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The needs of a society determine its ethics, and in the Black American ghettos the hero is that man who is offered only the crumbs from his country's table but by ingenuity and courage is able to take for himself a Lucullan feast. Hence the janitor who lives in one room but sports a robin's-egg-blue Cadillac is not laughed at but admired, and the domestic who buys forty-dollar shoes is not criticized but is appreciated. We know that they have put to use their full mental and physical powers. Each single gain feeds into the gains of the body collective. ↗

— Maya Angelou

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I aine never seen a fox before. So, why should I be scared of you and I don't even-now know you a real fox for a fact? ↗

— Patricia C. McKissack

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You think the only battles fought are done so with rifles, and the only wounds that kill draw blood. You think courage is loud, boisterous, and proud. Mrs. Warner, I don't think you have a clue as to what this memorial truly represents." -Clay to Meg ↗

— Lorraine Heath

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You don’t walk with your feet; you walk with your courage! No courage, no walking! ↗

— Mehmet Murat ildan

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George P. A. Healy; "I knew no one in France, I was utterly ignorant of the language, I did not know what I should do when once there; but I was not yet one-and-twenty, and I had a great stock of courage, of inexperience—which is sometimes a great help—and a strong desire to be my very best. ↗

— David McCullough

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Tell your story: Yes, tell your story. Show your example. Tell everyone it's possible, and others shall feel the courage, to climb their own mountains. ↗

— Paulo Coelho

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Trust your passion, identify your dreams, and find the courage to share them with others, no matter how many times they call you a fool. ↗

— Bill Strickland

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You can't test courage cautiously.” (Annie Dillard) ↗

— Marcia Quinn Noren

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Where I hear of people’s stories who have been through the same as me and end up on the street I realized that my courage is not in what I faced but who I am. ↗

— Inez

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Buffalo Hump knew his son was brave, but that was not enough. If a warrior lacked wisdom, courage alone would not keep him alive for long. ↗

— Larry McMurtry

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