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    I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.

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Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after another.

Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after another.

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It is curious-curious that physical courage should be so common in the world, and moral courage so rare. -Mark Twain.

It is curious-curious that physical courage should be so common in the world, and moral courage so rare. -Mark Twain.

by Mark Twain Found in: Courage Quotes,
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God Almighty hates a quitter.

God Almighty hates a quitter.

by Samuel Fessenden Found in: Courage Quotes,
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Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.

Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.

by Lucius Annaeus Seneca Found in: Courage Quotes,
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Courage, the highest gift, that scorns to bend
To mean devices for a sordid end.
Courage--an independent read more

Courage, the highest gift, that scorns to bend
To mean devices for a sordid end.
Courage--an independent spark from Heaven's bright throne,
By which the soul stands raised, triumphant high, alone.
Great in itself, not praises of the crowd,
Above all vice, it stoops not to be proud.
Courage, the mighty attribute of powers above,
By which those great in war, are great in love.
The spring of all brave acts is seated here,
As falsehoods draw their sordid birth from fear.

by George Farquhar Found in: Courage Quotes,
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Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take read more

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.

by Theodore Roosevelt Found in: Courage Quotes,
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Courage is grace under pressure.

Courage is grace under pressure.

by Ernest Hemingway Found in: Courage Quotes,
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Honor is unstable and seldom the same; for she feeds upon opinion, and is as fickle as her food.

Honor is unstable and seldom the same; for she feeds upon opinion, and is as fickle as her food.

by Charles Caleb Colton Found in: Courage Quotes,
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Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear.

Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear.

by Mark Twain Found in: Courage Quotes,
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