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Young men go to war. Sometimes because they have to, sometimes because they want to. Always, they feel they are supposed to. This comes from the sad, layered stories of life, which over the centuries have seen courage confused with picking up arms, and cowardice confused with laying them down. ↗

— Mitch Albom

#patriotism #war #courage

Courage will now be your best defence against the storm that is at hand-—that and such hope as I bring. ↗

— J.R.R. Tolkien

#gandalf #hope #war #courage

Take chances, make mistakes. That's how you grow. Pain nourishes your courage. You have to fail in order to practice being brave. ↗

— Mary Tyler Moore

#brave #chances #courage #fail #grow

The willingness to show up changes us, It makes us a little braver each time. ↗

— Brené Brown

#risk #showing-up #change

Take down the walls. ↗

— Lauren Oliver

#inspirational #lena-holoway #requiem #strength #courage

If a man isn't willing to take some risk for his opinions, either his opinions are no good or he's no good ↗

— Ezra Pound

#courage #criticism #intellectuals #opinion #taboos

A man of courage flees forward, in the midst of new things. ↗

— Jacques Maritain

#flees #forward #man #midst #new

Christianity taught men that love is worth more than intelligence. ↗

— Jacques Maritain

#intelligence #love #love is #men #more

I lacked the courage to investigate the weaknesses of the wicked, because I discovered they are the same as the weaknesses of the saintly. ↗

— Umberto Eco

#weakness #courage

That was courage, Keller thought. Not doing something without being afraid, but doing something even though you were afraid. ↗

— L.J. Smith

#wisdom #courage