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Neither let us be slandered from our duty by false accusations against us, nor frightened from it by menaces of destruction to the government, nor of dungeons to ourselves.

If our sense of duty forbids this, then let us stand by our duty fearlessly and effectively.

Resolution is an act of courage in single instances, and if it becomes a characteristic trait, it is a habit of the mind.

If I’m going to fall, I don’t want to fall back on anything, except my faith.

I find I want courage to marry where I do not like

A man's life does not develop rightly without it, and what is called an 'improvident marriage' often appears to me a noble, righteous, and prudent act.

But with common sense, self-reliance, and attention to the work in hand, any woman can pursue the medical calling without risk.

Bring now, O Zeus, any difficulty that thou pleasest, for I have means given to me by thee and powers for honoring myself through the things which happen.

The simple rules are fearless faith, nonresistance and love!

My long-crushed spirit rose, cowardice departed, bold defiance took its place; and I now resolved that, however long I might remain a slave in form, the day had passed forever when I could be a slave in fact.

To balance probabilities, where life and liberty hang on the result, requires steady nerves.

We must show courage in a time of blessing by confronting problems instead of passing them on to future generations.

Civility is not a tactic or a sentiment. It is the determined choice of trust over cynicism, of community over chaos.

I have not sought this enormous responsibility, but I will not shirk it.

The man that stands upon a principle is the same calm, dauntless, self-possessed man under all circumstances.

Seeking no favors because of our color, nor patronage because of our needs, we knock at the bar of justice, asking an equal chance.

With courage, born of success achieved in the past, with a keen sense of the responsibility which we shall continue to assume, we look forward to a future large with promise and hope.

Shirking responsibility has never been a fault with which colored women might be truthfully charged.

Life is not a popularity contest. Be brave, take the hill but first, answer the question, “What is my hill?”

Instead of denying these fears, declare them, say them out loud, admit them, give them the credit they deserve.

I’d subscribe to the belief that we’re all destined to have to do the thing we fear the most anyway.

We demand nothing more than this, and we will take nothing less.

who did not delay for any formal vote to empower him to do so, but followed him because he was born to command

God will not have his work made manifest by cowards.

Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.