Quotes about courage
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Courage is adversity's lamp. Luc de Clapiers
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It is easy enough to praise men for the courage of their conviction. I wish I could teach the sad young of this mealy generation the courage of their convictions. John Ciardi
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The intent and not the deed Is in our power; and, therefore, who dares greatly Does greatly. John Brown
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Ask an impertinent question and you are on the way to the pertinent answer. Jacob Bronowski
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The greatest monument to the courage of Americans is the world they saved and shaped. And their story is not written in stone; it is woven into the lives of everyone who loves freedom. George H. W. Bush
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I can see in the acorn the oak tree. I see the growth, the rebuilding, the restoring. I see that is the American psyche. There is so much we can draw understanding from. One of the lessons is the development of courage. Because without courage, you can't practice any of the other virtues consistently. Maya Angelou
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One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Maya Angelou
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Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency Maya Angelou
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It's not the magnitude of the task that matters, it's the magnitude of our courage. Matthieu Ricard
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Without courage you can't practice any other virtue consistently. Maya Angelou
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You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage. Maya Angelou
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One isn't born with courage. One develops it by doing small courageous things. Maya Angelou
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I think we all have empathy. We may not have enough courage to display it. Maya Angelou
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We, unaccustomed to courage exiles from delight live coiled in shells of loneliness until love leaves its high holy temple and comes into our sight to liberate us into life. Maya Angelou
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There's plenty of intelligence in the world, but the courage to do things differently is in short supply. Marilyn vos Savant
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Each person has inside a basic decency and goodness. If he listens to it and acts on it, he is giving a great deal of what it is the world needs most. It is not complicated but it takes courage. It takes courage for a person to listen to his own goodness and act on it. Pablo Casals
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It takes courage for people to listen to their own goodness and act on it. Pablo Casals
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Courage easily finds its own eloquence. Plautus
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It does not matter a feather whether a man be supported by patron or client, if he himself wants courage. [Lat., Animus tamen omnia vincit. Ille etiam vires corpus habere facit.] Plautus
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Courage in danger is half the battle. [Lat., Bonus animus in mala re, dimidium est mali.] Plautus
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Courage is its own reward. Plautus
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Good courage in a bad affair is half of the evil overcome. Plautus
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Courage in danger is half the battle. Plautus
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Courage is a kind of salvation. Plato
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Courage is knowing what to fear. Plato
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My generation's apathy. I'm disgusted with it. I'm disgusted with my own apathy too, for being spineless and not always standing up against racism, sexism and all those other -isms the counterculture has been whining about for years. Kurt Cobain
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Advance, and never halt, for advancing is perfection. Advance and do not fear the thorns in the path, for they draw only corrupt blood. Khalil Gibran
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The lust for comfort, that stealthy thing that enters the house a guest, and then becomes a host, and then a master. Khalil Gibran
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As to moral courage, I have very rarely met with the two o'clock in the morning kind. I mean unprepared courage, that which is necessary on an unexpected occasion, and which, in spite of the most unforeseen events, leaves full freedom of judgement and decision. Napoleon Bonaparte
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Valor is a gift. Those having it never know for sure whether they have it till the test comes. And those having it in one test never know for sure if they will have it when the next test comes. Napoleon Bonaparte
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With audacity one can undertake anything, but not do everything. Napoleon Bonaparte
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There are two levers for moving men - interest and fear. Napoleon Bonaparte
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It requires more courage to suffer than to die. Napoleon Bonaparte