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" Do you really think it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that there are terrible temptations which it requires strength, strength and courage to yield to. "
Oscar Wilde
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" A nation which has forgotten the quality of courage which in the past has been brought to public life is not as likely to insist upon or regard that quality in its chosen leaders today - and in fact we have forgotten. "
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" A man of courage never needs weapons, but he may need bail. "
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" Writing bores me so. "
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" All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them. "
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" I have always had the courage for the new things that life sometimes offers. "
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" When the gods wish to punish us they answer our prayers. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" Whatever enlarges hope will also exalt courage. "
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" It is a blessed thing that in every age some one has had the individuality enough and courage enough to stand by his own convictions. "
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" Courage is found in unlikely places. "
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" 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. "
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" For as long as this nation has known war, we have embraced the heroes it has produced. Americans have rightfully noted the honor and nobility of courage under hostile fire and thanked those who perished in their defense. "
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" I cannot think of a greater symbol of human resistance and courage than our Nobel laureate colleague Andrei Sakharov. "
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" In the many roles I have played in my acting career as military figures, I have simply drawn upon the acts of courage, large and small, I have seen in the men and women with whom I served, and the countless others I met or have come to know through the years. "
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" The truth is: Belonging starts with self-acceptance. Your level of belonging, in fact, can never be greater than your level of self-acceptance, because believing that you're enough is what gives you the courage to be authentic, vulnerable and imperfect. "
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