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My mother taught me about the power of inspiration and courage, and she did it with a strength and a passion that I wish could be bottled.
– Carly Fiorina
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My message, especially to young people is to have courage to think differently, courage to invent, to travel the unexplored path, courage to discover the impossible and to conquer the problems and succeed. These are great qualities that they must work towards. This is my message to the young people.
– Abdul Kalam
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My message to you all is of hope, courage and confidence. Let us mobilize all our resources in a systematic and organized way and tackle the grave issues that confront us with grim determination and discipline worthy of a great nation.
– Muhammad Ali Jinnah
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My definition of courage is never letting anyone define you.
– Jenna Jameson
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Most of the good executives do pretty well. Because to be a good executive you have to be strong, and you have to have a simple attribute that people have forgotten about - courage.
– John Milius
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Most of man's problems upon this planet, in the long history of the race, have been met and solved either partially or as a whole by experiment based on common sense and carried out with courage.
– Frances Perkins
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Morality may consist solely in the courage of making a choice.
– Leon Blum
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Moral courage is higher and a rarer virtue than physical courage.
– William Slim
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Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them.
– Bruce Lee
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Men who live valiantly and die nobly have a strength and a courage from the eternal Father.
– Josephus Daniels
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Men create real miracles when they use their God-given courage and intelligence.
– Jean Anouilh
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Maybe you will be afraid and maybe you will fail, but the courage to take risks in any part of your life is, I feel, a very worthwhile way to live.
– Emile Hirsch
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Many a man will have the courage to die gallantly, but will not have the courage to say, or even to think, that the cause for which he is asked to die is an unworthy one.
– Bertrand Russell
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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.
– Lech Walesa
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Love is the most difficult and dangerous form of courage. Courage is the most desperate, admirable and noble kind of love.
– Delmore Schwartz
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Limit to courage? There is no limit to courage.
– Gabriele D'Annunzio
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Life is to be entered upon with courage.
– Alexis de Tocqueville
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Life is the most exciting opportunity we have. But we have one shot. You graduate from college once, and that's it. You're going out of that nest. And you have to find that courage that's deep, deep, deep in there. Every step of the way.
– Andrew Shue
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Let's drink to the spirit of gallantry and courage that made a strange Heaven out of unbelievable Hell, and let's drink to the hope that one day this country of ours, which we love so much, will find dignity and greatness and peace again.
– Noel Coward
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Let who will boast their courage in the field, I find but little safety from my shield, Nature's, not honour's law we must obey: This made me cast my useless shield away.
– Archilochus
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Let me start with Yahoo. As we meet today, a Chinese citizen who had the courage to speak his mind on the Internet is in prison because Yahoo chose to share his name and address with the Chinese Government.
– Tom Lantos
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Leadership requires the courage to make decisions that will benefit the next generation.
– Alan Autry
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Just remaining quietly in the presence of God, listening to Him, being attentive to Him, requires a lot of courage and know-how.
– Thomas Merton
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It's up to the courage of the filmmakers to make art in cinema, not just business. John was rejected by studios, he borrowed money and did movies with his own money. You're either courageous or not. You have to find a way.
– Ben Gazzara
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It would be sad if we lost our instinct and our courage to love and protect.
– Emeli Sande
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It was actually a women's writing group I belonged to in graduate school that gave me the courage to move from poetry to fiction.
– Mary Gordon
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It took me realizing that a broken heart has never actually killed anyone to find the courage to ask for what I want, in just about every situation. That was part of my own growing up.
– Ginnifer Goodwin
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It takes someone with a vision of the possibilities to attain new levels of experience. Someone with the courage to live his dreams.
– Les Brown
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It takes courage to know when you ought to be afraid.
– James A. Michener
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It takes both courage and talent to stand up in front of fellow human beings and make them crack a smile, and at the same time keep it clean.
– Ray Comfort
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It takes a lot of courage to face up to things you can't do because we feed ourselves so much denial.
– Zoe Saldana
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It takes a great deal of courage to follow another person's lead.
– Bill Hybels
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It often takes more courage to change one's opinion than to keep it.
– Willy Brandt
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It may not be the most popular but there is a place for it. I think about the kind of music I love, acoustic, melodic, and I guess it kind of took a bit of courage on my part to think I could be one of those songwriters.
– Helen Slater
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It is up to African leaders to show their will and political courage in order to assure that this new pan-African institution becomes an efficient instrument and not a place for endless discussions.
– Omar Bongo
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It is remarkable that this people, though unarmed, dares attack an armed foe the infantry defy the cavalry, and by their activity and courage generally prove victors.
