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Morale is the state of mind. It is steadfastness and courage and hope. It is confidence and zeal and loyalty. It is élan, esprit de corps and determination.

— George C. Marshall

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If man does find the solution for world peace it will be the most revolutionary reversal of his record we have ever known.

The only way human beings can win a war is to prevent it.

We must present democracy as a force holding within itself the seeds of unlimited progress by the human race.

Essentials to Peace (1953)

It is not enough to fight. It is the spirit which we bring to the fight that decides the issue. It is morale that wins the victory.

The refusal of the British and Russian peoples to accept what appeared to be inevitable defeat was the great factor in the salvage of our civilization.

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

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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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