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" War is fear cloaked in courage. "

William Westmoreland

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Douglas Fairbanks

" You must study to be frank with the world: Frankness is the child of honesty and courage. "

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" I have too much respect for people to try to control them. But they are estranged from love, afraid to reach out and touch one another. We're afraid to appear sentimental or speak in platitudes because people will say, 'What a jerk!' It takes courage in our culture to be a lover. "

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Ray Stannard Baker

" When I was at Brown, I wanted to write the great American novel, but I was too scared to take a creative course. I signed up for one, got in, and just didn't have the courage to go. I was a tremendously shy person, almost pathologically shy. The thought of peers critiquing my work - oh, God. "

Nathaniel Philbrick

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Christina Aguilera

" Let us not pray to be sheltered from dangers but to be fearless when facing them. "

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" Whatever the long-term legal prospects for same-sex marriage, President Obama's willingness to put the matter front and center in an election year can at least make him a candidate for inclusion in Kennedy's Profiles in Courage. "

" Morality may consist solely in the courage of making a choice. "

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" Something like riding a horse - which I've recently started doing - requires courage, especially for me, as I started out being actually scared of horses. "

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" Students teach all sorts of things but most importantly they make explicit the courage that it takes to be a learner, the courage it takes to open yourself to the transformative power of real learning and that courage I am exposed to almost every day at MIT and that I'm deeply grateful for. "

" Love bravely, live bravely, be courageous, there's really nothing to lose. There's no wrong you can't make right again, so be kinder to yourself, you know, have fun, take chances. There's no bounds. "

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" One of the hardest questions I have been asked is 'How will you manage the army if you are having menstrual cramps?' I have also been asked if I will have the courage to face criminals. My answer is that courage is not a matter of gender. "

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" It is courage, courage, courage, that raises the blood of life to crimson splendor. Live bravely and present a brave front to adversity. "