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    Courage enlarges, cowardice diminishes resources. In desperate straits the fears of the timid aggravate the dangers that imperil the brave.

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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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God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, read more

God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.

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Perfect courage means doing unwitnessed what we would be capable of with the world looking on. -La Rochefoucauld.

Perfect courage means doing unwitnessed what we would be capable of with the world looking on. -La Rochefoucauld.

by La Rochefoucauld Found in: Courage Quotes,
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True courage is not the brutal force of vulgar heroes, but the firm resolve of virtue and reason.

True courage is not the brutal force of vulgar heroes, but the firm resolve of virtue and reason.

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Without courage all virtues lose their meaning.

Without courage all virtues lose their meaning.

by Winston Churchill Found in: Courage Quotes,
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Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear-not absence of fear. Except a creature be part coward it is not read more

Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear-not absence of fear. Except a creature be part coward it is not a compliment to say it is brave.

by Mark Twain Found in: Courage Quotes, Cowards Quotes,
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What a new face courage puts on everything!

What a new face courage puts on everything!

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: Courage Quotes,
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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.

by Frank Herbert Found in: Courage Quotes,
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The bravest thing you can do when you are not brave is to profess courage and act accordingly.

The bravest thing you can do when you are not brave is to profess courage and act accordingly.

by Corra Harris Found in: Courage Quotes,
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