The courage we desire and prize is not the courage to die decently, but to live manfully.
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Often the test of courage is not to die but to live.
Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to die.
Many a man will have the courage to die gallantly, but will not have the courage to say, or even to think, that the cause for which he is asked to die is an unworthy one.
Courage is like love; it must have hope for nourishment.
Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace.
Courage is a kind of salvation.
Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.
Either life entails courage, or it ceases to be life.
I'll know how to die with courage; that is easier than living.
The courage of life is often a less dramatic spectacle than the courage of a final moment; but it is no less a magnificent mixture of triumph and tragedy.
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