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Courage Quotes
"I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear."
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"My message to you all is of hope, courage and confidence. Let us mobilize all our resources in a systematic and organized way and tackle the grave issues that confront us with grim determination and discipline worthy of a great nation."
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"Don't play for safety - it's the most dangerous thing in the world."
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"As a gay Jewish white South African, I belong to quite a lot of minority groups. You constantly have to question who you are, what you are and whether you have the courage to be who you are."
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"It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees."
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"To bathe a cat takes brute force, perseverance, courage of conviction - and a cat. The last ingredient is usually hardest to come by."
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"Untutored courage is useless in the face of educated bullets."
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"The sky belongs to eagles, even during storms."
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"Courage treats the weak better than fear treats the strong."
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"The first and great commandment is, don't let them scare you."
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"Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold."
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"Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience."
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"To live we must conquer incessantly, we must have the courage to be happy."
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"Always seek out the seed of triumph in every adversity."
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"Perfect courage is to do without witnesses what one would be capable of doing with the world looking on."
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"We had no more courage than Harriet Tubman or Marcus Garvey had in their times. We just had a more vulnerable enemy."
"Courage to continue comes from deeper sources than outward results."
"Your back may be pushed against the wall, but your brain is not."
"In order to soar like an eagle one has to be bold like a lion."
"A rose struggling in a desert is still braver than a flower flourishing in a rain forest."
"It takes courage to know when you ought to be afraid."
"I try to be a truthful artist and I try to show a level of courage. I enjoy that. I'm a messenger."
"You must build and develop a greater force on the inside of you, in this way, you will be able to speak and stand against ungodliness and injustice in the land."
"The best thing to do is stare it in the face and move on. We have to face our fears and plow through. I think taking chances takes a lot more courage than staying stagnant and doing what's safe and comfortable."
"He's a man of great common sense and good taste - meaning thereby a man without originality or moral courage."
"A sailor is not defined as much by how many seas he has sailed than by how many storms he has overcome."
"Business is warfare, don't get into it if you are afraid to draw blood."
"I know that if I'd had to go and take an exam for acting, I wouldn't have got anywhere. You don't take exams for acting, you take your courage."
"When all seems to be against you, remember, a ship sometimes has to sail against the current, not with it."
"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!"
"The courage of the poet is to keep ajar the door that leads into madness."
"Singing in a storm silences thunder's threats."
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