Sentence examples for formidable courage from inspiring English sources

Then you fell ill with breast cancer and you showed formidable courage and stoicism.

But it was during the Rivonia Trial, 20 years later, that I came to know best his formidable courage and determination.

Coincidentally The Letters of Rosa Luxemburg reaches us at a time when the peoples of the Middle East are asserting their aspirations for political, economic and social emancipation with formidable courage.

They got as far as the truncheons and bullets of a few "good ol' boys" of Neshoba County, Mississippi and were beaten and shot to death along with James Cheney, a young black man of formidable courage who died with them.

Simone de Beauvoir revealed herself as a woman of formidable courage and integrity, whose life supported her thesis: the basic options of an individual must be made on the premises of an equal vocation for man and woman founded on a common structure of their being, independent of their sexuality.

It's surely okay to report that she already gives the impression she'll develop into a formidable Mother Courage and certainly continue to deliver the Brecht lyrics (to Duncan Sheik's so-so music) as forcibly as she's already doing.

He praised Finkelstein for "all the sterling qualities for which he has become famous: erudition, originality, spark, meticulous attention to detail, intellectual integrity, courage, and formidable forensic skills".

To the extent that the Church manages to purge itself of its shame — its sins, its crimes — it will owe a debt of gratitude to the lawyers, the journalists, and, above all, the victims and families who have had the courage to persevere, against formidable resistance, in holding it to account.

In memory of Mr King's formidable ideals of equality, justice and courage, here is the speech in full: "I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation.

Commanded not by officers but by chieftains, they were formidable foot soldiers more notable for physical prowess and courage than for tactical organization.

New Zealand represent a formidable obstacle but the England coach, Steve McNamara, should be congratulated for having the courage to make major changes when the circumstances demand them.