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" But courage which goes against military expediency is stupidity, or, if it is insisted upon by a commander, irresponsibility. "

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" The problem is when you are writing something in retrospective, it needs a lot of courage not to change, or you will forget a certain reality, and you will just take in consideration your view today. "

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" The courage to be is the courage to accept oneself, in spite of being unacceptable. "

" The terrorists thought they would change my aims and stop my ambitions, but nothing changed in my life except this: weakness, fear and hopelessness died. Strength, power and courage were born. "

Malala Yousafzai

" I have a lot of things to prove to myself. One is that I can live my life fearlessly. "

" Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction. "

John F. Kennedy

" Who could refrain that had a heart to love and in that heart courage to make love known? "

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" I look back at the looks I've had over the years. I'm proud of myself that I had the courage to experiment with crazy hairstyles and some fashion things. Would I do it again? No. But that's part of the learning process and getting from point A to point B. "

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" Have the courage to be ignorant of a great number of things, in order to avoid the calamity of being ignorant of everything. "

" 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! "

" It is a wise man who knows where courage ends and stupidity begins. "

" Courage and grace are a formidable mixture. The only place to see it is in the bullring. "

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" Soldiers, when committed to a task, can't compromise. It's unrelenting devotion to the standards of duty and courage, absolute loyalty to others, not letting the task go until it's been done. "

" Elizabeth Keckley was a woman of remarkable strength, courage, perseverance, and dignity. She was exceptionally talented, but also very diligent and ambitious, and together those qualities enabled her to deliver herself from slavery and become a successful businesswoman. "

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" Once I had all the facts in, I found I didn't have the immoral courage to pull the caper. So I wrote it as a story. As a teenager, I didn't have any skills for writing as such, so it came out in 1500 words. "

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" Your determination, selflessness and courage have brought the freedom struggle towards its fulfilment. "

" As soldiers need not only courage but tactics also, so does a philosopher need not only courage and philosophy but discernment also, to tell what his right time of dying is - so that he neither seek it nor flee it. "

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" My dad's life story was a string of kindness. He treated everyone as an equal, whether it was the bank teller or the bank president. He even attributed his survival to the courage of kindness. "

Daniel Lubetzky

" Courage! I have shown it for years; think you I shall lose it at the moment when my sufferings are to end? "

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" To me, there is no greater act of courage than being the one who kisses first. "

Janeane Garofalo

" I think we need people with stronger ideals than John Kerry or Bill Clinton. I think we need people with more courage and vision. "

Octavia E. Butler

" Although most executives pay lip service to the idea of hiring for cultural fit, few have the courage or discipline to make it the primary criteria for bringing someone into the company. "

Patrick Lencioni

" The word courage - God, I love that word. Words are so important to me. "

" Leadership is about having the courage to go against the advice of the so-called experts and doing what your instinct tells you is right. "

" I've been involved in politics for quite some time. I've held positions, and my experiences are very deep, and I think I have the capacity, the courage, and the character to institute the kinds of reforms that are so desperately needed. "

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" I have huge respect for women who go out of their homes and have the courage to make their own destiny. And let me tell you, Indian women are doing a great job. There are those who work because they have no option but to earn, and then there are those who do it because they have the right talent. I respect both. "

" You must study to be frank with the world: Frankness is the child of honesty and courage. "

" It would be sad if we lost our instinct and our courage to love and protect. "

" Probably most dying patients, even when suffering greatly, would choose to live as long as possible. That courage and grace should be protected and honored, and we should put every effort into treating their symptoms. "

" Amid apocalyptic dystopia, 'Fahrenheit 451''s protagonist retains sparks of curiosity, creativity, and courage, and these human characteristics are the seeds of hope that can arise, phoenix-like, from civilization's ashes. "