Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising that tempt you to believe your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires some of the same courage that a soldier needs. Peace has its victories, but it takes brave men and women to win them. -Ralph Waldo Emerson.
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The greatest barrier to success is the fear of failure.
The greatest barrier to success is the fear of failure.
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True courage is like a kite; a contrary wind raises it higher.
Bravery has no place where it can avail nothing.
Bravery has no place where it can avail nothing.
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Don't wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always be challenges, obstacles and less than perfect conditions. So what. Get started now. With each step you take, you will grow stronger and stronger, more and more skilled, more and more self-confident and more and more successful.
A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.
A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.
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Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear.
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As to honor -- you know -- it's a very fine mediaeval inheritance which women never got hold of. It wasn't theirs.
Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm.
Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm.
The scars you acquire while exercising courage will never make you feel inferior.
The scars you acquire while exercising courage will never make you feel inferior.