– Giraldus Cambrensis
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It is our conduct, our patriotism and belief in our American way of life, our courage that will win the final battle.
– Prescott Bush
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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.
– John Ciardi
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It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.
– Mark Twain
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It is courage, courage, courage, that raises the blood of life to crimson splendor. Live bravely and present a brave front to adversity.
– Horace
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It is a wise man who knows where courage ends and stupidity begins.
– Jerome Cady
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It has been my honor to support and work with President Barack Obama, a man who has brought courage and character to the presidency. President Obama's strength of character leads him to do the right thing, even when it isn't the easy thing.
– Harry Reid
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Intellectuals try to keep going. But their situation is very difficult. Those who have had the courage to voice their opposition have often paid a very high price.
– Tahar Ben Jelloun
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In times of conflict, war, poverty or religious fundamentalism, women and children are the first and most numerous victims. Women need all their courage today.
– Isabel Allende
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In this work I have received the opposition of a number of men who only advocate the unobtainable because the immediately possible is beyond their moral courage, administrative ability, and their political prescience.
– John Burns
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In the Soviet army it takes more courage to retreat than advance.
– Joseph Stalin
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In the inhalation and exhalation there is an energy and a lively divine spirit, since He, through his spirit supports the breath of life, giving courage to the people who are in the earth and spirit to those who walk on it.
– Michael Servetus
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In short, we need to recover the courage we celebrate in our heroes, and in particular, the courage to tolerate, for the sake of a free society, a level of risk we hardly ever imagined in the past.
– Daniel Dennett
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If you set as your goal to roll back the size of government, you have an obligation to answer the tough questions and show real courage, not just appeal to ideology. Treat the voters like adults.
– Brian Baird
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If you could get up the courage to begin, you have the courage to succeed.
– David Viscott
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If we can't have the courage to tell our constituents, hey, we've got to cut back, then if we can point to something and say, I would like to vote for more benefits for you, but this balanced budget amendment or statutory spending cap or whatever the device is, is preventing me from doing it.
– Jeff Flake
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If we bring not the good courage of minds covetous of truth, and truth only, prepared to hear all things, and decide upon all things, according to evidence, we should do more wisely to sit down contented in ignorance, than to bestir ourselves only to reap disappointment.
– Frances Wright
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If we are to survive, we must have ideas, vision, and courage. These things are rarely produced by committees. Everything that matters in our intellectual and moral life begins with an individual confronting his own mind and conscience in a room by himself.
– Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
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If one suffers we all suffer. Togetherness is strength. Courage.
– Jean-Bertrand Aristide
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If human beings had genuine courage, they'd wear their costumes every day of the year, not just on Halloween.
– Doug Coupland
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I, with a deeper instinct, choose a man who compels my strength, who makes enormous demands on me, who does not doubt my courage or my toughness, who does not believe me naive or innocent, who has the courage to treat me like a woman.
– Anais Nin
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I've decided to run for the U.S. Senate because I believe Wisconsin families need a senator who will work hard to deliver results for the middle class - a leader with the courage to do what's right, no matter how tough the odds or how powerful the special interests we have to fight.
– Tammy Baldwin
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I've always been inspired by artists who have shown musical and intellectual curiosity and the courage to take risks.
– Renee Fleming
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I'm still shy - I'm no good at my children's parent-teacher conferences, and I'm slowly learning how to ask for what I want. But I now know that I have a reserve of courage to draw upon when I really need it. There's nothing that I'm too scared to have a go at.
– Emily Mortimer
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I'm sick of not having the courage to be an absolute nobody.
– J. D. Salinger
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I'm not a fighter, but I would love to be a boxer because I love the courage and toughness. I mean, there can be nothing more terrifying than walking into an arena and looking at Mike Tyson in the ring.
– Mark McGrath
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I'm a writer of faith who worries about the intolerance of religion. I look at the past and fear we haven't learned from it. I believe that humanity is capable of evil as well as great acts of courage and goodness. I have hope. Deep down, I believe in the human spirit, although sometimes that belief is shaken.
– Julianna Baggott
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I'll know how to die with courage that is easier than living.
– Georg Buchner
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I would kiss you, had I the courage.
– Edouard Manet
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I wish we lived in a society that made it safe and provided the courage for everyone to come out.
– Judith Light
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I went through a long period where I was afraid of doing things I wanted to do, and you get your courage back, which is what's important.
– George Michael
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I want to thank the Academy for its courage and generosity.
– Elia Kazan
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I want to grow old without facelifts. I want to have the courage to be loyal to the face I have made.
