Courage: Do you Have It?

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“Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others.” ― Aristotle

“Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.” ― Winston Churchill

“I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It's when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.- Atticus Finch”  (Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird)

“Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear.” ― Mark Twain

 “Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.” ― Anaïs Nin

“Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising that tempt you to believe your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires some of the same courage that a soldier needs. Peace has its victories, but it takes brave men and women to win them.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace. God is awake.” ― Victor Hugo 

“Courage is found in unlikely places.” ― J.R.R. Tolkien

“It is not the strength of the body that counts, but the strength of the spirit.” ― J.R.R. Tolkien

“Courage is grace under pressure.” ― Ernest Hemingway

“Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day that says I'll try again tomorrow.” ― Mary Anne Radmacher

“A man with outward courage dares to die; a man with inner courage dares to live.” ― Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

“Courage cannot be left like bones in a bag. It must be brought out and shown the light again and again, growing stronger each time. If you think it will keep for the times you need it, you are wrong. It is like any other part of your strength. If you ignore it, the bag will be empty when you need it most.” ― Conn Iggulden, Genghis: Birth of an Empire 

“We have to be braver than we think we can be, because God is constantly calling us to be more than we are.” ― Madeleine L'Engle

“A man of courage is also full of faith.” ― Marcus Tullius Cicero