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Valor is a gift. Those having it never know for sure if they have

Valor is a gift. Those having it never know for sure if they have it till the test comes. And those having it in one test never know for sure if they will have it when the next test comes. – Carl Sandburg

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Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you. – Carl Sandburg

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And I think most people in this country want to see a president thats got the courage to say were going to cut the tax burden, and reduce the regulatory climate, and were going to get Americans working. – Rick Perry

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Theres only one requirement of any of us, and that is to be courageous. Because courage, as you might know, defines all other human behavior. And, I believe – because Ive done a little of this myself – pretending to be courageous is just as good as the real thing. – David Letterman

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You cant test courage cautiously. – Annie Dillard

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Once I had all the facts in, I found I didnt have the immoral courage to pull the caper. So I wrote it as a story. As a teenager, I didnt have any skills for writing as such, so it came out in 1500 words. – Theodore Sturgeon

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Attachment to spiritual things is.. just as much an attachment as inordinate love of anything else. – Thomas Merton

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During the Cold War, we gathered information by listening to the Soviets, taking pictures of the Soviets, and we allowed our human intelligence to decline. – Bob Graham

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