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When a resolute young fellow steps up to the great bully, the world, and takes him boldly by the beard, he is often surprised to find it comes off in his hand, and that it was only tied on to scare away the timid adventurers. ↗

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

#fear #courage

He saw that it was an ironical thing for him to be running thus toward that which he had been at such pains to avoid. ↗

— Stephen Crane

#irony #red-badge-of-courage #war #courage

He explained to Atro that he now understood why the army was organized as it was. It was indeed quite necessary. No rational form of organization would serve the purpose. He simply had not understood that the purpose was to enable men with machine guns to kill unarmed men and women easily and in great quantities when told to do so. Only he still could not see where courage, or manliness, or fitness entered in. ↗

— Ursula K. Le Guin

#courage

May I deal with honour May I act with courage May I achieve humility ↗

— Dick Francis

#courage

A good conscience is eight parts of courage. ↗

— Robert Louis Stevenson

#courage #courage

Fortune favors the bold ↗

— Virgil

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One man with courage makes a majority ↗

— Andrew Jackson

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I became amazed at how much my men would tolerate if someone just took the time to explain the why of it all to them. ↗

— Donovan Campbell

#joker-one #marines #courage

A biblical woman embraces God's callings, chooses wisely, lives courageously, and expects God's greater reward. ↗

— Shaunti Feldhahn

#christian-woman #inspirational #courage

Courage is an angel which makes the difference between a good life and a great life. ↗

— Kate Reed

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