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Are there any two words in all of the English language more closely twinned than courage and cowardice? I do not think there is a man alive who will not yearn to possess the former and dread to be accused of the latter. One is held to be the apogee of man's character, the other its nadir. An yet, to me the two sit side by side on the circle of life, removed from each other by the merest degree of arc. (MARCH - Chapter 11 - page 168) ↗

— Geraldine Brooks

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Greater love hath no man then this, that a man lay down his life for his friends ↗

— The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

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He who is a firstling is ever sacrificed. ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

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As long as we know what it's about, then we can have the courage to go wherever we are asked to go, even if we fear that the road may take us through danger and pain. ↗

— Madeleine L'Engle

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I don’t for a moment think I am any braver or better than anybody else. This is how I attempt to explain what gives me the strength to do what I do; when that thunderbolt of an idea first hit me and inspired me to row across oceans, it filled me with a sense of purpose so strong that it overcame my fears. Even when boredom, frustration, fatigue or despair threatened to overwhelm me, it was that powerful sense of purpose that kept me going. ↗

— Roz Savage

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Being brave is not as easy as it looks. ↗

— Simone Elkeles

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But often life asks much of you, and you either honor life by answering with all your heart, or you cower your way into your grave. ↗

— James Clemens

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When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are often stiffened. ↗

— Billy Graham

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Does it make you brave to stick your hand in a bear's mouth? Would you do it again just because you didn't die? ↗