“Real courage is when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.”

— Harper Lee · Courage quote

Real courage is when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what. — Harper Lee quote card

Harper Lee (1926–2016) was an American novelist whose 1960 novel To Kill a Mockingbird won the Pulitzer Prize and became one of the best-selling books of all time.

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