“For this equilibrium now in sight, let us trust that mankind, as it has occurred in the greatest periods of its past, will find for itself a new code of ethics, common to all, made of tolerance, of courage, and of faith in the Spirit of men.”
— Albert Claude
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“God, give us grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed, courage to change the things which should be changed and the wisdom to distinguish the one from the other.”
— Reinhold Niebuhr
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“Courage is the capacity to confront what can be imagined.”
— Leo Rosten
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“I, with a deeper instinct, choose a man who compels my strength, who makes enormous demands on me, who does not doubt my courage or my toughness, who does not believe me naive or innocent, who has the courage to treat me like a woman.”
— Anais Nin
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“You have to do what you need to do as an artist. You have to have that courage.”
— Liz Phair
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“The last thing a woman will consent to discover in a man whom she loves, or on whom she simply depends, is want of courage.”
— Joseph Conrad
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“We are biological creatures. We are born, we live, we die. There is no transcendent purpose to existence. At best we are creatures of reason, and by using reason we can cure ourselves of emotional excess. Purged of both hope and fear, we find courage in the face of helplessness, insignificance and uncertainty.”
— Jonathan Sacks
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“It is easy enough to praise men for the courage of their convictions. I wish I could teach the sad young of this mealy generation the courage of their confusions.”
— John Ciardi
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“Give the people not hell, but hope and courage.”
— John Murray
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“You have to have courage to be obedient to God.”
— Charles Stanley
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“Freedom is the sure possession of those alone who have the courage to defend it.”
— Pericles
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