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" Courtesy is as much a mark of a gentleman as courage. "
Theodore Roosevelt
Much
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" So the brother in black offers to these United States the source of courage that endures, and laughter. "
Zora Neale Hurston
Brother
Laughter
Black
" To show that a comedian on stage in India talking about sanitation or in South Africa talking about HIV and AIDS awareness, if you follow the joke into their lives, you can see that, like, oh, these things aren't just contrived in joke books. This is real life. I think the best comedians have that bravery and courage to say, Oh, this is what it is. "
Hasan Minhaj
Life
Best
You
" 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. "
Don Young
Courage
People
Remember
" I see courage everywhere I go in Africa. Fearless human rights activists in Darfur. Women peace advocates in eastern Congo. Former child soldiers in Northern Uganda who now are helping other former child soldiers return to civilian life. "
John Prendergast
Courage
Child
Women
" A wise woman knows how to summon her courage and do what is right, rather than what is easy. "
Suze Orman
Easy
Wise
Courage
" People think I have courage. The courage in my family are my wife Pam, my three daughters, here, Nicole, Jamie, LeeAnn, my mom, who's right here too. "
Jim Valvano
Wife
People
Mom
" Being tall has a major impact in general. It takes some courage to be as big as you are - to live up to it and not be intimidated by the graceful tiny people. "
Sigourney Weaver
Tall
People
You
" Decision is a risk rooted in the courage of being free. "
Paul Tillich
Free
Risk
Being
" Intellectuals try to keep going. But their situation is very difficult. Those who have had the courage to voice their opposition have often paid a very high price. "
Tahar Ben Jelloun
Voice
Situation
Keep Going
" We read our children stories starring elephants and monkeys and bears to teach them about nobility, curiosity and courage, to warn them against selfishness and stubbornness. "
Lydia Millet
Courage
Teach
Curiosity
" I don't believe in any Greatest Generation. I believe in great events. They sweep ordinary people up, expose them to extremes of human behavior and unimaginable tests of integrity and courage, and then deposit them back on the home front. "
Phil Klay
Courage
Integrity
Great
" A vote is like a rifle; its usefulness depends upon the character of the user. "
Theodore Roosevelt
Rifle
Vote
Character
" Australia is a nation of compassion. Courage and compassion. And the third of these great values: resilience. "
Kevin Rudd
Compassion
Resilience
Great
" John Glenn's life will long be remembered for his time in space, his courage, and his service to all Americans. "
Katherine Johnson
Service
Courage
His
" Moral courage is higher and a rarer virtue than physical courage. "
William Slim
Courage
Higher
Physical
" Courage does not mean not fearing or not grieving. It does mean recognizing and resisting terror management right away, from the moment of the attack, precisely when it seems most difficult to do so. "
Timothy D. Snyder
Courage
Moment
Difficult
" I care not what others think of what I do, but I care very much about what I think of what I do! That is character! "
Theodore Roosevelt
Care
Character
Think
" Often the test of courage is not to die but to live. "
Vittorio Alfieri
Test
Courage
Die
" 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. "
Geraldine Brooks
Who
People
Heroism
" Lily Tomlin was one of the early comedy greats who influenced my courage to be the person I am. "
Tracee Ellis Ross
I Am
Person
Am
" Clear thinking requires courage rather than intelligence. "
Thomas Szasz
Thinking
Clear
Courage
" It's important that we start conversations about changing the culture of sexual harassment and discrimination in politics, state capitols, and our larger communities with an acknowledgment of the courage of so many women who have chosen to speak up and speak out. "
J. B. Pritzker
Women
Politics
Culture
" I'm fascinated how often and with what whole-heartedness people will risk their lives to perform acts of courage, sacrifice, and compassion for total strangers. "
Diane Ackerman
People
Courage
Compassion
" Often times I have been asked about the attributes for success, and I have said that you need two attributes for succeeding as an entrepreneur: one, courage, second, luck. "
N. R. Narayana Murthy
Courage
You
Success
" If I can, in any way, give people the courage to say, 'Actually, no, the nonsense stops right here,' then I want to be a part of doing that. Especially if that means that our folks will be more free. "
Angela Rye
Doing
Say
Courage
" Just remaining quietly in the presence of God, listening to Him, being attentive to Him, requires a lot of courage and know-how. "
Thomas Merton
Courage
God
Presence
" Some men can live up to their loftiest ideals without ever going higher than a basement. "
Theodore Roosevelt
Live
Higher
Going
" Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go. "
T. S. Eliot
Courage
Going
Go
" There are no greater treasures than the highest human qualities such as compassion, courage and hope. Not even tragic accident or disaster can destroy such treasures of the heart. "
Daisaku Ikeda
Human
Hope
Courage
" Peace comes when you talk to the guy you most hate. And that's where the courage of a leader comes, because when you sit down with your enemy, you as a leader must already have very considerable confidence from your own constituency. "
Desmond Tutu
Confidence
Leader
Peace