“The courage to imagine the otherwise is our greatest resource, adding color and suspense to all our life.”
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“Discouragement is not the absence of adequacy but the absence of courage.”
“Conscience is the root of all true courage if a man would be brave let him obey his conscience.”
“I always disliked dogs, those protectors of cowards who lack the courage to fight an assailant themselves.”
“You cannot build character and courage by destroying men's initiative and independence.”
“We are biological creatures. We are born, we live, we die. There is no transcendent purpose to existence. At best we are creatures of reason, and by using reason we can cure ourselves of emotional excess. Purged of both hope and fear, we find courage in the face of helplessness, insignificance and uncertainty.”
“We learned to be patient observers like the owl. We learned cleverness from the crow, and courage from the jay, who will attack an owl ten times its size to drive it off its territory. But above all of them ranked the chickadee because of its indomitable spirit.”
“If you could get up the courage to begin, you have the courage to succeed.”
“There are no greater treasures than the highest human qualities such as compassion, courage and hope. Not even tragic accident or disaster can destroy such treasures of the heart.”
“Nothing gives us courage more readily than the desire to avoid looking like a d--n fool.”
“Lying at the root of the social agreements of 1980 are the courage, sense of responsibility, and the solidarity of the working people. Both sides have then recognized that an accord must be reached if bloodshed is to be prevented.”
“A member must say that he is a member of the Unification Church and that he is the follower of Sun Myung Moon. If he doesn't have the courage to say it, he is not worthy of me.”
“Courage is always rewarded.”
“The enchanting charms of this sublime science reveal only to those who have the courage to go deeply into it.”
“With enough courage, you can do without a reputation.”
“What I've always said is that I'm opposed to institutional racism, and I would've, had I've been alive at the time, I think, had the courage to march with Martin Luther King to overturn institutional racism, and I see no place in our society for institutional racism.”
“I have reached the conclusion that those who have physical courage also have moral courage. Physical courage is a great test.”
“Wait for the Lord. Behave yourself manfully, and be of good courage. Do not be faithless, but stay in your place and do not turn back.”
“It takes a good deal of physical courage to ride a horse. This, however, I have. I get it at about forty cents a flask, and take it as required.”
“Success means having the courage, the determination, and the will to become the person you believe you were meant to be.”
“He's nice enough not to want to be associated with a nasty remark but not nice enough not to make it. Lacking the courage of one's nastiness does not make one nice.”
“It is easy enough to praise men for the courage of their convictions. I wish I could teach the sad young of this mealy generation the courage of their confusions.”
“Unjust. How many times I've used that word, scolded myself with it. All I mean by it now is that I don't have the final courage to say that I refuse to preside over violations against myself, and to hell with justice.”
“I don't understand why people say that I am full of courage. I feel terribly nervous.”