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" Courage is not the absence of despair; it is, rather, the capacity to move ahead in spite of despair. "

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" Having the courage to say no when all your friends are saying yes is one of the most difficult things you'll ever have to do. Doing it, however, is one of the biggest charges you can ever make to your personal battery. I call this 'won't power.' "

" My mother always taught us that if people don't agree with you, the important thing is to listen to them. But if you've listened to them carefully and you still think that you're right, then you must have the courage of your convictions. "

" You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.' "

Eleanor Roosevelt

" Either you decide to stay in the shallow end of the pool or you go out in the ocean. "

Christopher Reeve

" Failure is only postponed success as long as courage 'coaches' ambition. The habit of persistence is the habit of victory. "

Herbert Kaufman

" Poe had this curious kind of alchemical courage, where he took all the terrible things and terrors that happened in his life, all this shame and fear and pain, and turned them into great works of art. He was a complex, brilliant person who was just wired too tight. "

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

Publilius Syrus

" 'West Wing' was huge. Like 'Hamilton,' it pulls back the curtain on how decision-making happens at the highest level, or at least how you hope it would be. The amount of information Aaron Sorkin packs into a scene gave me this courage to trust the audience to keep up. "

Lin-Manuel Miranda

" We know the threats - from global terrorist networks to the spread of deadly weapons. Yet we also know that embedded in this time of danger is the promise of a new day, if we have the courage and commitment to work together. "

Valerie Jarrett

" I beg you take courage; the brave soul can mend even disaster. "

Catherine the Great

" 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. "

" 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. "

" He who is brave is free. "

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

" It takes courage, of course, to step out of the fray, as it takes courage to do anything that's necessary, whether tending to a loved one on her deathbed or turning away from that sugarcoated doughnut. "

" Unless a reviewer has the courage to give you unqualified praise, I say ignore the bastard. "

" I believe in a world where there are no heroes, and I've read and know humanity a lot. There are moments that I admire in a person courage, intellect, hard work. These are the qualities I admire in an intellectual, in a writer, and there are so many people who have these things. "

" We want deeper sincerity of motive, a greater courage in speech and earnestness in action. "

" Courage is what preserves our liberty, safety, life, and our homes and parents, our country and children. Courage comprises all things. "

" We all know the dangers of sequels. Lightning doesn't strike twice in the same place too often, and I think you've got to move beyond it, go the extra mile and have the courage not to just repeat the first one. "

" To bathe a cat takes brute force, perseverance, courage of conviction - and a cat. The last ingredient is usually hardest to come by. "

" Farrah Fawcett had courage, she had strength, and she had faith. "

" My student days in PSG saw three Prime Ministers, two wars, taught us courage, resilience, leadership and optimism. "

" Girls have been suppressed for long. Crimes against women are on the rise because women have the courage to come out in the open and fight the perpetrators of these heinous crimes. "

Yo Yo Honey Singh

" Boldness be my friend. "

William Shakespeare

" 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

" 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. "

Thomas J. Stanley

" Maybe in the workplace I have more courage than other areas in my life. "

" There never is a good time for tough decisions. There will always be an election or something else. You have to pick courage and do it. Governance is about taking tough, even unpopular, decisions. "

" Leadership requires the courage to make decisions that will benefit the next generation. "