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Being brave...is not always being unafraid. Maybe it's more like doing what you know is right even when you're too tired. Or scared. It's going on and doing it anyway...even when you think you can't take one more step. ↗

— Bodie Thoene

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You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you’ve really stopped to look fear in the face.You must do the thing which you think you cannot do ↗

— Hotch

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Sometimes the hardest thing any of us can hope for is finding the courage to be honest with ourselves. ↗

— Kira Saito

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Courage is endurance for one moment more... ↗

— Unknown Marine Second Lieutenant in Vietnam

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Fear is an aid to the warrior. It is a small fire burning. It heats the muscles, making us stronger. Panic comes when the fire is out of control, consuming all courage and pride. ↗

— David Gemmell

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So most people go around with grimy machinery, when all it would take is a bit of spit and polish to make them paladins once more, bold knights and true. ↗

— Catherynne M. Valente

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….it was a brave man’s fear. I knew what he meant. What must a brave general feel when he knows the battle has gone against him and nothing remains but death? ↗

— Anne Rice

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You know," Marion said, "I met a woman once when I was a teenager. I knew she had gone through a lot but she was so strong, so compassionate. I asked her how she could be the way she was, and you know what she told me?" Hadley shook her head. "She said, 'You can be broken, or broken open. That choice is yours. ↗

— Erica Bauermeister

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There are moments in our lives when we summon the courage to make choices that go against reason, against common sense and the wise counsel of people we trust. ↗

— Howard Schultz

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The real courage is in living and suffering for what you believe. ↗

— Christopher Paolini

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