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Jim Hightower

The opposite for courage is not cowardice, it is conformity. Even a dead fish can go with the flow.

Courage

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True courage means standing up for what you believe in, even when it goes against what everyone else is doing. Simply following the crowd is easy and requires no bravery, just like a dead fish drifting with the current.

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