Quote by Carl Sandburg
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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The sea speaks a language polite people never repeat. It is a colossal scavenger slang and has no respect. – Carl Sandburg

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I tell you the past is a bucket of ashes, so live not in your yesterdays, no just for tomorrow, but in the here and now. Keep moving and forget the post mortems and remember, no one can get the jump on the future. – Carl Sandburg

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It requires greater courage to preserve inner freedom, to move on in ones inward journey into new realms, than to stand defiantly for outer freedom. It is often easier to play the martyr, as it is to be rash in battle. – Rollo May

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What is more mortifying than to feel that you have missed the plum for want of courage to shake the tree? – Logan P. Smith

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The courage to be is rooted in the God who appears when God has disappeared in the anxiety of doubt. – Paul Tillich

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The opposite for courage is not cowardice, it is conformity. Even a dead fish can go with the flow. – Jim Hightower

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