“Earth teach me to forget myself as melted snow forgets its life. Earth teach me resignation as the leaves which die in the fall. Earth teach me courage as the tree which stands all alone. Earth teach me regeneration as the seed which rises in the spring.”
— William Alexander
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“Courage is the ladder on which all the other virtues mount.”
— Clare Boothe Luce
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“Heroes to me are guys that sit in libraries. They absorb knowledge and then the risks they take are calculated on the basis of the courage it took to become replete with knowledge.”
— William Hurt
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“Overcoming the Cold War required courage from the people of Central and Eastern Europe and what was then the German Democratic Republic, but it also required the steadfastness of Western partner over many decades when many had long lost hope of integration of the two Germanys and Europe.”
— Angela Merkel
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“It takes courage to know when you ought to be afraid.”
— James A. Michener
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“It is a blessed thing that in every age some one has had the individuality enough and courage enough to stand by his own convictions.”
— Robert Green Ingersoll
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“Even within the last three or four years, I have a greater ability to communicate, I think. I have more courage to show the stuff… And it does take courage.”
— Barbara Cook
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“There are no greater treasures than the highest human qualities such as compassion, courage and hope. Not even tragic accident or disaster can destroy such treasures of the heart.”
— Daisaku Ikeda
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“If you are lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it.”
— John Irving
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“It takes vision and courage to create – it takes faith and courage to prove.”
— Owen D. Young
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“Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.”
— Mark Twain
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