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• Courage is worthy of respect when displayed in the maintenance of legitimate claims and in the repelling of aggressions, bodily or other. Courage is worthy of yet higher respect when danger is faced in defence of claims common to self and others, as in resistance to invasion. Courage is worthy of the highest respect when risk to life or limb is dared in defence of others.

  Herbert Spencer

  Self, Risk, Maintenance

  Herbert Spencer (1874). “The Study of Sociology”, p.202, London, D. Appleton

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• Courage is finding the inner strength and bravery required when confronting danger, difficulty, or opposition. Courage is the energy current behind all great actions and the spark that ignites the initial baby steps of growth. It resides deep within each of us, ready to be accessed in those moments when you need to forge ahead or break through seemingly insurmountable barriers. It is the intangible force that propels you forward on your journey.

  Cherie Carter-Scott

  Baby, Journey, Break Through

  Cherie Carter-Scott (1999). “If Life Is a Game, These Are the Rules: Ten Rules for Being Human as Introduced in Chicken Soup for the Soul”, p.104, Harmony

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• Oh, no, I'm not brave. When a thing is certain, there's nothing to be brave about. All you can do is to find your consolation.

  Agatha Christie

  Brave, Certain, Consolation

  Agatha Christie (1992). “Endless Night”, HarperCollins

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• In the decisive moment I won the victory over myself. I chose to live. And believe me, it takes courage to choose life under those circumstances.

  Henrik Ibsen

  Life, Believe, Victory

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• Fearlessness at twenty springs from not knowing challenges lie ahead. Fearlessness at fifty comes from having wrestled with life's challenges and learned from them.

  Kathleen Turner

  Spring, Lying, Knowing

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• Fear binds people together. And fear disperses them. Courage inspires communities: the courage of an example - for courage is as contagious as fear. But courage, certain kinds of courage, can also isolate the brave.

  Susan Sontag

  Fear, People, Community

  Susan Sontag (2007). “At the Same Time: Essays and Speeches”, p.233, Macmillan

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• Courage is no good:
  It means not scaring others. Being brave
  Lets no one off the grave.
  Death is no different whined at than withstood.

  Philip Larkin

  Death, Mean, Brave

  Philip Larkin (2014). “Collected Poems”, p.172, Faber & Faber

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• For a courageous man cannot die dishonorably, a man who has attained the consulship cannot die before his time, a philosopher cannot die wretchedly.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Death, Men, Dying

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• No phallic hero, no matter what he does to himself or to another to prove his courage, ever matches the solitary, existential courage of the woman who gives birth.

  Andrea Dworkin

  Hero, Giving, Doe

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• Sing like no one is listening.
  Love like you’ve never been hurt.
  Dance like nobody’s watching,
  and live like it’s heaven on earth.

  Susanna Clarke

  Love, Inspirational, Life

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• We need to wake up from a thought that lasts too long.

  Paul Valery

  Long, Needs, Wake Up

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• I have endured a great deal of ridicule without much malice; and have received a great deal of kindness, not quite free from ridicule. I am used to it.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Kindness, Used, Malice

  Abraham Lincoln (2012). “The Complete Papers And Writings Of Abraham Lincoln (Biographically Annotated Edition)”, p.1275, Jazzybee Verlag

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• When something happens to you, you either let it defeat you, or you defeat it.

  Rosalind Russell

  Affliction, Defeat, Happens

  Rosalind Russell, Chris Chase (1979). “Life is a Banquet”

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• Ideas must work through the brains and the arms of good and brave men or they are no better than dreams.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Dream, Men, Ideas

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated)”, p.3017, Delphi Classics

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• It is only when we are no longer fearful that we begin to create.

  J. M. W. Turner

  Fearful

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• We cannot escape fear. We can only transform it into a companion that accompanies us on all our exciting adventures.

  Susan Jeffers

  Fear, Adventure, Accompany Us

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• I had gone through life thinking that I was better than everyone else and at the same time, being afraid of everyone. I was afraid to be me.

  Dennis Wholey

  Fear, Thinking, Anxiety

  Dennis Wholey (1984). “Courage to Change”, p.22, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Any danger spot is tenable if men, brave men, will make it so.

  John F. Kennedy

  Men, Bravery, West Berlin

  Kennedy, John F. (1962). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, 1961”, p.534, Best Books on

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• The man who stands firm in order to protect a sand-castle can never be relied upon; for he has given away his common sense.

  Winston Churchill

  Men, Order, Common Sense

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• It is easy enough to praise men for the courage of their conviction. I wish I could teach the sad young of this mealy generation the courage of their convictions.

  John Ciardi

  Men, Bravery, Wish

  John Ciardi (1972). “Manner of Speaking”

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• War is an unmitigated evil. But it certainly does one good thing. It drives away fear and brings bravery to the surface.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  War, Evil, Bravery

  Mahatma Gandhi, Thomas Merton (1965). “Gandhi on Non-violence”, p.38, New Directions Publishing

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• The last thing a woman will consent to in a man whom she loves, or on whom she simply depends, is want of courage.

  Joseph Conrad

  Life, Men, Bravery

  Joseph Conrad, Book House (2016). “Joseph Conrad: The Complete Novels [Nostromo, Heart of Darkness, Lord Jim, The Secret Agent, etc.] (Book House)”, p.1870, Book House

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• He that would be superior to external influences must first become superior to his own passions.

  Samuel Johnson

  Wisdom, Passion, Intelligence

  Samuel Johnson (1825). “The works of Samuel Johnson [ed. by F.P. Walesby].”, p.304

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• Each of us has an inner dream that we can unfold if we will just have the courage to admit what it is, and the faith to trust our own admission. The admitting is often very difficult.

  Julia Cameron

  Dream, Admitting, Difficult

  Julia Cameron (2002). “The Artist's Way: 25th Anniversary Edition”, p.239, Penguin

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• Except a person be part coward, it is not a compliment to say he is brave.

  Mark Twain

  Brave Person, Bravery, Coward

  Mark Twain (2014). “Mark Twain on Common Sense: Timeless Advice and Words of Wisdom from America's Most-Revered Humorist”, p.37, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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