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Courage Quotes
"Song of myselfWith music strong I come, with my cornets and my drums, I play not marches for accepted victors only, I play marches for conquer'd and slain persons. Have you heard that it was good to gain the day? I also say it is good to fall, battles are lost in the same spirit in which they are won. I beat and pound for the dead, I blow through my embouchures my loudest and gayest for them. Vivas to those who have fail'd! And to those whose war-vessels sank in the sea! And to those themselves who sank in the sea! And to all generals that lost engagements, and all overcome heroes! And the numberless unknown heroes equal to the greatest heroes known!"
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"Presumption should never make us neglect that which appears easy to us, nor despair make us lose courage at the sight of difficulties."
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"We have to start teaching ourselves not to be afraid."
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"Fear is the first and last obstacle on your path to greatness."
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"Discouragement is not the absence of adequacy but the absence of courage."
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"You could rattle the stars,' she whispered. 'You could do anything, if only you dared."
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"Protect your enthusiasm from the negativity and fear of others. Never decide to do nothing just because you can only do little. Do what you can. You would be surprised at what "little" acts have done for our world."
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"A bird that fears turbulence will never know how high it can fly."
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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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"Singing in a storm silences thunder's threats."
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"True courage is like a kite; a contrary wind raises it higher."
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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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"Plants are more courageous than almost all human beings: an orange tree would rather die than produce lemons, whereas instead of dying the average person would rather be someone they are not."
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"It is a wise man who knows where courage ends and stupidity begins."
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"Whatever enlarges hope will also exalt courage."
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"The only courage that matters is the kind that gets you from one moment to the next."
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"You may kill me here; but you cannot make me go back."
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"Do you think that Hemingway knew he was a writer at twenty years old? No, he did not. Or Fitzgerald, or Wolfe. This is a difficult concept to grasp. Hemingway didn't know he was Ernest Hemingway when he was a young man. Faulkner didn't know he was William Faulkner. But they had to take the first step. They had to call themselves writers. That is the first revolutionary act a writer has to make. It takes courage. But it's necessary"
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"Fear kills more dreams than failure ever will."
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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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"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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"Jesus, who comes across in the Gospels as extraordinarily strong, begged in the garden, with drops of sweat like blood running down his face, that he might be spared the terrible cup ahead of him, the betrayal and abandonment by his friends, death on the cross. Because Jesus cried out in anguish, we may too. But our fear is less frequent and infinitely less if we are close to the Creator. Jesus, having cried out, then let his fear go, and moved on."
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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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"Wait for the Lord. Behave yourself manfully, and be of good courage. Do not be faithless, but stay in your place and do not turn back."
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"Sometimes our walls exist just to see who has the strength to knockthem down."
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