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    Write on your doors the saying wise and old,
    "Be bold! be bold!" and everywhere--"Be bold;
    Be not too bold!" Yet better the excess
    That the defect; better the more than less;
    Better like Hector in the field to die,
    Than like a perfumed Paris turn and fly.

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The schoolboy, with his satchel in his hand,
Whistling aloud to bear his courage up.

The schoolboy, with his satchel in his hand,
Whistling aloud to bear his courage up.

by Robert Blair Found in: Courage Quotes,
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The charm of the best courages is that they are inventions,
inspirations, flashes of genius.

The charm of the best courages is that they are inventions,
inspirations, flashes of genius.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: Courage Quotes,
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Half a man's wisdom goes with his courage.

Half a man's wisdom goes with his courage.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: Courage Quotes,
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To see what is right and not to do it, is want of courage. -Confucius Analects.

To see what is right and not to do it, is want of courage. -Confucius Analects.

by Confucius Analects Found in: Courage Quotes,
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Valor is a gift. Those having it never know for sure whether they have it till the test comes. And read more

Valor is a gift. Those having it never know for sure whether they have it till the test comes. And those having it in one test never know for sure if they will have it when the next test comes.

by Carl Sandburg Found in: Courage Quotes,
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Every man has his own courage, and is betrayed because he seeks in himself the courage of other persons.

Every man has his own courage, and is betrayed because he seeks in himself the courage of other persons.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: Courage Quotes,
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In order to discover new lands, one must be willing to lose sight of the shore for a very long read more

In order to discover new lands, one must be willing to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.

by Anonymous Found in: Courage Quotes,
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He who loses wealth loses much; he who loses a friend loses more; but he that loses his courage loses read more

He who loses wealth loses much; he who loses a friend loses more; but he that loses his courage loses all.

by Miguel De Cervantes Found in: Courage Quotes,
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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).

by Helen Blavatsky Found in: Courage Quotes,
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