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Yet you told him you loved him?" "Yes, I did." Bridgid was clearly impressed. "You're more courageous than I am. The fear of being rejected pains me to even think about, yet you boldly told Brodick how you felt, even though he hadn't spoken his feelings." "Actually, he told me I loved him. ↗

— Julie Garwood

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So long as we are brave enough to accept the consequences of our actions, no one can take away our freedom of choice. ↗

— Mike Norton

#brave #bravery #choice #consequence #courage

Men do what is called a good action, as some piece of courage or charity, much as they would pay a fine in expiation of daily non-appearance on parade. Their works are done as an apology or extenuation of their living in the world. I do not wish to expiate, but to live. My life is not an apology, but a life. ↗

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

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We must be content to grow slowly. Most of us will still barely be at the beginning of our recovery by the time we die. But that is better than killing ourselves pretending to be healthy. ↗

— Simon Tugwell

#hope #life #recovery #courage

The true meaning of courage is to be afraid, and then, with your knees knocking and your heart racing, to step out anyway—even when that step makes sense to nobody but you. I know that’s not easy. But making a bold move is the only way to truly advance toward the grandest vision the universe has for you. ↗

— Oprah Winfrey

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Any human face is a claim on you, because you can't help but understand the singularity of it, the courage and loneliness of it. But this is truest of the face of an infant. I consider that to be one kind of vision, as mystical as any. ↗

— Marilynne Robinson

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He talks about God, and loving God. he says that when we open to loving a person, whether that person is a spouse, friend, or child, we open our hearts to loving God. He says when we let someone love us, we're opening our hearts to god's love. he says the acts are the same. p 19 I decide loving isn't for the fain. Its for the courageous. p 19 ↗

— Melody Beattie

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Stop thinking all the time that you're in the way, that you're bothering the person next to you. If people don't like it, they can complain. And if they don't have courage to complain, that's their problem. ↗

— Paulo Coelho

#love #personality #courage

Increasingly, the mathematics will demand the courage to face its implications. ↗

— Michael Crichton

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Sooner I realized, he doesn't need to be big to be brave, because bravery is the courage found in the heart... ↗

— Aishah Madadiy

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