– Marilyn Monroe
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I want to find the candidates who understand the principles of American exceptionalism and have the character, the courage, and the confidence to actually lead the greatest nation in the world.
– Jim DeMint
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I want to encourage our people, to educate our people to have the courage to understand and fight for their rights.
– Megawati Sukarnoputri
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I took my courage in both hands and went to the Laundromat to do my washing. I had to use three machines.
– Julie Doucet
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I think what I would say to my younger self, and probably to younger, just starting-out writers is that a lot of times you're just afraid to put yourself out there, and it's uncomfortable because it's working up the courage to do something, to push yourself to do those things.
– Carol Leifer
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I think there's a difference between ditzy and dumb. Dumb is just not knowing. Ditzy is having the courage to ask!
– Jessica Simpson
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I think the moments that are difficult for anybody are when you see what your life could be, if only you had the courage to take the steps needed.
– John Slattery
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I think that people need to have the courage of their convictions and not be trying to fool people into thinking that they've changed overnight.
– Chris Bell
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I think my mother... made it clear that you have to live life by your own terms and you have to not worry about what other people think and you have to have the courage to do the unexpected.
– Caroline Kennedy
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I think laughter may be a form of courage. As humans we sometimes stand tall and look into the sun and laugh, and I think we are never more brave than when we do that.
– Linda Ellerbee
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I started to send my work to journals when I was 26, which was just a question of when I got the courage up. They were mostly journals I had been reading for the previous six or seven years.
– Marilyn Hacker
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I pray they will carry on in spite of that dreadful monster prejudice, and with patience, courage, fortitude and perseverance achieve success for themselves.
– Major Taylor
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I never thought much of the courage of a lion tamer. Inside the cage he is at least safe from people.
– George Bernard Shaw
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I love revolutionaries who have the courage to stand up against the status quo. They're always misunderstood, but they're the ones who are standing up for human rights.
– Richard Hatch
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I love Joan Collins. She's a wonderful lady. She has such courage. She's such a good actress.
– Robert Wagner
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I like so much wearing heels, legs look so much better, everything looks better. But it's only recently I've had the courage to do that.
– Blanka Vlasic
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I know what real courage is, and I understand true compassion.
– Mo Yan
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I know this president. And I can tell you that he cares deeply about the next generation of young women in this country - his daughters, and everyone's daughters. President Obama had the courage to stand with Sandra Fluke. Without hesitation, he defended her right to tell her story.
– Nancy Keenan
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I know that throughout their history, the people of the United States defended their freedom, their liberty, their justice, and their rights - if need be - with their lives. I think their courage is so admirable.
– Lee Myung-bak
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I know that if I'd had to go and take an exam for acting, I wouldn't have got anywhere. You don't take exams for acting, you take your courage.
– Dame Edith Evans
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I hope America can also be the cultural leader of the world, and use this frontier spirit to lead and show others that we need courage to go places where we have not gone before.
– Tadao Ando
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I have written a memoir here and there, and that takes its own form of selfishness and courage. However, generally speaking, I have no interest in writing about my own life or intruding in the privacy of those around me.
– Peter Carey
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I have three favorite politicians: Reagan, Truman, and Bobby Kennedy - Bobby for showing remarkable political courage despite being loathed by many on both sides.
– Joe Scarborough
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I have the responsibility of over four million people, and I am in a position to do good, to be able to bring about a new life for my people, and I will continue to move in that direction. It's a burden, but it needs to be done, and you have to have the courage and wisdom to see it through.
– King Abdullah II
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I have the courage of my convictions.
– Brigitte Bardot
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I have reached the conclusion that those who have physical courage also have moral courage. Physical courage is a great test.
– Oriana Fallaci
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I have no physical courage, I've asked for a double.
– Catherine Deneuve
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I have always had the courage for the new things that life sometimes offers.
– Wallis Simpson
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I have a lot of courage. I'm a realist.
– Elisabeth Rohm
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I fear some of our leaders today have lost the courage to stand up. What we have now are politicians. They won't offer real plans, and only stand up when they want to blame someone else.
– Susana Martinez
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I don't understand why people say that I am full of courage. I feel terribly nervous.
– Aung San Suu Kyi
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I admired Eugene McCarthy's courage and although I left his Senate staff after four years to accept a job as the researcher on the editorial page of the 'Washington Post,' I remained an admirer.
– Kitty Kelley
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Howard Dean has been successful because he was clear in his opposition to the war. People appreciate a politician with the courage to say, I oppose this war.
– Bianca Jagger
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