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" Often the test of courage is not to die but to live. "

Vittorio Alfieri

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" Soldiers, when committed to a task, can't compromise. It's unrelenting devotion to the standards of duty and courage, absolute loyalty to others, not letting the task go until it's been done. "

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" Whatever enlarges hope will also exalt courage. "

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" Leadership is about having the courage to go against the advice of the so-called experts and doing what your instinct tells you is right. "

" I find putting oneself out there difficult. I think writing and sharing writing require different skill sets. I want to be read, but it takes courage to ask someone to read your work. "

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" I have seen in the Halls of Congress more idealism, more humanness, more compassion, more profiles of courage than in any other institution that I have ever known. "

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