"During his illness, which he fought with serenity, he courageously continued to fully perform his ministerial responsibilities in the most challenging and difficult circumstances," Enda Kenny, Ireland's prime minister, said in a statement on the government's Web site.
Dr. Mukwege has courageously continued his work despite the assassination attempt that took the life of his colleague and bodyguard Joseph Bizimana.
Each of these people has during the post-electoral crisis in 2011 courageously continued to serve the sick, wounded, displaced, and refugees - all victims of the war, and to bring them medicine, food, water, support and humanity.
Of the 173 riders who started the stage, seven did not finish, including David Millar, the Briton with Cofidis who has been courageously continuing to ride since he crashed in the prologue on July 7.
Courageously, she continued playing; and at 14-years-old she was offered an opportunity to join women's team in Rio de Janeiro.
William Penn once wrote, "A true friend freely, advises justly, assists readily, adventures boldly, takes all patiently, defends courageously, and continues a friend unchangeably". While this quote is intended to define friendships, it applies equally well to the description of an exceptional advisor.
Week after week, protesters are continuing courageously to demonstrate against the regime of President Bashar Assad, perhaps the nastiest in the region after Colonel Qaddafi's.
The widow of Russian dissident Alexander Litvinenko, who died after being poisoned in London, has "courageously" decided to continue her fight to force a public inquiry.
For their part, Mousavi and Karroubi have courageously resisted the pressure by Khamenei and his supporters, and have also continued to insist on peaceful democratic principles.
The meaning of life, she continues, rather courageously, is in "the quality of your human relationships".
As Francis begins his third year as bishop of Rome, let us hope that he will continue to courageously promote an inclusive, merciful Church, and a world in which the common good prevails.
