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Without courage we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.

— Maya Angelou

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Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can't practice any other virtue consistently. You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage. | As quoted in Diversity : Leaders Not Labels (2006) by Stedman Graham, p. 224

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Develop enough courage so that you can stand up for yourself and then stand up for somebody else.

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If we are bold, love strikes away the chains of fear from our souls.

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You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.

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There is nothing so pitiful as a young cynic because he has gone from knowing nothing to believing nothing.

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At the end of the day people won't remember what you said or did, they will remember how you made them feel.

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