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title: "4 Small Courageous Quotes by 3 authors"
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> [“the sense of a small courageous community barely existing above the desert of trees, hemmed in by a sun too fierce to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/graham-greene/the-sense-of-a-small-courageous-community-barely-existing-above-the/)

[Graham Greene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/graham-greene/)

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> [One isn't born with courage. One develops it by doing small courageous things-in the way that if one sets out to pick…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/one-isn-t-born-with-courage-one-develops-it-by-doing-small-courageous/)

[Maya Angelou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-angelou/)

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> [One isn't born with courage. One develops it by doing small courageous things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/one-isn-t-born-with-courage-one-develops-it-by-doing-small-courageous-2/)

[Maya Angelou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-angelou/)

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> [“Each time you muster up what it takes and go for it, the next go-round becomes that much easier. Real and important…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chip-gaines/each-time-you-muster-up-what-it-takes-and-go-for-it-the-next-go-round/)

[Chip Gaines](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chip-gaines/)

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