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Courage is very important. Like a muscle, it is strengthened by use.

— Ruth Gordon

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The biggest limitations are the ones we place on ourselves, and opportunities rise up to meet the unique offerings of people.

I was amazed the way Garson could take these teams and make me want to see their pictures all over again.

Don't be helpless, don't give up, don't kill yourself, don't look for trouble. Stuff gets in your way, kick it under the rug. Stay well, stay with it, make it come out...

Work on yourself. Believe in yourself. Show up! Support others! The bounty of the world will open up for you.

I wipe away all the unpleasantness of the day, of the people, of the city, whatever. We have it in our power to overcome assholes, and I think we have them thrown into our path to see if we have the chops to handle them.

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Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.

William Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1599)

All doubt is cowardice — all trust is brave.

Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Courage is never born with a person; time and circumstances inject it into a person and bring it forth from within.

Sanu Sharma

Christianity offers reasons for not fearing death or the universe, and in so doing it fails to teach adequately the virtue of courage.

Bertrand Russell Education and the Social Order (1932)

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