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; lit. ''Act Manfully'', but often given the new age translation ''Act Courageously''. The origins of the phrase and the context for its use are from Psalm 27. It is or has been the official motto of the following institutions: *Cardinal Newman College Alumni Association, Buenos Aires, Argentina *

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* Damien Memorial School,

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* Kilgraston School, Bridge of Earn, Scotland *

Marist College Ashgrove , motto_translation = Act Courageously , location = Ashgrove, Brisbane, Queensland , country = Australia , coordinates = , pushpin_map = Australia Queensland , pushpin_ima ...

adopted the motto in 1957 *

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Muntinlupa Muntinlupa, officially the City of Muntinlupa ( fil, Lungsod ng Muntinlupa), is a 1st class Cities of the Philippines#Legal classification, highly urbanized city in the Metro Manila, National Capital Region of the Philippines. According to the ...

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* Presentation Brothers College, Cork * St Chad's College, Wolverhampton *St Columbas High School, Athlone, Cape Town, South Africa *

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(former motto) *St. John The Baptist High School Thane, Maharashtra, India * St Joseph's College,

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* St. Mary's Anglo-Indian Higher Secondary School, Armenian Street, Chennai (Madras), India. *St. Muredach's College, Ballina, Co. Mayo. Rep. of Ireland *St-Paul College, Godinne, Belgium *St. Paul's RC High School, Coleshill, United Kingdom (Closed 1971) *

Synge Street CBS Synge Street CBS (colloquially Synger) is a boys' non-fee-paying state school, under the auspices of the Edmund Rice Schools Trust, located in the Dublin 8 area of Dublin, Ireland. The school was founded in 1864 by Can ...

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Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...

*The Sacred Heart School of Montreal, Quebec, Canada *

Trinity College, Perth , motto_translation = In The Name of the Lord , established = , type = Independent primary and secondary day school , gender = Boys , denomination = Congregation of Chr ...

Western Australia Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to th ...

Trinity Grammar School, Kew , motto_translation = Act Courageously , established = 1902 , type = Independent, single-sex, day and boarding school , denomination = Anglican , chairman = Simon Gip ...

Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...

, Australia * St. Sebastian's College, Moratuwa, Moratuwa, Sri Lanka *Cantwell High School, Montebello, California. (Cantwell-Sacred Heart of Mary since 1991).

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