of all the general rage and hate felt by his whole race from Adam down; and then, as if his chest had been a mortar, he burst his hot heart's shell upon it."

"He piled upon the whale's white hump the sum of all the general rage and hate felt by his whole race from Adam down; and then, as if his chest had been a mortar, he burst his hot heart's shell upon it."

Herman Melville, American Novelist

Courage, Heart, Hate, Race

22

"Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are often stiffened."

"Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are often stiffened."

Billy Graham, American Clergyman

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"Curiosity can bring guts out of hiding at times, maybe even get them going. But curiosity usually evaporates. Gust have to go for the long haul. Curiosity's like a fun friend you can't really trust. It turns you on and then it leaves you to make it on your own - with whatever guts you can muster."

"Curiosity can bring guts out of hiding at times, maybe even get them going. But curiosity usually evaporates. Gust have to go for the long haul. Curiosity's like a fun friend you can't really trust. It turns you on and then it leaves you to make it on your own - with whatever guts you can muster."

Haruki Murakami, Japanese Writer

Courage, Curiosity, Persistence, Motivational

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"We've begun to raise daughters more like sons... but few have the courage to raise our sons more like our daughters."

"We've begun to raise daughters more like sons... but few have the courage to raise our sons more like our daughters."

Gloria Steinem, American Activist

Courage, Daughters, Sons

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"Real courage is when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what."

"Real courage is when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what."

Harper Lee, American Novelist

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"Courage is not the absence of despair; it is, rather, the capacity to move ahead in spite of despair."

"Courage is not the absence of despair; it is, rather, the capacity to move ahead in spite of despair."

Rollo May, American Psychologist

Courage, Absence, Despair

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"Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure... than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat."

"Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure... than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat."

Theodore Roosevelt, American President

Courage, Failure, Victory, Defeat, Poor

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"Freedom lies in being bold."

"Freedom lies in being bold."

Robert Frost, American Poet

Courage, Being, Freedom, Lies

21

"I think there's a difference between ditzy and dumb. Dumb is just not knowing. Ditzy is having the courage to ask!"

"I think there's a difference between ditzy and dumb. Dumb is just not knowing. Ditzy is having the courage to ask!"

Jessica Simpson, American Musician

Courage, Difference, Dumb

21

"If we survive danger it steels our courage more than anything else."

"If we survive danger it steels our courage more than anything else."

Reinhold Niebuhr, American Theologian

Courage, Danger

20

"Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience."

"Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience."

Paulo Coelho, Brazilian Novelist

Courage, Experience, Nothing

20

"Courage is knowing what not to fear."

"Courage is knowing what not to fear."

Plato, Greek Philosopher

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"All of us have moments in out lives that test our courage. Taking children into a house with a white carpet is one of them."

"All of us have moments in out lives that test our courage. Taking children into a house with a white carpet is one of them."

Erma Bombeck, American Journalist

Courage, Children, Moments

20

"Never pray for life to be easier, but pray for courage to go on and still enjoy every moment of beauty."

"Never pray for life to be easier, but pray for courage to go on and still enjoy every moment of beauty."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Courage, Life, Beauty, Purpose

20

"The courage of the poet is to keep ajar the door that leads into madness."

"The courage of the poet is to keep ajar the door that leads into madness."

Christopher Morley, American Author

Courage, Madness

19

"Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself."

"Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself."

Charlie Chaplin, English Actor

Courage, Failure, Fool

19

"Take chances, make mistakes. That's how you grow. Pain nourishes your courage. You have to fail in order to practice being brave."

"Take chances, make mistakes. That's how you grow. Pain nourishes your courage. You have to fail in order to practice being brave."

Mary Tyler Moore, American Actress

Courage, Being, Mistakes, Order

19

"Optimism is the foundation of courage."

"Optimism is the foundation of courage."

Nicholas M. Butler, American Philosopher

Courage, Optimism

19

"We can never flee the misery that is within us."

"We can never flee the misery that is within us."

Arthur Golden, American Writer

Courage, Misery

19

"Courage is never to let your actions be influenced by your fears."

"Courage is never to let your actions be influenced by your fears."

Arthur Koestler, Hungarian Novelist

Courage, Actions

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