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" Courage doesn't grow overnight. It can be a long process. "

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" Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men. "

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Winston Churchill

" I sometimes have to turn off the fan part of my brain when I'm acting; otherwise, it would be terrible. "

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" I know that if I'd had to go and take an exam for acting, I wouldn't have got anywhere. You don't take exams for acting, you take your courage. "

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

Marie Antoinette

" When I was a young man, Dirac was my hero. He made a breakthrough, a new method of doing physics. He had the courage to simply guess at the form of an equation, the equation we now call the Dirac equation, and to try to interpret it afterwards. "

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" In the non-Greek stories, Persia, Egypt, even China, Central Asia, in oral traditions and written literature, anyone who fights Amazons admires their courage and beauty, and they want to be allies of the Amazon; they don't wanna kill them. "

" The minute a person whose word means a great deal to others dare to take the open-hearted and courageous way, many others follow. "

Marian Anderson

" One of the greatest gifts my father gave me - unintentionally - was witnessing the courage with which he bore adversity. We had a bit of a rollercoaster life with some really challenging financial periods. He was always unshaken, completely tranquil, the same ebullient, laughing, jovial man. "

" In the Soviet army it takes more courage to retreat than advance. "

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" To most people, paranoia carries a negative connotation. I believe it is one of the most valuable attributes a leader can have. It is about self-reflection and having the courage, humility, and discipline to constantly ask uncomfortable questions that can potentially poke holes in your strategy and challenge your conventional thinking. "

" Americans are gathering the courage to just say no. We are saying no to addictive consumer lifestyles. We are saying no to wars and corporate takeover and the IMF loans that gobble up people and their resources. "

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" I'm not goal-oriented so much as I'm constantly aware of what I'm passionate about, and I'm constantly updating the list. I envision many possible futures for myself where I could be happy, so I just try to keep my passions alive. "

" Political courage is not political suicide. "

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" 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. "

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