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• But this Veterans Day, I believe we should do more than sing the praises of the bravery and patriotism that our veterans have embodied in the past. We should take this opportunity to re-evaluate how we are treating our veterans in the present.

  Nick Lampson

  Veterans Day, Believe, Past

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• We believe in ordinary acts of bravery, in the courage that drives one person to stand up for another.

  Veronica Roth

  Inspirational, Motivational, Believe

  "Divergent". Book by Veronica Roth (p. 47), 2011.

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• I congratulate you, my brave countrymen and fellow soldiers, on the spirit and success with which you have executed this important part of our enterprise.

  James Wolfe

  Success, Soldier, Important

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• Even if the doctor does not give you a year, even if he hesitates about a month, make one brave push and see what can be accomplished in a week.

  Robert Louis Stevenson

  Philosophical, Doctors, Years

  'Virginibus Puerisque' (1881) 'Aes Triplex'

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• A brave man is clear in his discourse, and keeps close to truth.

  Aristotle

  Men, Clear, Discourse

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• Many have stood their ground and faced the darkness when it comes for them. Fewer come for the darkness and force it to face them.

  Eliezer Yudkowsky

  Darkness, Faces, Force

  "Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality". Harry Potter fan fiction by Eliezer Yudkowsky, www.hpmor.com. 2010 - 2015.

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• He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.

  Muhammad Ali

  Inspirational, Life, Success

  Twitter post from Jan 09, 2011

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• Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.

  C. S. Lewis

  Courage, Army, Heroism

  In Cyril Connolly 'The Unquiet Grave' (1944) ch. 31

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• Courage that grows from constitution often forsakes a man when he has occasion for it; courage which arises from a sense of duty acts; in a uniform manner.

  Joseph Addison

  Courage, Men, Uniforms

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• It is easy enough to praise men for the courage of their conviction. I wish I could teach the sad young of this mealy generation the courage of their convictions.

  John Ciardi

  Courage, Men, Wish

  John Ciardi (1972). “Manner of Speaking”

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• The only happiness a brave person ever troubles themselves in asking about, is happiness enough to get their work done.

  Thomas Carlyle

  Happiness, Laughter, Brave Person

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• I'm brave to say that I won't take this sort of risk.

  Alain Prost

  Brave, Risk

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• The brave deserve the lovely - every woman may be won.

  Charles Godfrey Leland

  Lovely, May, Deserve

  Charles Godfrey Leland (2015). “Songs of the Sea and Lays of the Land”, p.142, Library of Alexandria

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• Someone praising a man for his foolhardy bravery, Cato, the elder, said, ''There is a wide difference between true courage and a mere contempt of life.

  Plutarch

  Men, Differences, Praise

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• Be courageous. I have seen many depressions in business. Always America has emerged from these stronger and more prosperous. Be brave as your fathers before you. Have faith! Go forward!

  Thomas A. Edison

  Faith, Courage, Father

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• I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England too.

  Elizabeth I

  Leadership, Courage, Kings

  Speech to troops at Tilbury, England (1588).

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• The innovative spirit was America's strongest attribute, transforming everything into a brave new world, but there lingered an insecurity about the arts.

  Arthur Erickson

  Art, Brave New World, America

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• Is it not passing brave to be a King and ride in triumph through Persepolis?

  Christopher Marlowe

  Kings, Triumph, Passing

  'Tamburlaine the Great' (1590) pt. 1, act 2, sc. 5

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• An Indian respects a brave man, but he despises a coward.

  Chief Joseph

  Men, Coward, Despise

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• It's a very brave thing to fall in love. You have to be willing to trust somebody else with your whole being, and that's very difficult, really difficult and very brave.

  Nicole Kidman

  Falling In Love, Love You, Difficult

  FaceBook post by Nicole Kidman from Nov 11, 2016

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• Whither depart the souls of the brave that die in the battle, Die in the lost, lost fight, for the cause that perishes with them?

  Arthur Hugh Clough

  Fighting, Soul, Battle

  'Amours de Voyage' (1858) canto 5, pt. 6

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• I believe that the most important single thing, beyond discipline and creativity is daring to dare.

  Maya Angelou

  Inspiring, Courage, Believe

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• We are all born brave, trusting and greedy, and most of us remain greedy.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Trust, Literature, Materialism

  "The Complete Neurotic's Notebook". Book by Mignon McLaughlin, 1981.

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• Yet each man kills the thing he loves By each let this be heard Some do it with a bitter look Some with a flattering word The coward does it with a kiss The brave man with a sword

  Oscar Wilde

  Courage, Betrayal, Kissing

  The Ballad of Reading Gaol pt. 1, st. 7 (1898) See Roberts 1

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• It's a brave new world.

  Howard Kurtz

  Brave New World, Brave, World

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