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Quote by Joseph Conrad
The sea - this truth must be confessed - has no generosity. No dis

The sea – this truth must be confessed – has no generosity. No display of manly qualities – courage, hardihood, endurance, faithfulness – has ever been known to touch its irresponsible consciousness of power. – Joseph Conrad

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The sea has never been friendly to man. At most it has been the accomplice of human restlessness. – Joseph Conrad

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Water
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Joseph Conrad
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Each blade of grass has its spot on earth whence it draws its life, its strength and so is man rooted to the land from which he draws his faith together with his life. – Joseph Conrad

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Conscience is the root of all true courage if a man would be brave let him obey his conscience. – James Freeman Clarke

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One man scorned and covered with scars still strove with his last ounce of courage to reach the unreachable stars and the world will be better for this. – Miguel de Cervantes

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Courage is reckoned the greatest of all virtues; because, unless a man has that virtue, he has no security for preserving any other. – Samuel Johnson (Thanks, Frank Lynch)

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When you really believe in God, it gives you a courage, a confidence that enables you to meet the things coming. – Della Reese

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