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Do the thing you fear and the death of fear is certain.

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A man is a hero, not because he is braver than anyone else, but because he is brave for ten minutes longer.

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The best lightning rod for your protection is your own spine.

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Whatever course you decide upon there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising which tempt you to belie...more

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Valor consists in the power of self-recovery, so that a man cannot have his flank turned, cannot be out-generalled, but put him where you will, he sta...more

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I would put myself in the attitude to look in the eye an abstract truth, and I cannot. I blench and withdraw on this side and on that. I seem to know ...more

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Fear defeats more people than any other one thing in the world.

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Do the thing we fear, and death of fear is certain.

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Every man has his own courage and is betrayed because he seeks in himself the courage of other persons.

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Courage consists of the power of self-recovery.

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Fear always springsfrom ignorance.

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Nature arms each man with some faculty which enables him to do easily some feat impossible to any other.

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A great part of courage is the courage of having done the thing before.

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Do not be too timid and squeamish. ... All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.

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Fear always springs from ignorance.