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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. "

Stokely Carmichael

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" A great deal of talent is lost to the world for want of a little courage. Every day sends to their graves obscure men whose timidity prevented them from making a first effort. "

" What is more mortifying than to feel that you have missed the plum for want of courage to shake the tree? "

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" Although most executives pay lip service to the idea of hiring for cultural fit, few have the courage or discipline to make it the primary criteria for bringing someone into the company. "

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" You want to shut up every Negro who has the courage to stand up and fight for the rights of his people, for the rights of workers, and I have been on many a picket line for the steelworkers too. "

" We want deeper sincerity of motive, a greater courage in speech and earnestness in action. "

" 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. "

" There is a higher law than the law of government. That's the law of conscience. "

Stokely Carmichael

" What separated Ed Murrow from the rest of the pack was courage. "

" Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go. "

" Sailing a boat calls for quick action, a blending of feeling with the wind and water as well as with the very heart and soul of the boat itself. Sailing teaches alertness and courage, and gives in return a joyousness and peace that but few sports afford. "

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" 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

" You have to have the courage to face the unexpected. This is the difference between people who do things and people who don't dare, who don't dare to live. "

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" Ain't nobody ever had a jumpshot like mine, ain't nobody ever power moves like mine, ain't nobody ever tough defense like mine and ain't nobody ever had the courage to be a winner like me. "

" Patience, that blending of moral courage with physical timidity. "

" I'm grateful to God for His bountiful gifts... He gave me courage and faith in myself. "

" When a person finally has the courage to say, 'This is who I am,' and society is not there to welcome them with open arms, it is so tragic. "

" To see what is right and not to do it is want of courage, or of principle. "

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

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" The power of the human spirit inspires me. Movies, books, stories, people, anything that reminds us that we are more than just this physical body and our capacity for love and courage can bend reality. "

" You must have love as the core; it takes courage to be willing to constantly tell the truth to each other and risk letting the relationship go. "

" The only courage that matters is the kind that gets you from one moment to the next. "

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" An able, disinterested, public-spirited press, with trained intelligence to know the right and courage to do it, can preserve that public virtue without which popular government is a sham and a mockery. "

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" Grades don't measure tenacity, courage, leadership, guts or whatever you want to call it. Teachers or any other persons in a position of authority should never tell anybody they will not succeed because they did not get all A's in school. "

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" It takes as much courage to have tried and failed as it does to have tried and succeeded. "

Anne Morrow Lindbergh

" Values are principles and ideas that bring meaning to the seemingly mundane experience of life. A meaningful life that ultimately brings happiness and pride requires you to respond to temptations as well as challenges with honor, dignity, and courage. "

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" The courage of a soldier is heightened by his knowledge of his profession. "

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" The courage to imagine the otherwise is our greatest resource, adding color and suspense to all our life. "

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" The man who has the courage of his platitudes is always a successful man. "

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