#courage

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

— John Quincy Adams

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New Year's Resolution: To tolerate fools more gladly, provided this does not encourage them to take up more of my time. ↗

— James Agate

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I wouldn't say I'm a very controlling person. For instance, when I talk to the actors, I don't tell them exactly what I want because I want them to surprise me. I even encourage them to change some of the verses of the script if they need to. ↗

— Alejandro Amenabar

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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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Sometimes because a woman is beautiful, she's not encouraged to be more, although she may have so much more to offer. ↗

— Susan Anton

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I was slightly disappointed, but also encouraged, because I put myself in position to win a major, which is all even Tiger says he tries to do. ↗

— Stuart Appleby

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We must be willing to courageously invest in our city. ↗

— Alan Autry

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Skydiving is something I've never done! And I am very excited to take the leap with a community of like-minded courageous women. ↗

— Ann Bancroft

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Presumption should never make us neglect that which appears easy to us, nor despair make us lose courage at the sight of difficulties. ↗

— Benjamin Banneker

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The aspects of patriotism that hush dissent, encourage going along, and sanction comfortable distancing and compliance with what is indecent and unacceptable... those aspects are too fundamental to ignore or gloss over. ↗

— Bernadine Dohrn

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