Real Courage Quotes - Page 2

Real courage is knowing what faces you and knowing how to face it.

Timothy Dalton

Real, Knowing, Faces

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The great virtue in life is real courage that knows how to face facts and live beyond them.

D. H. Lawrence

Inspirational, Life, Positive

D. H. Lawrence, James T. Boulton (2003). “The Letters of D. H. Lawrence”, p.408, Cambridge University Press

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I know what real courage is, and I understand true compassion.

Mo Yan

Real, Compassion, Knows

"Mo Yan accepts Nobel prize, defends 'necessary' censorship" by Alison Flood, www.theguardian.com. December 11, 2012.

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Needless fear and panic over disease and misfortune that seldom materialize are simply bad habits. By proper ventilation and illumination of the mind it is possible to cultivate tolerance, poise and real courage.

Elie Metchnikoff

Fear, Real, Illumination

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It takes real courage to do battle in the unspectacular task. We always listen for the applause of our co-workers. He is courageous who plods on, unlettered and unknown.... In the last analysis it is this courage, developing between man and his limitations, that brings success.

Alice Foote MacDougall

Real, Men, Battle

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On sensitive issues, talk isn't cheap - it takes real courage to pry open topics nailed shut.

Marvin Olasky

Courage, Real, Issues

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Perhaps those, who, trembling most, maintain a dignity in their fate, are the bravest: resolution on reflection is real courage.

Horace Walpole

Real, Fate, Reflection

Horace Walpole (1822). “Memoires of the Last Ten years of the Reign of George the Second”, p.190

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you cannot confuse bravery or courage with lack of fear. Real courage, true bravery is doing things in spite of fear, knowing fear.

Maia Wojciechowska

Courage, Real, Knowing

Maia Wojciechowska (2007). “Shadow of a Bull”, p.133, Simon and Schuster

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