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

  T. S. Eliot

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  T.S. Eliot (2015). “The Poems of T. S. Eliot Volume I: Collected and Uncollected Poems”, p.1250, Faber & Faber

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• It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Inspirational, Change, Positive

  Theodore Roosevelt (2012). “The Strenuous Life: Essays and Addresses”, p.2, Courier Corporation

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• War and courage have done more great things than charity. Not your sympathy, but your bravery has saved the unfotunate.

  Zoroaster

  War, Done, Charity

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• Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the assessment that something else is more important than fear.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• What would you do if you weren't afraid?

  Spencer Johnson

  Life, Change, Fear

  Spencer Johnson (1998). “Who Moved My Cheese?: An A-Mazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and in Your Life”, p.27, Penguin

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• Bravery never goes out of fashion.

  William Makepeace Thackeray

  Memorial Day, Fashion, Courage

  William Makepeace Thackeray (1891). “The four Georges. Sketches and travels in London”

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• The bravest thing you can do when you are not brave is to profess courage and act accordingly.

  Corra May Harris

  Wisdom, Courage, Memorial Day

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• All brave men love; for he only is brave who has affections to fight for, whether in the daily battle of life, or in physical contests.

  Nathaniel Hawthorne

  Love, Fighting, Men

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• It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction.

  Albert Einstein

  Courage, Moving, Simple

  "Small is Beautiful". The Radical Humanist, Vol. 37, No. 5, (p. 22), August 1973.

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• Fortune does favor the bold and you'll never know what you're capable of if you don't try.

  Sheryl Sandberg

  Inspirational, Graduation, Trying

  "Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead". Book by Nell Scovell and Sheryl Sandberg, March 11, 2013.

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• [C]ourage is reckoned the greatest of all virtues; because, unless a man has that virtue, he has no security for preserving any other.

  Samuel Johnson

  Meaningful, Courage, Men

  Samuel Johnson (1798). “Dr. Johnson's Table Talk: Containing Aphorisms on Literature, Life, and Manners; with Anecdotes of Distinguished Persons, Selected and Arranged from Dr. Boswell's Life of Johnson”, p.126

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• One man with courage is a majority.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Motivational, Success, Courage

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• Courage enlarges, cowardice diminishes resources. In desperate straits the fears of the timid aggravate the dangers that imperil the brave.

  Christian Nestell Bovee

  Courage, Brave, Desperate

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• The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair through fear alone.
  [Lat., Fortes et strenuos etiam contra fortunam insistere, timidos et ignoros ad desperationem formidine properare.]

  Tacitus

  Despair, Fortune, Forte

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• Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.

  Winston Churchill

  Inspirational, Motivational, Strength

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• Physical bravery is an animal instinct; moral bravery is much higher and truer courage.

  Wendell Phillips

  Animal, Accountability, Intuition

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• Brave men are all vertebrates; they have their softness on the surface and their toughness in the middle.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Memorial Day, Men, Remembrance

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• It is vain for the coward to flee; death follows close behind; it is only by defying it that the brave escape.

  Voltaire

  Coward, Vain, Defying

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• There would be nothing to frighten you if you refused to be afraid.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Inspirational, Positive, Wise

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• Fortune is the rod of the weak, and the staff of the brave.

  James Russell Lowell

  Literature, Weak, Staff

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• Boldness be my friend.

  William Shakespeare

  Courage, My Friends, Boldness

  'Cymbeline' (1609-10) act 1, sc. 6, l. 16

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• A chasm reminds us that there is a fine line between bravery and idiocy.

  Veronica Roth

  Divergent, Lines, Tris

  Veronica Roth (2013). “Divergent Trilogy”, p.40, HarperCollins UK

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• I am willing to serve my country, but do not wish to sacrifice the brave men under my command.

  John Buford

  Country, Sacrifice, Men

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• We have to be braver than we think we can be, because God is constantly calling us to be more than we are.

  Madeleine L'Engle

  Courage, Thinking, Calling

  Madeleine L'Engle (2016). “Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art”, p.58, Convergent Books

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• Just as courage imperils life, fear protects it.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Courage, Intelligent, Protect

  Leonardo da Vinci (2008). “Notebooks”, p.263, OUP Oxford

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