Valor is a gift. Those having it never know for sure whether they have it till the test comes. And those having it in one test never know for sure if they will have it when the next test comes.

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"History is a set of lies agreed upon."

- Napoleon Bonaparte

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"Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues."

- Napoleon Bonaparte

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"In politics, stupidity is not a handicap."

- Napoleon Bonaparte

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"I drink Champagne when I win, to celebrate. And I drink Champagne when I lose, to console myself."

- Napoleon Bonaparte

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"Courage is like love; it must have hope for nourishment."

- Napoleon Bonaparte

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"The greatest strength lies in vulnerability."

- Beauty and the Beast

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"Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear."

- Mark Twain

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- Tracee Ellis Ross

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"If your dreams don’t scare you, they’re not big enough."

- Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

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"Courage, dear heart."

- C.S. Lewis

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