“Courage is the fear of being thought a coward.”
— Horace Smith
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A man of character in peace is
“A man of character in peace is a man of courage in war.”
— Charles Wilson
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Love makes a subtle man out of
“Love makes a subtle man out of a crude one, it gives eloquence to the mute, it gives courage the cowardly and makes the idle quick and sharp.”
— Juan Ruiz
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It takes a lot of courage to
“It takes a lot of courage to release the familiar and seemingly secure, to embrace the new. But there is no real security in what is no longer meaningful. There is more security in the adventurous and exciting, for in movement there is life, and in change there is power.”
— Alan Cohen
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Everybody, even me, sometimes had to compromise
“Everybody, even me, sometimes had to compromise on something, doing things we know to be wrong, and this happens doing whatever job in the world. But a singer must have the courage of saying no.”
— Jose Carreras
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God grant me the courage not to
“God grant me the courage not to give up what I think is right even though I think it is hopeless.”
— Chester W. Nimitz
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You take a number of small steps
“You take a number of small steps which you believe are right, thinking maybe tomorrow somebody will treat this as a dangerous provocation. And then you wait. If there is no reaction, you take another step: courage is only an accumulation of small steps.”
— George Konrad
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In times of conflict, war, poverty or
“In times of conflict, war, poverty or religious fundamentalism, women and children are the first and most numerous victims. Women need all their courage today.”
— Isabel Allende
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The sea – this truth must be
“The sea – this truth must be confessed – has no generosity. No display of manly qualities – courage, hardihood, endurance, faithfulness – has ever been known to touch its irresponsible consciousness of power.”
— Joseph Conrad
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I think my mother… made it clear
“I think my mother… made it clear that you have to live life by your own terms and you have to not worry about what other people think and you have to have the courage to do the unexpected.”
— Caroline Kennedy
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I would kiss you, had I the
“I would kiss you, had I the courage.”
— Edouard Manet
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