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" I think we all have empathy. We may not have enough courage to display it. "

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" I find in my poetry and prose the rhythms and imagery of the best - I mean, when I'm at my best - of the good Southern black preachers. The lyricism of the spirituals and the directness of gospel songs and the mystery of blues are in my music or in my poetry and prose, or I missed everything. "

" I feel most alive, most electric with faith, breath, and courage, when I think of God as a current that runs through all that is. Not by will or by choice. Not as a benediction but because there are laws even God must obey. "

" What the Anzac legend did do, by the bravery and sacrifice of our troops, was reinforce our own cultural notions of independence, mateship, and ingenuity. Of resilience and courage in adversity. "

" A wise woman knows how to summon her courage and do what is right, rather than what is easy. "

" The courage in journalism is sticking up for the unpopular, not the popular. "

" Let us go forth with fear and courage and rage to save the world. "

" So the brother in black offers to these United States the source of courage that endures, and laughter. "

Zora Neale Hurston

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

" It takes a good deal of physical courage to ride a horse. This, however, I have. I get it at about forty cents a flask, and take it as required. "

Stephen Leacock

" I was a dancer for many years. I was a premier dancer with 'Porgy and Bess,' the opera. And I taught dance some, in different places. "

" Iwas not a reader at all, not until I discovered 'The Hobbit.' That changed my life. It gave me the courage to read. It led me to the 'Lord of the Rings' series. And once I'd read that, I knew I could read anything because I had just read thousands of pages. "

Richard Paul Evans

" Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope. "

" Love is the most difficult and dangerous form of courage. Courage is the most desperate, admirable and noble kind of love. "

Delmore Schwartz

" 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. "

" I created myself. I have taught myself so much. "

" Hope lies in dreams, in imagination, and in the courage of those who dare to make dreams into reality. "

" To me, having the courage to tell your own story goes hand in hand with having the curiosity and humility to listen to others' stories. "

" But courage which goes against military expediency is stupidity, or, if it is insisted upon by a commander, irresponsibility. "

" If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life. "

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

" Our stories come from our lives and from the playwright's pen, the mind of the actor, the roles we create, the artistry of life itself and the quest for peace. "

" Those of us who submitted or surrendered our ideas and dreams and identities to the 'leaders' must take back our rights, our identities, our responsibilities. "

" Being tall has a major impact in general. It takes some courage to be as big as you are - to live up to it and not be intimidated by the graceful tiny people. "

Sigourney Weaver

" 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. "

Frances Hesselbein

" We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated. "

" A grateful heart is a beginning of greatness. It is an expression of humility. It is a foundation for the development of such virtues as prayer, faith, courage, contentment, happiness, love, and well-being. "

" Every man of courage is a man of his word. "

Pierre Corneille

" I see courage everywhere I go in Africa. Fearless human rights activists in Darfur. Women peace advocates in eastern Congo. Former child soldiers in Northern Uganda who now are helping other former child soldiers return to civilian life. "

John Prendergast

" If we accept being talked to any kind of a way, then we are telling ourselves we are not quite worth the best. And if we have the effrontery to talk to anybody with less than courtesy, we tell ourselves and the world we are not very intelligent. "

" I did work in a strip club, but I didn't strip. I danced, and I became very popular. "