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" It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to better things. "
Theodore Roosevelt
Courage
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" Grades don't measure tenacity, courage, leadership, guts or whatever you want to call it. Teachers or any other persons in a position of authority should never tell anybody they will not succeed because they did not get all A's in school. "
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" Perhaps what distinguishes my characters is their courage and spirit and a certain stubbornness which enables them to keep going even when facing a setback. I think this developed organically as I wrote, but also it came out of a desire to portray women as powerful and intelligent forces in the world. "
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" All of us have moments in our lives that test our courage. Taking children into a house with a white carpet is one of them. "
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