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Courage Quotes
"Until you see fear as an opportunity for growth, you won't grow beyond your current self."
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"When all seems to be against you, remember, a ship sometimes has to sail against the current, not with it."
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"The coward dies a thousand deaths, the brave but one?''Of course. Who said it?''I don't know.''He was probably a coward,' she said. "He knew a great deal about cowards but nothing about the brave. The brave dies perhaps two thousand deaths if he's intelligent. He simply doesn't mention them."
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"The psychic task which a person can and must set for himself is not to feel secure, but to be able to tolerate insecurity."
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"We simply do not understand our place in the universe and have not the courage to admit it."
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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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"We have made men proud of most vices, but not of cowardice. Whenever we have almost succeeded in doing so, God permits a war or an earthquake or some other calamity, and at once courage becomes so obviously lovely and important even in human eyes that all our work is undone, and there is still at least one vice of which they feel genuine shame. The danger of inducing cowardice in our patients, therefore, is lest we produce real self-knowledge and self-loathing, with consequent repentance and humility."
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"You stand the risk of bankruptcy, because you refused to take risks. So life demands risks."
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"The bravest thing I ever did was leave there. The next bravest thing I did was come back, to make myself heard."
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"The duel may go on for long, but the self-defense often wins over the self-reproach."
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"Heroism is accessible. Happiness is more difficult."
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"I have never been one to fall when I can jump."
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"Knowing that God is backing up our words and actions makes us strong, firm and courageous in any trial or persecution."
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"I will be brave, thought Coraline. No, I am brave."
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"I cannot be afraid of being afraid. Rather, I need to realize that it is my fear that gives me the energy to wrestle that which I fear into the dirt that is soon to become the road underneath my feet."
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"I think laughter may be a form of courage. As humans we sometimes stand tall and look into the sun and laugh, and I think we are never more brave than when we do that."
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"Napoleon said of Massena, that he was not himself until the battle began to go against him; then, when the dead began to fall in ranks around him, awoke his powers of combination, and he put on terror and victory as a robe. So it is in rugged crises, in unweariable endurance, and in aims which put sympathy out of question, that the angel is shown."
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"If you are confident, you have the courage for existence."
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"A sailor is not defined as much by how many seas he has sailed than by how many storms he has overcome."
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"Don't dim the light in you. Make your corner bright. Fight a good fight with all your might. Wake up and dare to win, never fear because of what others might say. You'll overcome!"
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"If you smell fear - bite on it, it can't bite back."
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"One ought never to turn one's back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that you will double the danger. But if you meet it promptly and without flinching you will reduce the danger by half. Never run away from anything. Never!"
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"A bird that fears falling off of a tree branch is ignorant of its gifts."
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"I had to test your courage, the stranger said."courage is the quality most essential to understand the Language of the World..."you must not let up, even after having come so far, he continued. "you must love the desert, but never trust it completely. because the desert tests all men: it challenges every step, and kills those who become distracted."
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"Dream and dare the world to object."
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"The courage to try again is daring spirit."
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