Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of [...]

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No arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is as formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women. – Ronald Reagan

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Cautious, careful people always casting about to preserve their reputation or social standards never can bring about reform. ~ Susan B. Anthony

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Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining [...]

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You have made the heavens and earth by your great power. Nothing is too hard for you! Jeremiah 32:17

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Whenever you get into a jam, whenever you get into a crisis or an emergency, become the calmest person in the room and you’ll be able to figure your way out of it. ~ Rudolph Giuliani

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Wait patiently for the LORD. Be brave and courageous. Yes, wait patiently for the LORD. Psalm 27:14

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Courage, it would seem, is nothing less than the power to overcome danger, misfortune, fear, injustice, while continuing to affirm inwardly that life with all its sorrows is good; that everything is meaningful even if in a sense beyond our understanding; and that there is always tomorrow. – Dorothy Thompson

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You can’t be brave if you’ve only had wonderful things happen to you. – Mary Tyler Moore

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The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown. – – – H. P. Lovecraft

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