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" True courage is like a kite; a contrary wind raises it higher. "

John Petit-Senn

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" Life is to be entered upon with courage. "

Alexis de Tocqueville

" Throughout the years, many Christian women have told me of their great respect for the bravery and courage evident in my work, perhaps even gesturing to their own Isis earrings or a Nile River Goddess pendants. "

Carol P. Christ

" Good courage in a bad affair is half of the evil overcome. "

" I've learned over time that human beings tend to want to do more than they have the courage to do or that the social contract will allow them to do. "

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

" I know that if I'd had to go and take an exam for acting, I wouldn't have got anywhere. You don't take exams for acting, you take your courage. "

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

" Australia is a nation of compassion. Courage and compassion. And the third of these great values: resilience. "

" You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor. "

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

" I believe that my worth is not measured by what I do, by the honors that are bestowed upon me, or by material wealth that I might obtain. Instead, I am measured by the courage I show while standing for my beliefs, by the dedication I exhibit to ensure my word is good, and the resolve I undertake to establish my actions and deeds as honorable. "

" This soul, or life within us, by no means agrees with the life outside us. If one has the courage to ask her what she thinks, she is always saying the very opposite to what other people say. "

" 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. "

" Then there is a still higher type of courage - the courage to brave pain, to live with it, to never let others know of it and to still find joy in life; to wake up in the morning with an enthusiasm for the day ahead. "

" In the two novels I have published, it was my fortune at different times, and from different persons, to hear the most unqualified censure long before it was possible for me to hear the voice of the public. But my temper was not altered, nor my courage subdued. "

" With Pearl Jam, everybody is so good at what they do, it's hard to get up the courage to say, Can I sing this part, or, I want to play guitar. I feel like I have more courage to do that. "

" To bathe a cat takes brute force, perseverance, courage of conviction - and a cat. The last ingredient is usually hardest to come by. "

" September 11, 2001, revealed heroism in ordinary people who might have gone through their lives never called upon to demonstrate the extent of their courage. "

Geraldine Brooks

" Audacity augments courage; hesitation, fear. "

Publilius Syrus

" As the first Hispanic female governor in history, little girls often come up to me in the grocery store or the mall. They look and point, and when they get the courage, they ask 'Are you Susana?' and they run up and give me a hug. "

Susana Martinez

" There's only one thing worse than a man who doesn't have strong likes and dislikes, and that's a man who has strong likes and dislikes without the courage to voice them. "

" I want to thank the Academy for its courage and generosity. "

" No one has all the answers, so whatever a woman who has the BRCA mutation chooses to do requires courage and an element of faith. And a lot of love and support. "

" Courage is often lack of insight, whereas cowardice in many cases is based on good information. "

" The eyes of the world are fixed on the U.S. to see if we have the political courage and moral sense to solve our debt crisis. "

" Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to die. "

Gilbert K. Chesterton

" I'm a writer of faith who worries about the intolerance of religion. I look at the past and fear we haven't learned from it. I believe that humanity is capable of evil as well as great acts of courage and goodness. I have hope. Deep down, I believe in the human spirit, although sometimes that belief is shaken. "

Julianna Baggott

" One of the things that makes Hamlet unique among Shakespeare's characters is his courage to face up to the darker elements of his personality. "

Kenneth Branagh

" The courage of very ordinary people is all that stands between us and the dark. "

" Virtues, like viruses, have their seasons of contagion. When catastrophe strikes, generosity spikes like a fever. Courage spreads in the face of tyranny. "