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" All I needed was the courage to be me. That courage took a lifetime to develop. "

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" The climate is much different for men. That stigma is only going to be broken when people come out and see that there is a positive response. That doesn't mean there will be no negative response, but if people can have the courage to be one of the first, which is very hard, those barriers can be broken down very quickly. "

" Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear. "

" Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others. "

Robert Louis Stevenson

" The valor and courage of our young women and men in the armed services are a shining example to all of the world, and we owe them and their families our deepest respect. "

" What I love about the East End is that there's a great perseverance, determination and courage. What I dislike about it is that there is sometimes a celebration of ignorance. "

" For years, I've admired wrist tattoos, but I was always afraid that they would hurt - I'm kind of a weenie about pain. In fact, it's why I wear so many bracelets on my left wrist. The bracelets represented the words or phrases I'd want to get tattooed but didn't have the courage to. "

" Most of man's problems upon this planet, in the long history of the race, have been met and solved either partially or as a whole by experiment based on common sense and carried out with courage. "

Frances Perkins

" Courage is action, not talk. "

" I believe that my worth is not measured by what I do, by the honors that are bestowed upon me, or by material wealth that I might obtain. Instead, I am measured by the courage I show while standing for my beliefs, by the dedication I exhibit to ensure my word is good, and the resolve I undertake to establish my actions and deeds as honorable. "

" We must build dikes of courage to hold back the flood of fear. "

Martin Luther King, Jr.

" Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities... because it is the quality which guarantees all others. "

Winston Churchill

" If we can't have the courage to tell our constituents, hey, we've got to cut back, then if we can point to something and say, I would like to vote for more benefits for you, but this balanced budget amendment or statutory spending cap or whatever the device is, is preventing me from doing it. "

" The preservation of peace and the guaranteeing of man's basic freedoms and rights require courage and eternal vigilance: courage to speak and act - and if necessary, to suffer and die - for truth and justice; eternal vigilance, that the least transgression of international morality shall not go undetected and unremedied. "

" One of the hardest questions I have been asked is 'How will you manage the army if you are having menstrual cramps?' I have also been asked if I will have the courage to face criminals. My answer is that courage is not a matter of gender. "

Josefina Vazquez Mota

" Political courage is not political suicide. "

Arnold Schwarzenegger

" Whatever the long-term legal prospects for same-sex marriage, President Obama's willingness to put the matter front and center in an election year can at least make him a candidate for inclusion in Kennedy's Profiles in Courage. "

" Real courage is knowing what faces you and knowing how to face it. "

" Heroes to me are guys that sit in libraries. They absorb knowledge and then the risks they take are calculated on the basis of the courage it took to become replete with knowledge. "

" I tend to think you're fearless when you recognize why you should be scared of things, but do them anyway. "

" 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

" The secret to happiness is freedom... And the secret to freedom is courage. "

" How few there are who have courage enough to own their faults, or resolution enough to mend them. "

Benjamin Franklin

" Courage can't see around corners but goes around them anyway. "

Mignon McLaughlin

" The most important thing for me was to never, ever, ever deny it. But I didn't really have the courage to talk about it. I was thinking, The people who need to know I'm gay know. "

Portia de Rossi

" Pugnacity is a form of courage, but a very bad form. "

" Men have a psychological need to show off their courage and strength. When he sees you talking to another guy, that instinct kicks in and he jumps to protect you and prove he's worthy of your love. "

" Success means having the courage, the determination, and the will to become the person you believe you were meant to be. "

George A. Sheehan

" The trials on the road to world harmony are no greater than the courage of those who accept the challenge. "

" Whether you be man or woman you will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor. "

James Lane Allen

" In 'Tree of Life,' the cinematography records a small story, a celebration of the courage of everyday life. But it does it so up close and so effortlessly that it has the effect of elevating the intimacy of the story to a grand scale. "

Caleb Deschanel