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They can't hurt you unless you let them.
They can't hurt you unless you let them.
The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart.
The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart.
Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear.
Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear.
 O friends, be men, and let your hearts be strong,
 And let no warrior in the heat of fight
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 O friends, be men, and let your hearts be strong,
 And let no warrior in the heat of fight
  Do what may bring him shame in others' eyes;
   For more of those who shrink from shame are safe
    Than fall in battle, while with those who flee
     Is neither glory nor reprieve from death. 
Some have been thought brave because they were afraid to run away.
Some have been thought brave because they were afraid to run away.
We are all the President's men.
We are all the President's men.
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.
He lives the poetry that he cannot write. The others write the poetry that they dare not realise.
He lives the poetry that he cannot write. The others write the poetry that they dare not realise.
It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.
It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.