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Courage

The man who has the courage of his platitudes is always a successful man. – Van Wyck Brooks

War paralyzes your courage and deadens the spirit of true manhood. – Alexander Berkman

None speak of the bravery, the might, or the intellect of Jesus but the devil is always imagined as a being of acute intellect, political cunning, and the fiercest courage. These universal and instinctive tendencies of the human mind reveal much. – Lydia M. Child

Men who live valiantly and die nobly have a strength and a courage from the eternal Father. – Josephus Daniels

True courage is a result of reasoning. A brave mind is always impregnable. – Jeremy Collier

It may not be the most popular but there is a place for it. I think about the kind of music I love, acoustic, melodic, and I guess it kind of took a bit of courage on my part to think I could be one of those songwriters. – Helen Slater

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is a time to honor the greatest champion of racial equality who taught a nation – through compassion and courage – about democracy, nonviolence and racial justice. – Mark Pryor

There is no glory in war, yet from the blackness of its history, there emerge vivid colours of human character and courage. Those who risked their lives to help their friends. – Silvia Cartwright

Courage to be is the key to revelatory power of the feminist revolution. – Mary Daly

I took my courage in both hands and went to the Laundromat to do my washing. I had to use three machines. – Julie Doucet

The memoirs that have come out of Africa are sometimes startlingly beautiful, often urgent, and essentially life-affirming, but they are all performances of courage and honesty. – Alexandra Fuller

Give the people not hell, but hope and courage. – John Murray

Whatever enlarges hope will also exalt courage. – William Samuel Johnson

Someone once told me the one thread that runs through them all is a premium on personal courage – not intellectual courage, but just plain physical courage. – Walter Lord

There has to be this pioneer, the individual who has the courage, the ambition to overcome the obstacles that always develop when one tries to do something worthwhile, especially when it is new and different. – Alfred P. Sloan

If you set as your goal to roll back the size of government, you have an obligation to answer the tough questions and show real courage, not just appeal to ideology. Treat the voters like adults. – Brian Baird

Even within the last three or four years, I have a greater ability to communicate, I think. I have more courage to show the stuff… And it does take courage. – Barbara Cook

A man of character in peace is a man of courage in war. – Charles Wilson

My definition of courage is never letting anyone define you. – Jenna Jameson

If I am to be known for anything, I would like it to be for encouraging Canadians, for knowing a little bit about their daily, extraordinary courage. And for wanting that courage to be recognized. – Romeo LeBlanc