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" One individual can begin a movement that turns the tide of history. Martin Luther King in the civil rights movement, Mohandas Ganhi in India, Nelson Mandela in South Africa are examples of people standing up with courage and non-violence to bring about needed changes. "

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" There was one man in the Labour government, Robin Cook, whom I had a very high regard for. He had the courage to speak out and to resign over Iraq. He was an admirable man. But resignation over a matter of principle is not a very fashionable thing in our society. "

Harold Pinter

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Government

" It is so often true that whether a person carries with him an atmosphere of gloom and depression or one of confidence and courage depends on his individual outlook. "

" As one of the first African-Americans to be out on a reality program, MTV's 'The Real World: Philadelphia,' I understand the courage it takes to live your truth on a national platform, the importance it holds to LGBT communities of color, and the power it has to create a greater conversation within American culture. "

" Keep courage. Whatever you do, do not feel sorry for yourself. You will win in a great age of opportunity. "

" Courage is a peculiar kind of fear. "

" One man scorned and covered with scars still strove with his last ounce of courage to reach the unreachable stars; and the world will be better for this. "

" Those who lack the courage will always find a philosophy to justify it. "

" It is past time for Democrats and Republicans to join together to create a bipartisan coalition for courage and common sense. "

" That's what acting is - it's about... having the courage to allow your audience into the private moments of your characters' lives. "

" We are biological creatures. We are born, we live, we die. There is no transcendent purpose to existence. At best we are creatures of reason, and by using reason we can cure ourselves of emotional excess. Purged of both hope and fear, we find courage in the face of helplessness, insignificance and uncertainty. "

" How few there are who have courage enough to own their faults, or resolution enough to mend them. "

" What I would say to anybody facing any life challenge or disease is that that is courage - to choose life, to keep looking at what's good. "

" The preservation of peace and the guaranteeing of man's basic freedoms and rights require courage and eternal vigilance: courage to speak and act - and if necessary, to suffer and die - for truth and justice; eternal vigilance, that the least transgression of international morality shall not go undetected and unremedied. "

" Just remaining quietly in the presence of God, listening to Him, being attentive to Him, requires a lot of courage and know-how. "

" As soldiers need not only courage but tactics also, so does a philosopher need not only courage and philosophy but discernment also, to tell what his right time of dying is - so that he neither seek it nor flee it. "

" Courage is soldiers fighting on the front line, or people living on the bread line. "

" I learned that moral courage is harder than physical courage. "

" They put me in a harness, like a horse, to learn the back somersault. It was weird up there when I put on that harness for the first time. The courage came with practice. "

Donald O'Connor

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Horse

" You live with the fear people might find out. Then you actually have the courage to tell people and they go, I don't think you are gay. It's enough to drive you crazy. "

" Sometimes I'll even have a dream of the trick I want to do, and I'll land it perfectly. And then I know. I'm like, 'OK, I'm ready. I want to do this trick.' But it takes so much courage. "

" If we can understand that death is not the end but is really a transition into the next life, the great part of life, that frees us up into receiving God's courage and his help. "

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

Marcus Tullius Cicero

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" Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them. "

" The people of South Carolina support conservatives who are trying to push real change, and the people of South Carolina expect their presidential candidates to back them up when they show courage. "

" Intelligence, integrity and courage are the great pillars that support the State. Above all, the citizens of a free nation should honor the brave and independent man - the man of stainless integrity, of will and intellectual force. "

Robert Green Ingersoll

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Brave

" Nothing gives us courage more readily than the desire to avoid looking like a damn fool. "

" Leaders are focused on using their vision and courage to do great things. This means challenging the way things are done and then sharing the journey with others. "

" One man with courage is a majority. "

" The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice, it is conformity. "

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

Erica Jong

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Talent