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" Courage, above all things, is the first quality of a warrior. "

Carl von Clausewitz

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" So many times I wanted to go to Auschwitz, but I couldn't take up the courage to go there. "

" And I think most people in this country want to see a president that's got the courage to say we're going to cut the tax burden, and reduce the regulatory climate, and we're going to get Americans working. "

" Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death. "

" Parents do not have the courage to say no to certain things that their children demand. They are rather scared of their children. "

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" One man with courage is a majority. "

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" I wish we lived in a society that made it safe and provided the courage for everyone to come out. "

" If you see a person who's insecure and covers it up, it can be quite a problem. But the person who is insecure and shows you is quite appealing. They give you just the courage to drop your defenses. "

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" Those who won our independence... valued liberty as an end and as a means. They believed liberty to be the secret of happiness and courage to be the secret of liberty. "

Louis D. Brandeis

" To have courage for whatever comes in life - everything lies in that. "

Saint Teresa of Avila

" Courage is being scared to death... and saddling up anyway. "

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

" I would like to tell the young men and women before me not to lose hope and courage. Success can only come to you by courageous devotion to the task lying in front of you. "

" Believe in individual initiatives, in courage, in risk. "

Emmanuel Macron

" 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. "

" When I began work on my first book, 'The River of Doubt,' which tells the story of Theodore Roosevelt's 1914 descent of an unmapped river in the Amazon rainforest, I thought of it as a tale of adventure, exploration and extraordinary courage. "

Candice Millard

" 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! "

" 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. "

" Courage enlarges, cowardice diminishes resources. In desperate straits the fears of the timid aggravate the dangers that imperil the brave. "

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" It is my deepest belief that only by giving our lives do we find life. I am convinced that the truest act of courage, the strongest act of manliness is to sacrifice ourselves for others in a totally non-violent struggle for justice. "

" 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. "

Theodore Sturgeon

" The test of courage comes when we are in the minority. The test of tolerance comes when we are in the majority. "

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" Valor grows by daring, fear by holding back. "

Publilius Syrus

" When I was at Brown, I wanted to write the great American novel, but I was too scared to take a creative course. I signed up for one, got in, and just didn't have the courage to go. I was a tremendously shy person, almost pathologically shy. The thought of peers critiquing my work - oh, God. "

Nathaniel Philbrick

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

" You have to really be courageous about your instincts and your ideas. Otherwise you'll just knuckle under, and things that might have been memorable will be lost. "

Francis Ford Coppola

" You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor. "

" Courage means to keep working a relationship, to continue seeking solutions to difficult problems, and to stay focused during stressful periods. "