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Hardships make or break people. ↗

— Margaret Mitchell

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To see what is right and not to do it is want of courage, or of principle. ↗

— Kong Fu Zi

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Owning our story can be hard but not nearly as difficult as spending our lives running from it. Embracing our vulnerabilities is risky but not nearly as dangerous as giving up on love and belonging and joy—the experiences that make us the most vulnerable. Only when we are brave enough to explore the darkness will we discover the infinite power of our light. ↗

— Brené Brown

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The man of wisdom is never of two minds; the man of benevolence never worries; the man of courage is never afraid. ↗

— Confucius

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Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air. ↗

— John Quincy Adams

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Courage! I have shown it for years; think you I shall lose it at the moment when my sufferings are to end? ↗

— Marie Antoinette

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Besides we are men, and after all it is our business to risk our lives. ↗

— Alexandre Dumas

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Tend to the people, and they will tend to the business. ↗

— John C. Maxwell

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It was always exciting, but it was also always dangerous. And fear takes a toll finally: when you live in danger from moment to moment, the constant tension becomes very wearying. Every step I took on the roads of Gelderland was nerve-wracking, because I was secretly carrying the very material that could turn out to be my own death warrant. ↗

— Diet Eman

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Governments too steady and uniform, as they are seldom free, so are they, in the judgment of some attended with another sensible inconvenience: they abate the active powers of men; depress courage, invention, and genius; and produce a universal lethary in the people. ↗

— David Hume

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