One who loses wealth loses much. One who loses a friend loses more. But one who loses courage loses all.

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In the Soviet army it takes more courage to retreat than advance. ― Joseph Stalin

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If you trade your authenticity for safety, you may experience the following: anxiety, depression, eating disorders, addiction, rage, blame, resentment, and inexplicable grief. ― Brené Brown

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Imperfections are not inadequacies; they are reminders that we're all in this together. ― Brené Brown

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Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage. — Anaïs Nin

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Seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand.

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Courage is not the absence of fear — it s inspiring others to move beyond it. — Nelson Mandela

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The best people possess a feeling for beauty, the courage to take risks, the discipline to tell the truth, the capacity for sacrifice. Ironically, their virtues make them vulnerable; they are often wounded, sometimes destroyed.

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My Lord God, I have no idea where I am going. I do not see the road ahead of me. I cannot know for certain where it will end. Nor do I really know myself, and the fact that I think that I am following Your Will does not mean that I am actually doing so. But I believe that the desire to please You does in fact please You. And I hope I have that desire in all that I am doing.

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Patience is tied very closely to faith in our Heavenly Father. Actually, when we are unduly impatient, we are suggesting that we know what is best—better than does God. Or, at least, we are asserting that our timetable is better than His. We can grow in faith only if we are willing to wait patiently for God's purposes and patterns to unfold in our lives, on His timetable.

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