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Courage is the discovery that you may not win, and trying when you know you can lose.
Courage is the discovery that you may not win, and trying when you know you can lose.
One man scorned and covered with scars still strove with his last ounce of courage to reach the unreachable stars; read more
One man scorned and covered with scars still strove with his last ounce of courage to reach the unreachable stars; and the world was better for this. -Don Quixote.
Live as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts.
Live as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts.
An ingenuous mind feels in unmerited praise the bitterest reproof.
An ingenuous mind feels in unmerited praise the bitterest reproof.
The test of courage comes when we are in the minority. The test of tolerance comes when we are in read more
The test of courage comes when we are in the minority. The test of tolerance comes when we are in the majority.
I would rather be a coward than brave because people hurt you when you are brave.
I would rather be a coward than brave because people hurt you when you are brave.
 The soul, secured in her existence, smiles
 At the drawn dagger, and defies its point.  
 The soul, secured in her existence, smiles
 At the drawn dagger, and defies its point. 
The only courage that matters is the kind that gets you from one moment to the next.
The only courage that matters is the kind that gets you from one moment to the next.
 Donkeys have the courage to bray after the death of a lion.
(not meant to glorify carnivorous practice).  
 Donkeys have the courage to bray after the death of a lion.
(not meant to glorify carnivorous practice).