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«May you grow up to be righteous, may you grow up to be true. May you always know the truth and see the lights surrounding you. May you always be courageous, stand upright and be strong. May you stay forever young.»
«Many of our fears are tissuepaper-thin, and a single courageous step would carry us through them.»
Author: Brendan Francis | About: Fear | Keywords: courageous
«However great a man's fear of life, suicide remains the courageous act, the clear-headed act of a mathematician. The suicide has judged by the laws of chance -- so many odds against one that to live will be more miserable than to die. His sense of mathematics is greater than his sense of survival. But think how a sense of survival must clamor to be heard at the last moment, what excuses it must present of a totally unscientific nature.»
«Love bravely, live bravely, be courageous, there's really nothing to lose.»
«He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.»
Author: Muhammad Ali (Activist, Boxer) | Keywords: courageous, risks
«Hope, like faith, is nothing if it is not courageous; it is nothing if it is not ridiculous.»
Author: Thornton Wilder | About: Hope | Keywords: courageous, ridiculous
«Men make history, and not the other way around. In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still. Progress occurs when courageous, skillful leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better.»
«During war times not only one should himself take part in it but also encourage the courageous to do so by creating awareness, zeal and enthusiasm for the war in the society. »
«In no way was I intending to say, nor have I ever thought, that the men and women who defend our nation in uniform are anything but courageous and valiant, and I offer my apologies to anyone who took it wrong.»
«Disobedience, the rarest and most courageous of the virtues, is seldom distinguished from neglect, the laziest and commonest of the vices.»