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Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear
Let us not despair too soon, my friend. Men's words are even bolder than their deeds; and many a one who now appears resolute to meet every extremity with eager zeal, will on a sudden find in their breast a heart which he wot not of
Courage that grows from constitution often forsakes a man when he has occasion for it; courage which arises from a sense of duty acts in a uniform manner
A man of courage is also full of faith
Courage conquers all things: it even gives strength to the body
To excite opposition and inflame malevolence is the unhappy privilege of courage made arrogant by consciousness of strength
Courage is reckoned the greatest of all virtues; because, unless a man has that virtue, he has no security for preserving any other
Courage is a quality so necessary for maintaining virtue that it is always respected, even when it is associated with vice
Courage is the greatest of all virtues, because if you haven't courage, you may not have an opportunity to use any of the others
Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others
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