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Washington's answer to a self-inflicted financial crisis reminded Americans why they so deeply distrust the political class. The fiscal cliff process was secretive and sloppy, and the nation's so-called leadership lacked the political courage to address our root problems: joblessness and debt.

When you make that crossover from life to real life, when you are not treated as a child anymore but as a man, and you are no longer given the benefit of the doubt, it takes some courage to face that.

Fashion should not be expected to serve in the stead of courage or character.

We are going to be OK because of the American people. They have more grit, determination and courage than you can imagine.

At the same time, I would add that the American people have a lot of courage.

It takes a lot of courage to face up to things you can not do because we feed ourselves so much denial.

Never undertake anything for which you wouldn't have the courage to ask the blessings of heaven.

Honest conviction is my courage the Constitution is my guide.

The courage to imagine the otherwise is our greatest resource, adding color and suspense to all our life.

Discouragement is not the absence of adequacy but the absence of courage.

Conscience is the root of all true courage if a man would be brave let him obey his conscience.

I always disliked dogs, those protectors of cowards who lack the courage to fight an assailant themselves.

You cannot build character and courage by destroying men is initiative and independence.

We are biological creatures. We are born, we live, we die. There is no transcendent purpose to existence. At best we are creatures of reason, and by using reason we can cure ourselves of emotional excess. Purged of both hope and fear, we find courage in the face of helplessness, insignificance and uncertainty.

Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you are scared to death.

We learned to be patient observers like the owl. We learned cleverness from the crow, and courage from the jay, who will attack an owl ten times its size to drive it off its territory. But above all of them ranked the chickadee because of its indomitable spirit.

If you could get up the courage to begin, you have the courage to succeed.

There are no greater treasures than the highest human qualities such as compassion, courage and hope. Not even tragic accident or disaster can destroy such treasures of the heart.

Nothing gives us courage more readily than the desire to avoid looking like a damn fool.

Lying at the root of the social agreements of 1980 are the courage, sense of responsibility, and the solidarity of the working people. Both sides have then recognized that an accord must be reached if bloodshed is to be prevented.