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Courage

Farrah Fawcett had courage, she had strength, and she had faith. – Jaclyn Smith

I have written a memoir here and there, and that takes its own form of selfishness and courage. However, generally speaking, I have no interest in writing about my own life or intruding in the privacy of those around me. – Peter Carey

I know what real courage is, and I understand true compassion. – Mo Yan

My talent is such that no undertaking, however vast in size… has ever surpassed my courage. – Peter Paul Rubens

And as a child I was filled with passionate admiration for acts of civic courage I had seen performed by an elderly military doctor, who was a friend of my family. – Rene Cassin

The single outstanding exception was the broad yet precise mandate communicated by the General Assembly in 1946 to prepare as soon as possible the Charter of Human Rights which the San Francisco Conference had not had the time or the courage to draw up. – Rene Cassin

We must remind Americans that the promise of opportunity remains unbroken – that every person in this great nation can succeed through hard work, courage and personal responsibility. – Brian Sandoval

Courage is always the surest wisdom. – Wilfred Grenfell

One of the marks of a gift is to have the courage of it. – Katherine Anne Porter

But after this natural burst of indignation, no man of sense, courage, or prudence will waste his time or his strength in retrospective reproaches or repinings. – Robert Peel

I think the Iraqi people have shown extraordinary patience and courage in the last few months. They have really put a political system on the way to success, to a real democracy here. – Paul Bremer

Freedom is a system based on courage. – Charles Peguy

In this work I have received the opposition of a number of men who only advocate the unobtainable because the immediately possible is beyond their moral courage, administrative ability, and their political prescience. – John Burns

With honesty of purpose, balance, a respect for tradition, courage, and, above all, a philosophy of life, any young person who embraces the historical profession will find it rich in rewards and durable in satisfaction. – Samuel E. Morison

I would kiss you, had I the courage. – Edouard Manet

It is remarkable that this people, though unarmed, dares attack an armed foe the infantry defy the cavalry, and by their activity and courage generally prove victors. – Giraldus Cambrensis

But steel bars have never yet kept out a mob it takes something a good deal stronger: human courage backed up by the consciousness of being right. – Ray Stannard Baker

During the long process of history, by relying on our own diligence, courage and wisdom, Chinese people have opened up a good and beautiful home where all ethnic groups live in harmony and fostered an excellent culture that never fades. – Xi Jinping

Ofttimes the test of courage becomes rather to live than to die. – Vittorio Alfieri

Courage is just fear, plus prayers, plus understanding. – Edward Albert