Muster
verb
To gather or bring together.
The teacher mustered the students for a field trip.
Often appears as...
- muster courage
- muster strength
verb
To summon up (a feeling or attitude).
He mustered all his courage to face the challenge.
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- muster courage
- muster strength
noun
A gathering, usually of troops or ships.
The general called for a muster of the troops.
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- muster roll
- muster point
noun
An example or instance of mustering.
His muster of courage in the face of adversity was inspiring.
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- muster of courage
- muster of strength
verb
To gather or bring together.
The teacher mustered the students for a field trip.
Often appears as...
- muster courage
- muster strength
verb
To summon up (a feeling or attitude).
He mustered all his courage to face the challenge.
Often appears as...
- muster courage
- muster strength
noun
A gathering, usually of troops or ships.
The general called for a muster of the troops.
Often appears as...
- muster roll
- muster point
noun
An example or instance of mustering.
His muster of courage in the face of adversity was inspiring.
Often appears as...
- muster of courage
- muster of strength
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Collective Action
Muster suggests organizing a group for a common purpose or action.
The protest organizers mustered volunteers for the rally.
Pro Tip 2/2Requires Effort
Muster implies effort taken to gather people or things, sometimes despite difficulties.
After the storm, it was hard to muster the community for cleanup.
Pro Tip 1/2Collective Action
Muster suggests organizing a group for a common purpose or action.
The protest organizers mustered volunteers for the rally.
Pro Tip 2/2Requires Effort
Muster implies effort taken to gather people or things, sometimes despite difficulties.
After the storm, it was hard to muster the community for cleanup.
Pro Tip 1/2Collective Action
Muster suggests organizing a group for a common purpose or action.
The protest organizers mustered volunteers for the rally.
Pro Tip 2/2Requires Effort
Muster implies effort taken to gather people or things, sometimes despite difficulties.
After the storm, it was hard to muster the community for cleanup.
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I believe when we can start to have these types of conversations, it will change the dynamics of how we all work together. We'll become more productive, less fearful and even happier at work. Now, I often get how do you muster up the courage to have those kinds of conversations,
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Why I choose humanism...
The path of success is paved with risk and uncertainties. We have to muster the will and courage to do what people have never done. To think what people have never thought. Envisage what people have never imagined. Go to places human beings have not been to.
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Listening to shame PIPE...
when I'm bulletproof and when I'm perfect. And that is seductive. But the truth is, that never happens. And even if you got as perfect as you could and as bulletproof as you could possibly muster when you got in there, that's not what we want to see.
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Christine Carter: The...
be in proportion to each other. The harder something is for us to do, the more motivation we need to do that thing. And you might have noticed, but motivation isn't something that we can always muster on command.
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Listening to shame -...
that is seductive but the truth is that never happens and even if you got as perfect as you could in his bulletproof as you could possibly muster and you got in there that's not what we want to see
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Cara E. Yar Khan: The...
my first impression of Grand Canyon was one of shock and terror. Who knew I had a fear of heights. But there was no giving up now. I mustered up every ounce of courage inside me
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Bottlenose Dolphin Gang...
way to defeat this kind of bully boy behavior when an alliance harasses a female with a baby she fights with all the fury a mother can muster protecting her child
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Bottlenose Dolphin Gang...
a baby she fights with all the fury a mother can muster protecting her child it seems to be one of the few times the macho males can put in their place
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Multiple Husbands PIPE...
husband not two systems but three all brothers what muster life be like Westerners might find the practice shocking but for this community it works
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Queen Ant Mating Season...
He also produces scents to demonstrate his fitness to be consort. If he passes muster, he'll be accepted. If he doesn't, he'll be for the chop.
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4 tips to kickstart...
I believe when we can start to have these types of conversations, it will change the dynamics of how we all work together. We'll become more productive, less fearful and even happier at work. Now, I often get how do you muster up the courage to have those kinds of conversations,
Video examples
Why I choose humanism...
The path of success is paved with risk and uncertainties. We have to muster the will and courage to do what people have never done. To think what people have never thought. Envisage what people have never imagined. Go to places human beings have not been to.
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Listening to shame PIPE...
when I'm bulletproof and when I'm perfect. And that is seductive. But the truth is, that never happens. And even if you got as perfect as you could and as bulletproof as you could possibly muster when you got in there, that's not what we want to see.
Video examples
Christine Carter: The...
be in proportion to each other. The harder something is for us to do, the more motivation we need to do that thing. And you might have noticed, but motivation isn't something that we can always muster on command.
