#courage

Fear," the doctor said, "is the relinquishment of logic, the willing relinquishing of reasonable patterns. We yield to it or we fight it, but we cannot meet it halfway. ↗

— Shirley Jackson

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Courage is the power to let go of the familiar. ↗

— Raymond Lindquist

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Jennifer Merrick had stored all her tears inside her, and her pride and courage would never permit her to break down and shed them. ↗

— Judith McNaught

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We ought to face our destiny with courage. ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

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All those years I thought that it was power that brought responsibility. It's not. I was wrong. It's responsibility that brings power. It's knowing what needs to be done that brings strength. And courage. ↗

— Peter Parker

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The highest courage is to dare to appear to be what one is. ↗

— John Lancaster Spaulding

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I’ve learned that sometimes, when you’re afraid but you keep on moving forward, that’s the biggest kind of courage there is. ↗

— Cynthia Hand

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It takes an enormous amount of strength, courage and energy to allow yourself to be a positive person. It takes virtually no energy at all to allow yourself to become the opposite. ↗

— J.W. Collier

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So the question becomes, If you are ever faced with this choice are you willing to die for what you believe in? For that is the only way you will deny him. [...] It's a difficult question and not one you can answer until you're faced with it. Keep in mind that many people have died for their beliefs; it's actually quite common. The real courage is in living and suffering for what you believe. ↗

— Christopher Paolini

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Do not be afraid. Because if you let these fears consume you, you’ll most likely fail even before everything else starts. ↗

— Veronica Mist

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