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I have prized courage. For with courage a human being is safe enough. And without it — he is never for one instant safe!

— Phyllis Bottome The Mortal Storm (1938)

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It is true that her heart is sick, but where there is laughter there is always more health than sickness.

Survival (1943)

Neither saints nor angels have ever increased my faith in this enigma Life; but what are called "common men and women" have increased it.

Survival (1943)

Even not being liked has a certain virtue about it, if the reason for the dislike does not lie in yourself!

The Mortal Storm (1938)

A red-hot belief in eternal glory is probably the best antidote to human panic that there is.

Survival (1943)

It is a good thing to learn early that other people's opinions do not matter, unless they happen to be true.

The Mortal Storm (1938)

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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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