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Listening to shame -...
that is seductive but the truth is that never happens and even if you got as perfect as you could in his bulletproof as you could possibly muster and you got in there that's not what we want to see
Video examples
Cara E. Yar Khan: The...
my first impression of Grand Canyon was one of shock and terror. Who knew I had a fear of heights. But there was no giving up now. I mustered up every ounce of courage inside me
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Bottlenose Dolphin Gang...
way to defeat this kind of bully boy behavior when an alliance harasses a female with a baby she fights with all the fury a mother can muster protecting her child
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Bottlenose Dolphin Gang...
a baby she fights with all the fury a mother can muster protecting her child it seems to be one of the few times the macho males can put in their place
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Multiple Husbands PIPE...
husband not two systems but three all brothers what muster life be like Westerners might find the practice shocking but for this community it works
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Queen Ant Mating Season...
He also produces scents to demonstrate his fitness to be consort. If he passes muster, he'll be accepted. If he doesn't, he'll be for the chop.
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Pooja Hegde
Indian Model
Back in school, there was this guy who had a huge crush on me. One day, when he mustered the courage to propose to me on a Rose Day, my friends burst out laughing right in front of him. I'm sure we all have had such experiences, and I've had crushes in the past. Right now, all I can think about is my films and deliver my best.
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James Dobson
American Psychologist
There is no greater privilege in living than bringing a tiny new human being into the world and then trying to raise him or her properly during the next eighteen years. Doing that job right requires all the intelligence, wisdom, and determination you will be able to muster from day to day.
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Alex Steffen
American Writer
You don't change the world by hiding in the woods, wearing a hair shirt, or buying indulgences in the form of 'Save the Earth' bumper stickers. You do it by articulating a vision for the future and pursuing it with all the ingenuity humanity can muster.
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Og Mandino
American Author
Beginning today, treat everyone you meet as if they were going to be dead by midnight. Extend to them all the care, kindness and understanding you can muster, and do it with no thought of any reward. Your life will never be the same again.
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Passenger
English Musician
I believe it's important to put all of your energy into what you're doing rather than doing an office job and trying to muster up energy for music. It's been a real blessing to play music full time.
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Steven Soderbergh
American Director
Traffic is about drugs. As detailed a portrait as I can muster about what is happening in the drug world, from top to bottom, from policy to how things move on the street.
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Stacy Schiff
American Author
When finally I mustered the courage to tell a novelist friend that I was talking to editors about a biography, her reply was, 'Oh, that's okay. That's not a real book.
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Michelle Forbes
American Actress
As an actor, you want as much variety as you can muster up. Otherwise you just keep playing the same chord over and over again.
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Les Brown
American Speaker
A lot of people do not muster the courage to live their dreams because they are afraid to die.
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Megyn Kelly
American Journalist
I can muster up the courage in the difficult situations to get me through.
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Pooja Hegde
Indian Model
Back in school, there was this guy who had a huge crush on me. One day, when he mustered the courage to propose to me on a Rose Day, my friends burst out laughing right in front of him. I'm sure we all have had such experiences, and I've had crushes in the past. Right now, all I can think about is my films and deliver my best.
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James Dobson
American Psychologist
There is no greater privilege in living than bringing a tiny new human being into the world and then trying to raise him or her properly during the next eighteen years. Doing that job right requires all the intelligence, wisdom, and determination you will be able to muster from day to day.
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Alex Steffen
American Writer
You don't change the world by hiding in the woods, wearing a hair shirt, or buying indulgences in the form of 'Save the Earth' bumper stickers. You do it by articulating a vision for the future and pursuing it with all the ingenuity humanity can muster.
Quote examples
Og Mandino
American Author
Beginning today, treat everyone you meet as if they were going to be dead by midnight. Extend to them all the care, kindness and understanding you can muster, and do it with no thought of any reward. Your life will never be the same again.
Quote examples
Passenger
English Musician
I believe it's important to put all of your energy into what you're doing rather than doing an office job and trying to muster up energy for music. It's been a real blessing to play music full time.
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Steven Soderbergh
American Director
Traffic is about drugs. As detailed a portrait as I can muster about what is happening in the drug world, from top to bottom, from policy to how things move on the street.
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Stacy Schiff
American Author
When finally I mustered the courage to tell a novelist friend that I was talking to editors about a biography, her reply was, 'Oh, that's okay. That's not a real book.
Quote examples
Michelle Forbes
American Actress
As an actor, you want as much variety as you can muster up. Otherwise you just keep playing the same chord over and over again.
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Les Brown
American Speaker
A lot of people do not muster the courage to live their dreams because they are afraid to die.
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Megyn Kelly
American Journalist
I can muster up the courage in the difficult situations to get me through.
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