It also requires the courage to understand that, while the short-term stock market may require a leader to simply make a return on profits, the society in which they are a member requires much more of them.

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But also because it takes courage to own your blame, and that shows strength.

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This effort may not only be good government, it also takes certain amount of courage on the part of Committee Chair Dave Camp (R-MI) and subcommittee chair Pat Tiberi (R-OH).

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It will also demand the strength and personal courage of the men and women who wear our nation's uniform.

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In dealing with it, we should show respect but also strength, the courage of our convictions, and the self-confident belief that we can achieve our aims.

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But it also required one other essential American quality -- the courage to take risks, the kind of risks that you have to take on if you want to succeed.

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Amid the hurly burly of Westminster, politics and recent events at the BBC, it is reassuring not just to see such courage on display but also to know that just occasionally the right thing is done.

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It is the firefighter's courage to storm a stairway filled with smoke, but also a parent's willingness to nurture a child, that finally decides our fate.

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It has been successful because of the courage and leadership not only of President Santos and his predecessors, but also because of Colombian security forces.

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In every case it turns out that the transformative leader is just plain smarter than his peers but is also a person of great personal courage and conviction.

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