It takes courage, of course, to step out of the fray, as it takes courage to do anything that's necessary, whether tending to a loved one on her deathbed or turning away from that sugarcoated doughnut.
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Courage is like love; it must have hope for nourishment.
Courage is being scared to death... and saddling up anyway.
Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to die.
Often the test of courage is not to die but to live.
People talk about the courage of condemned men walking to the place of execution: sometimes it needs as much courage to walk with any kind of bearing towards another person's habitual misery.
Courage is a kind of salvation.
Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.
Courage is not the absence of despair; it is, rather, the capacity to move ahead in spite of despair.
Life is to be entered upon with courage.
It takes a great deal of courage to follow another person's lead.
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