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More powerful than the will to win is the courage to begin. ↗

— Orrin Woodward

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I wanted you to see something about her—I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It’s when you know you’re licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what. You rarely win, but sometimes you do. Mrs. Dubose won, all ninety-eight pounds of her. According to her views, she died beholden to nothing and nobody. She was the bravest person I ever knew. ↗

— Harper Lee

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The truth is the only thing worth having, and, in a civilized life, like ours, where so many risks are removed, facing it is almost the only courageous thing left to do. ↗

— Edward Verrall Lucas

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Through each crisis in my life, with acceptance and hope, in a single defining moment, I finally gained the courage to do things differently. ↗

— Sharon E. Rainey

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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

#life #courage

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

#fear-of-death #inspirational-quotes #courage

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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