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    Oscar Wilde
    “Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
    ― Oscar Wilde
    tags: attributed-no-source, be-yourself, gilbert-perreira, honesty, inspirational, misattributed-oscar-wilde, quote-investigator
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    Lao Tzu
    “Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.”
    ― Lao Tzu
    tags: courage, deeply-loved, love, strength, widely-misattributed
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    Lao Tzu
    “Knowing others is intelligence;
    knowing yourself is true wisdom.
    Mastering others is strength;
    mastering yourself is true power.”
    ― Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching
    tags: wisdom
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    Lao Tzu
    “Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.”
    ― Lao Tzu
    tags: acceptance, change, life, reality, serenity
    3890 likes

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    Lao Tzu
    “The truth is not always beautiful, nor beautiful words the truth.”
    ― Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching
    tags: apothegm, beauty, truth
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    Maya Angelou
    “Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can't practice any other virtue consistently.”
    ― Maya Angelou
    tags: character, consistency, courage, determination, essence, ethos, fortitude, goodness, inspiration, life-lessons, persistence, resolve, self-reliance, strength, virtue, virtues
    7598 likes

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  • #7
    It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.
    “It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.”
    ― E.E. Cummings
    tags: attributed-no-source, courage
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    William Faulkner
    “You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore.”
    ― William Faulkner
    tags: courage, determination, hope, risk
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    Erica Jong
    “Everyone has talent. What's rare is the courage to follow it to the dark places where it leads.”
    ― Erica Jong
    tags: courage, talent
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    August Wilson
    “Confront the dark parts of yourself, and work to banish them with illumination and forgiveness. Your willingness to wrestle with your demons will cause your angels to sing.”
    ― August Wilson
    tags: character, courage, self-assessment, self-esteem, strength
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  • #11
    Maya Angelou
    “Have enough courage to trust love one more time and always one more time.”
    ― Maya Angelou
    tags: courage, love, trust
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  • #12
    Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi
    “Don't be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth.”
    ― Rumi, The Essential Rumi
    tags: courage, creativity, empowerment, independence, inspirational-stories, self-confidence, self-realization
    4362 likes

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    “A ship is safe in harbor, but that's not what ships are for.”
    ― John A. Shedd
    tags: courage, inspirational, misattributed-grace-hopper, misattributed-william-g-t-shedd, risk
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    Anaïs Nin
    “Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.”
    ― Anais Nin
    tags: courage, life
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    Roy T. Bennett
    “Be brave to stand for what you believe in even if you stand alone.”
    ― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart
    tags: belief, beliefs, believe, courage, courage-quotes, inspiration, inspirational, inspirational-quotes, inspire, inspiring, life, life-quotes, living, motivation, motivational, optimism, optimistic, positive, positive-affirmation, positive-life, positive-thinking
    4257 likes

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    Mark Twain
    “Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear.”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: courage
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    Emma Donoghue
    “Scared is what you're feeling. Brave is what you're doing.”
    ― Emma Donoghue, Room
    tags: bravery, courage, fear
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    Margaret Mitchell
    “With enough courage, you can do without a reputation.”
    ― Margaret Mitchell
    tags: courage, reputation
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  • #19
    Robert Frost
    “Freedom lies in being bold.”
    ― Robert Frost
    tags: boldness, courage, freedom
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    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    “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
    tags: courage, inspirational
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    Theodore Roosevelt
    “Believe you can and you're halfway there.”
    ― Theodore Roosevelt
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    Christopher Paolini
    “Keep in mind that many people have died for their beliefs; it's actually quite common. The real courage is in living and suffering for what you believe.”
    ― Christopher Paolini, Eragon
    tags: bravery, courage, nobility
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  • #23
    Carrie Jones
    “The secret of happiness is freedom, the secret of freedom is courage.”
    ― Carrie Jones, Need
    tags: courage, freedom, happiness
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  • #24
    Mark Twain
    “It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: bravery, character, courage, moral-courage
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    J.R.R. Tolkien
    “It is not the strength of the body that counts, but the strength of the spirit.”
    ― J.R.R. Tolkien
    tags: bravery, courage
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  • #26
    Audre Lorde
    “When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.”
    ― Audre Lorde
    tags: courage, empowering, fear, feminist, political, powerful, vision, women-strength
    1207 likes

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  • #27
    Coco Chanel
    “The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.”
    ― Coco Chanel
    tags: courage, dignity, empowerment, freedom, independence, individuality, judgment, self-determination, speaking-out, thought
    7229 likes

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  • #28
    Mahatma Gandhi
    “Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.”
    ― Mahatma Gandhi
    tags: freedom, humanity, mistakes
    5695 likes

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  • #29
    Nelson Mandela
    “When a man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he has no choice but to become an outlaw.”
    ― Nelson Mandela
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  • #30
    Søren Kierkegaard
    “Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom.”
    ― Søren Kierkegaard , The Concept of Anxiety: A Simple Psychologically Orienting Deliberation on the Dogmatic Issue of Hereditary Sin
    tags: anxiety, dizziness, fear, freedom, life
    3132 likes



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