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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This magnificent butterfly finds a little heap of dirt and sits still on it; but man will never on his heap of mud keep still. – Joseph Conrad

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The true peace of God begins at any spot a thousand miles from the nearest land. – 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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You will find as you grow older that courage is the rarest of all qualities to be found in public life. – Benjamin Disraeli

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A leader must have the courage to act against an experts advice. – James Callaghan

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He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life. – Muhammad Ali

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Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties. – Erich Fromm

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