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" The Gross National Product measures neither our wit nor our courage, neither our wisdom nor our learning, neither our compassion nor our devotion to our country. It measures everything, in short, except that which makes life worthwhile, and it can tell us everything about America - except whether we are proud to be Americans. "

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" Courage is on display every day, and only the courageous wring the most out of life. "

" One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest. "

" From caring comes courage. "

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" Great tragedy has come to us, and we are meeting it with the best that is in our country, with courage and concern for others because this is America. This is who we are. "

" If any man claims the Negro should be content... let him say he would willingly change the color of his skin and go to live in the Negro section of a large city. Then and only then has he a right to such a claim. "

" Physical courage, which despises all danger, will make a man brave in one way; and moral courage, which despises all opinion, will make a man brave in another. "

" In the last analysis, our every right is only worth what our lawyer makes it worth. "

" Our film examines the heroism, courage and prowess of the Soviet submarine force in ways never seen before. "

" Courage without conscience is a wild beast. "

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Beast

Conscience

" Clear thinking requires courage rather than intelligence. "

" Don't wish me happiness - I don't expect to be happy it's gotten beyond that, somehow. Wish me courage and strength and a sense of humor - I will need them all. "

Anne Morrow Lindbergh

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" Men have a psychological need to show off their courage and strength. When he sees you talking to another guy, that instinct kicks in and he jumps to protect you and prove he's worthy of your love. "

" Unjust. How many times I've used that word, scolded myself with it. All I mean by it now is that I don't have the final courage to say that I refuse to preside over violations against myself, and to hell with justice. "

" I thought they'd get one of us, but Jack, after all he's been through, never worried about it I thought it would be me. "

Robert Kennedy

Through

Thought

" It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare. "

" Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. "

" The sea - this truth must be confessed - has no generosity. No display of manly qualities - courage, hardihood, endurance, faithfulness - has ever been known to touch its irresponsible consciousness of power. "

" If the purpose of the wall was to destroy Berlin, Herr Ulbricht and his cohorts have erred sadly. Berlin is not only going to continue to exist - it's going to grow and grow and grow. Its ties to West Germany will not be severed. "

" 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. "

Sarah Kay

Curiosity

Story

" Whether you be man or woman you will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor. "

" Believe in individual initiatives, in courage, in risk. "

" Courage - you develop courage by doing small things like just as if you wouldn't want to pick up a 100-pound weight without preparing yourself. "

" The difficult thing is that vulnerability is the first thing I look for in you and the last thing I'm willing to show you. In you, it's courage and daring. In me, it's weakness. "

Brene Brown

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" Real nobility is based on scorn, courage, and profound indifference. "

" Courage is not the absence of despair; it is, rather, the capacity to move ahead in spite of despair. "

" Courage doesn't come by doing what everybody else says. Courage does by what you know is right. "

" No one needs to tell me about the importance of the free press in a democratic society or about the essential role a newspaper can play in its community. "

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" The quality that defines us as Americans is the courage to respond to being hit. The courage to root out and destroy the killers. And, most importantly, the courage to hold on to our values and protect our hard-won freedoms while doing it. "

" All you need is the plan, the road map, and the courage to press on to your destination. "