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" As a shame researcher, I know that the very best thing to do in the midst of a shame attack is totally counterintuitive: Practice courage and reach out! "
Brene Brown
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" Next to courage, willpower is the most important thing in politics. "
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" You cannot build character and courage by taking away a man's initiative and independence. "
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" Courage is often lack of insight, whereas cowardice in many cases is based on good information. "
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" Creating art is painful. It takes time, practice, and the courage to stand alone. "
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" Poetry gives us courage and sets us straight with the world. Poems are great companions and friends. "
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" With courage and character, American soldiers continue to put themselves on the line to defend our freedom, and so many have paid the ultimate sacrifice. "
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" Pride is tough. You go to high school, and its 'pride,' 'courage;' it's all these types of words that we use to motivate us. I don't think there's anywhere in the Scriptures through the saints' lives where pride was ever a positive characteristic of anybody. "
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" Don't wish me happiness - I don't expect to be happy it's gotten beyond that, somehow. Wish me courage and strength and a sense of humor - I will need them all. "
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" September 11, 2001, revealed heroism in ordinary people who might have gone through their lives never called upon to demonstrate the extent of their courage. "
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" Curiosity, rationalization, and laziness are no match against courage, self-control, and mental toughness. "
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" Courage means to keep working a relationship, to continue seeking solutions to difficult problems, and to stay focused during stressful periods. "
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" Conscience is the root of all true courage; if a man would be brave let him obey his conscience. "
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" I saw courage both in the Vietnam War and in the struggle to stop it. I learned that patriotism includes protest, not just military service. "
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" Have the courage to face a difficulty lest it kick you harder than you bargain for. "
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" And as a child I was filled with passionate admiration for acts of civic courage I had seen performed by an elderly military doctor, who was a friend of my family. "
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" We've let the blade of our innocence dull over time, and it's only in innocence that you find any kind of magic, any kind of courage. "
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" I want to thank the Academy for its courage and generosity. "
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" Courage is poorly housed that dwells in numbers; the lion never counts the herd that are about him, nor weighs how many flocks he has to scatter. "
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" When you have a wife who has been a tower of strength and shown more courage than you dreamed existed - that's the finest I know. "
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" A member must say that he is a member of the Unification Church and that he is the follower of Sun Myung Moon. If he doesn't have the courage to say it, he is not worthy of me. "
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" I think that the romantic impulse is in all of us and that sometimes we live it for a short time, but it's not part of a sensible way of living. It's a heroic path and it generally ends dangerously. I treasure it in the sense that I believe it's a path of great courage. It can also be the path of the foolhardy and the compulsive. "
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" Vulnerability is about showing up and being seen. It's tough to do that when we're terrified about what people might see or think. "
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" Because we men have been physically stronger and more arrogant, we've influenced much of the cool stuff of the world, like basing the definition of courage on what we do on battlefields rather than on the patience or endurance or tolerance necessary for a sometimes painful daily grind that includes small children. "
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" Courage is grace under pressure. "
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" Remember in 1973 the same science chatter said that the coming Ice Age is going to occur, we're going to lose millions of people. And the politicians knew how to solve it, they just didn't have the courage to solve it; they were going to put coal dust on the Arctic. "
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" I think it is not just the U.N. speaking, but the concept of a third party, a third party to a conflict speaking out. You know, sometimes saying, 'Stop, this is enough. This cannot be allowed to happen,' gives the victims and the people who are caught in that situation courage, encouragement, support. "
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" If you want to lose 40 pounds, you order salad instead of fries. If you want to be a better friend, you take the phone call instead of screening it. If you want to write a novel, you sit down and write a single paragraph. It's scary to make major changes, but we usually have enough courage to take the next right step. "
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" School integration did not come to be the day after the Brown ruling was issued. Progress took years, and it took passion, strength, and courage from a large group of committed individuals. "
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" I challenge us all to have the courage of our convictions to fight for a fair, justice and inclusive society. "
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