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    Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor ; spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the grey twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.

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I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my read more

I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain. - Dune, "Litany Against Fear", 1965.

by Frank Herbert Found in: Courage Quotes,
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It hurts to love someone and not be loved in return, but what is the most painful is to love read more

It hurts to love someone and not be loved in return, but what is the most painful is to love someone and never find the courage to let the person know how you feel.

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Great dreams... never even get out of the box. It takes an uncommon amount of guts to put your dreams read more

Great dreams... never even get out of the box. It takes an uncommon amount of guts to put your dreams on the line, to hold them up and say, 'How good or how bad am I?' That's where courage comes in.

by Erma Bombeck Found in: Courage Quotes,
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Bravery is the capacity to perform properly even when scared half to death.

Bravery is the capacity to perform properly even when scared half to death.

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My greatest point is my persistence. I never give up in a match. However down I am, I fight until read more

My greatest point is my persistence. I never give up in a match. However down I am, I fight until the last ball. My list of matches shows that I have turned a great many so-called irretrievable defeats into victories.

by Bjorn Borg Found in: Courage Quotes,
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The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice, it is conformity.

The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice, it is conformity.

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It was just him and me. He fought with honor. If it weren't for his honor, he and the others read more

It was just him and me. He fought with honor. If it weren't for his honor, he and the others would have beaten me together. They might have killed me, then. His sense of honor saved my life. I didn't fight with honor... I fought to win.

by Orson Scott Card Found in: Courage Quotes,
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Courage is the ladder on which all the other virtues mount.

Courage is the ladder on which all the other virtues mount.

by Clare Booth Luce Found in: Courage Quotes,
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No person among us deserves any other reward for performing a brave and worthy action, but the consciousness of having read more

No person among us deserves any other reward for performing a brave and worthy action, but the consciousness of having served his nation.

by Joseph Bryant Found in: Courage Quotes,
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