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

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As to honor -- you know -- it's a very fine mediaeval inheritance which women never got hold of. It read more

As to honor -- you know -- it's a very fine mediaeval inheritance which women never got hold of. It wasn't theirs.

by Joseph Conrad Found in: Courage Quotes,
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If there is one thing upon this earth that mankind love and admire better than another, it is a brave read more

If there is one thing upon this earth that mankind love and admire better than another, it is a brave man, -- it is the man who dares to look the devil in the face and tell him he is a devil.

by James A. Garfield Found in: Courage Quotes,
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Courage is a special kind of knowledge: the knowledge of how to fear what ought to be feared and how read more

Courage is a special kind of knowledge: the knowledge of how to fear what ought to be feared and how not to fear what ought no to be feared.

by David Ben-gurion Found in: Courage Quotes,
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It was just him and me. He fought with honor. If it weren't for his honor, he and the others read more

It was just him and me. He fought with honor. If it weren't for his honor, he and the others would have beaten me together. They might have killed me, then. His sense of honor saved my life. I didn't fight with honor... I fought to win.

by Orson Scott Card Found in: Courage Quotes,
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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 bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and read more

The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding, go out to meet it.

by Thucydides Found in: Bravery Quotes, Courage Quotes,
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No man in the world has more courage than the man who can stop after eating one peanut.

No man in the world has more courage than the man who can stop after eating one peanut.

by Channing Pollock Found in: Courage Quotes,
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But straightway Jesus spake upto them saying, Be of good cheer:
it is I; be not afraid.

But straightway Jesus spake upto them saying, Be of good cheer:
it is I; be not afraid.

by Bible Found in: Courage Quotes,
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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.

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