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• Courage is on display every day, and only the courageous wring the most out of life.

  Zig Ziglar

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• If a man is endowed with a noble and courageous soul, if he is painstaking, proud, ambitious, without meanness, of a profound a deep-seated intelligence, I dare assert that he lacks nothing to be neglected by the great and men in high office, who fear, more than other men, those whom they cannot dominate.

  Luc de Clapiers

  Men, Office, Profound

  Jean de La Bruyère, Luc de Clapiers marquis de Vauvenargues (1903). “La Bruyère and Vauvenargues: Selections from the Characters, Reflexions and Maxims”

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• The complacent, the self-indulgent, the soft societies are about to be swept away with the debris of history. Only the strong, only the industrious, only the determined, only the courageous, only the visionary who determine the real nature of our struggle can possibly survive.

  John F. Kennedy

  Strong, Real, Struggle

  Address before the American Society of Newspaper Editors at the Statler Hilton Hotel in Washington, D.C., April 20, 1961.

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• He is the truly courageous man who never desponds.

  Confucius

  Men, Despair, Courageous Man

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• A mind always hopeful, confident, courageous, and determined on its set purpose, and keeping itself to that purpose, attracts to itself out of the elements things and powers favourable to that purpose.

  Ralph Waldo Trine

  Hopeful, Mind, Purpose

  Ralph Waldo Trine (2013). “In Tune With the Infinite: Fullness of Peace, Power and Plenty (New Thought Edition)”, p.21, Lulu Press, Inc

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• The courageous struggle for a noble cause should be considered success itself.

  John Wooden

  Struggle, Noble, Causes

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• The trick of it, she told herself, is to be courageous and bold and make a different. Not change the world exactly, just the bit around you. Go out there with your double-first, your passion and your new Smith Carona electric typewriter and work hard at ... something. Change lives through art maybe. Write beautifully. Cherish your friends, stay true to your principles, live passionately and fully and well. Experience new things. Love and be loved if at all possible. East sensibly. Stuff like that.

  David Nicholls

  Art, Life Changing, Hard Work

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• The courageous man is the man who forces himself, in spite of his fear, to carry on.

  George S. Patton

  Men, Courageous Man, He Man

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• There are certain things that our age needs, and certain things that it should avoid. It needs compassion and a wish that mankind should be happy; it needs the desire for knowledge and the determination to eschew pleasant myths; it needs, above all, courageous hope and the impulse to creativeness.

  Bertrand Russell

  Faith, Determination, Compassion

  Bertrand Russell (1998). “Autobiography”, p.520, Psychology Press

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• Innovation- any new idea-by definition will not be accepted at first. It takes repeated attempts, endless demonstrations, monotonous rehearsals before innovation can be accepted and internalized by an organization. This requires courageous patience.

  Warren G. Bennis

  Creativity, Organization, Ideas

  Warren G. Bennis, Burt Nanus (2003). “Leaders: the strategies for taking charge”

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• One thing you must never lose is courage. If you believe in the goal you are striving for, you will be courageous. There are many difficult times ahead, but you must keep your sense of humor, work through the tough situations, and enjoy yourself!

  Shigesato Itoi

  Believe, Goal, Tough

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• To be outspoken when truth is under attack, when charity is being bruise, or when important issues of life are at stake is a good and courageous thing. To be outspoken when nothing is at stake except the feelings of someone else is a small and contemptible thing.

  Lawrence G. Lovasik

  Issues, Feelings, Important

  Lawrence G. Lovasik (1999). “The Hidden Power of Kindness: A Practical Handbook for Souls who Dare to Transform the World, One Deed at a Time”, p.140, Sophia Institute Press

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• Opting for peace does not mean a passive acquiescence to evil or compromise of principle. It demands an active struggle against hatred, oppression and disunity, but not by using methods of violence. Building peace requires creative and courageous action

  Pope John Paul II

  Struggle, Mean, Evil

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• I would like to be known as an intelligent woman, a courageous woman, a loving woman, a woman who teaches by being.

  Maya Angelou

  Life, Intelligent, Powerful Women

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• For most of the universe's life is not all gummy wads and tarty tarts; is a struggle against hardship, unfairness, corruption, abuse, and adversity in all its guises, where even to survive - let alone survive with dignity - is heroic. To soldier through the days in the wake of failure is the courageous act of many.

  Frank Beddor

  Struggle, Adversity, Soldier

  Frank Beddor (2006). “The Looking Glass Wars”, Dial Books for Young Readers

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• We have to honor our commitments to today's beneficiaries, but we can't solve the growing deficit and debt problems unless we are smart, courageous, and sensible in planning for future.

  Nan Hayworth

  Smart, Commitment, Honor

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• Change of any sort requires courage.

  Mary Anne Radmacher

  Change, Change Is Good

  Mary Anne Radmacher (2008). “Live Boldly: Cultivate the Qualities That Can Change Your Life”, p.86, Conari Press

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• Something I am now convinced of, after researching Everyone Brave, is that none of us is born courageous in all respects.

  Chris Cleave

  Brave, Born, Convinced

  Source: www.omnivoracious.com

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• The only people who think writing is easy are people who don't write. Writing's a difficult, courageous act. Bravery is required, as well as a great deal of slogging along. A lot of our work is work.

  Gillian Roberts

  Writing, Thinking, People

  Gillian Roberts (2014). “You Can Write a Mystery”, p.2, Untreed Reads

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• I encourage you to live with life. Be courageous, adventurous. Give us a tomorrow, more than we deserve.

  Maya Angelou

  Graduation, Giving, Tomorrow

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• Be bold, be courageous, be your best.

  Gabrielle Giffords

  Graduation, Be Courageous, Be Your Best

  "Giffords Urges Graduates at Bard to ‘Be Courageous’" by Vivian Yee, autoglassweek.com. May 25, 2013.

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• As a rapper, you sort of act in music videos and in the persona you adopt onstage. You kinda have to put yourself out there and be courageous even to be a rapper. So, to step into acting was not that difficult a transition to make.

  Queen Latifah

  Rapper, Acting, Transition

  "Queen Latifah 'Joyful Noise' Interview". Interview with Kam Williams, newsblaze.com. January 1, 2012.

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• Never tire of firmly speaking out in defense of life from its conception and do not be deterred from the commitment to defend the dignity of every human person with courageous determination. Christ is with you: be not afraid!

  Pope John Paul II

  Determination, Commitment, Abortion

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• If you feel just one thing in your life-that life is nothing but the gift of God-you are divine and the most courageous person. Try it! Try it as a thought. The moment you feel that life is a gift, you'll become prosperous.

  Harbhajan Singh Yogi

  Gratitude, Feels Just, Trying

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• There is a need for financial reform along ethical lines that would produce in its turn an economic reform to benefit everyone. This would nevertheless require a courageous change of attitude on the part of political leaders.

  Pope Francis

  Attitude, Leader, Political

  Pope Francis (2016). “Care for Creation: A Call for Ecological Conversion”, p.36, Orbis Books

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