Quote by Joseph Conrad
The last thing a woman will consent to discover in a man whom she

The last thing a woman will consent to discover in a man whom she loves, or on whom she simply depends, is want of courage. – Joseph Conrad

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How does one kill fear, I wonder? How do you shoot a specter through the heart, slash off its spectral head, take it by its spectral throat? – Joseph Conrad

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Fear
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Some great men owe most of their greatness to the ability of detecting in those they destine for their tools the exact quality of strength that matters for their work. – Joseph Conrad

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strength
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So the brother in black offers to these United States the source of courage that endures, and laughter. – Zora Neale Hurston

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Courage – a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it. – William Tecumseh Sherman

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I dont understand why people say that I am full of courage. I feel terribly nervous. – Aung San Suu Kyi

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My mother taught me that we all have the power to achieve our dreams. What I lacked was the courage. – Clay Aiken

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Maybe humans are just the pet alligators that God flushed down the toilet. – Chuck Palahniuk

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They that are on their guard and appear ready to receive their adversaries, are in much less danger of being attacked than the supine, secure and negligent. – Benjamin Franklin

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Caution

We went with the St. Lawrence Experience, which is run by Joe Babbitt, who is a close friend now. We went out there for 10 days and we had the best week of our lives, and weve been going back since. Weve been back three times now. – Tom Felton

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Happiness is beneficial for the body but it is grief that develops the powers of the mind. – Marcel Proust, The Past Recaptured, Remembrance of Things Past

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Adversity