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" Courage is... the knowledge of how to fear what ought to be feared and how not to fear what ought not to be feared. "

David Ben-Gurion

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" There has to be this pioneer, the individual who has the courage, the ambition to overcome the obstacles that always develop when one tries to do something worthwhile, especially when it is new and different. "

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" Courageous people do not fear forgiving, for the sake of peace. "

" It takes courage for a leader to identify and confront self-imposed barriers, to put in place the personal strategies required to unleash the energy, innovation, and commitment to self-development. "

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" I'm slowly working up the courage to sing in front of other people, but I can carry a tune. I do some mean karaoke. "

" Part of courage is simple consistency. "

" Traveling gives you some perspective of what the rest of the world is like. I think that having the courage to step out of the norm is the most important thing. "

" 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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" 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. "

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" Honest conviction is my courage; the Constitution is my guide. "

" I'm an exile. My father had the courage to leave with his wife, his mother and three children under twelve. It took more courage to leave, to sacrifice everything for freedom, than to stay. "

" A man of courage is also full of faith. "

Marcus Tullius Cicero

" Cold and fire has a way of creeping into the tiniest crack in your courage and finding that coward. "

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

" I know what it is to feel unloved, to want revenge, to make mistakes, to suffer disappointment, yet also to find the courage to go forward in life. "

" 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. "

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

" 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! "

" When you have a wife who has been a tower of strength and shown more courage than you dreamed existed - that's the finest I know. "

" Being a leader for me is about having the courage to speak the truth, and live the truth, despite attempts to silence our thoughts, feelings, and past experiences. "

" Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads. "

" The only service a friend can really render is to keep up your courage by holding up to you a mirror in which you can see a noble image of yourself. "

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" The principles of living greatly include the capacity to face trouble with courage, disappointment with cheerfulness, and trial with humility. "

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" When we have done our best, we can, as a united people, take whatever may befall with calm courage and confidence that this old nation will survive and if death should come to many of us, death is not the end. "

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