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Fear often masquerades as a stop sign, but true bravery treats it like a stepping stone. Finding the will to act when you feel paralyzed is the defining moment of personal growth.

"You have to be willing to go to war with yourself and create a whole new identity."
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Source: Book: Can't Hurt Me

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"The ticket to victory often comes down to bringing your very best when you feel your worst."
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Source: Book: Never Finished

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"If you can get through doing things that you hate to do, on the other side is greatness."
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Source: Book: Can't Hurt Me

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"Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced."
James Baldwin
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Source: Essay: As Much Truth as One Can Bear

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"You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated."
Maya Angelou
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Source: Interview: Psychology Today, 2009

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"Vulnerability is the birthplace of innovation, creativity and change."
Brené Brown
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Source: Talk: TED Talk: The Power of Vulnerability

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"The most fundamental aggression to ourselves, the most fundamental harm we can do to ourselves, is to remain ignorant by not having the courage and the respect to look at ourselves honestly and gently."
Pema Chödrön
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Source: Book: When Things Fall Apart

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"The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice; it is conformity."
Rollo May
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Source: Book: The Courage to Create

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"He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life."
Muhammad Ali
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Source: Book: The Greatest: My Own Story

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"If you are going through hell, keep going."
Winston Churchill
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Source: Inspired by: Common Churchillian wisdom

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"The only way out is through."
Robert Frost
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Source: Poem: A Servant to Servants

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"In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing."
Theodore Roosevelt
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Source: Inspired by: Personal Philosophy

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"The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity."
Amelia Earhart
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Source: Book: 20 Hrs., 40 Min.

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"May your choices reflect your hopes, not your fears."
Nelson Mandela
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Source: Book: Conversations with Myself

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"You can choose courage or you can choose comfort, but you cannot have both."
Brené Brown
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Source: Documentary: The Call to Courage

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"It is not the critic who counts... The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood."
Theodore Roosevelt
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Source: Speech: Citizenship in a Republic

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"A person's success in life can usually be measured by the number of uncomfortable conversations he or she is willing to have."
Tim Ferriss
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Source: Book: The 4-Hour Workweek

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"Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice."
Steve Jobs
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Source: Speech: Stanford Commencement Address 2005

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"It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends."
J.K. Rowling
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Source: Book: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

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"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena."
Theodore Roosevelt
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Source: Speech: Citizenship in a Republic

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"Vulnerability is not winning or losing; it's having the courage to show up and be seen when we have no control over the outcome."
Brené Brown
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Source: Book: Daring Greatly

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"Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined."
Henry David Thoreau
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Source: Book: Walden

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"It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live."
Marcus Aurelius
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Source: Book: Meditations, Book XII

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"You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step."
Martin Luther King Jr.
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Source: Speech: Address at Spelman College (1960)

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"The five-second rule is a simple way to push yourself to take the first small step."
Mel Robbins
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Source: Book: The 5 Second Rule

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"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts."
Winston Churchill
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Source: Speech: Address to Harrow School, 1941

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"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter."
Martin Luther King Jr.
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Source: Speech: Sermon at Ebenezer Baptist Church

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"Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase."
Martin Luther King Jr.
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Source: Speech: Park Sheraton Hotel

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"Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed."
Martin Luther King Jr.
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Source: Letter: Letter from Birmingham Jail

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"The will is by its nature so free that it can never be constrained."
rene descartes
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Source: Book: The Passions of the Soul

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"I realized that it was necessary, once in the course of my life, to demolish everything completely and start again right from the foundations."
rene descartes
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Source: Book: Meditations on First Philosophy

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"To love ourselves and support each other in the process of becoming real is perhaps the greatest single act of daring greatly."
Brene Brown
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Source: Book: Daring Greatly

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"When we have the courage to walk into our story and own it, we get to write the ending."
Brene Brown
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Source: Book: Rising Strong

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"Daring to set boundaries is about having the courage to love ourselves even when we risk disappointing others."
Brene Brown
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Source: Book: The Gifts of Imperfection

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"Owning our story can be hard but not nearly as difficult as spending our lives running from it."
Brene Brown
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Source: Book: The Gifts of Imperfection

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