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"A great deal of talent is lost to the world for want of a little courage. Every day sends to their graves obscure men whose timidity prevented them from making a first effort."

Sydney Smith on Courage

More quotes about Courage

  • "Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition."

    Steve Jobs on Courage

  • "You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.'"

    Eleanor Roosevelt on Courage

  • "I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear."

    Nelson Mandela on Courage

  • "Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen."

    Winston Churchill on Courage

  • "There are no easy answers' but there are simple answers. We must have the courage to do what we know is morally right."

    Ronald Reagan on Courage

More quotes by Sydney Smith

  • "Do not try to push your way through to the front ranks of your profession do not run after distinctions and rewards but do your utmost to find an entry into the world of beauty."

  • "Have the courage to be ignorant of a great number of things, in order to avoid the calamity of being ignorant of everything."

  • "Madam, I have been looking for a person who disliked gravy all my life let us swear eternal friendship."

  • "A great deal of talent is lost to the world for want of a little courage. Every day sends to their graves obscure men whose timidity prevented them from making a first effort."

  • "Life is to be fortified by many friendships. To love and to be loved is the greatest happiness of existence."

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