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" To live we must conquer incessantly, we must have the courage to be happy. "
Henri Frederic Amiel
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" 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. "
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" We are in the midst of a momentous catastrophe of world history, of a transformation of all aspects of life and of the entire inner human being This is perhaps fortunate for the artistic person, if he is strong enough to bear the consequences, because what we need is the courage to have inner experience. "
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" Destiny has two ways of crushing us - by refusing our wishes and by fulfilling them. "
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" My great hope is to laugh as much as I cry; to get my work done and try to love somebody and have the courage to accept the love in return. "
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" My hope for this country is that we remain a people who value freedom, who have the courage to face the realities with faithful hearts instead of anxious ones. "
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" What we need is some people to stand up with the courage of their convictions, to do what they promised when they ran for election, and fight to stop Obamacare. "
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" 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. "
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" I fear some of our leaders today have lost the courage to stand up. What we have now are politicians. They won't offer real plans, and only stand up when they want to blame someone else. "
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" 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. "
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" We had no more courage than Harriet Tubman or Marcus Garvey had in their times. We just had a more vulnerable enemy. "
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" Courage stands halfway between cowardice and rashness, one of which is a lack, the other an excess of courage. "
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