“To persevere, trusting in what hopes he has, is courage in a man.”
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“Political courage is not political suicide.”
“This soul, or life within us, by no means agrees with the life outside us. If one has the courage to ask her what she thinks, she is always saying the very opposite to what other people say.”
“Courage and conviction are powerful weapons against an enemy who depends only on fists or guns. Animals know when you are afraid a coward knows when you are not.”
“Unless a reviewer has the courage to give you unqualified praise, I say ignore the b-----d.”
“Courage, above all things, is the first quality of a warrior.”
“The amount of eccentricity in a society has generally been proportional to the amount of genius, mental vigor, and moral courage it contained. That so few now dare to be eccentric marks the chief danger of the time.”
“I beg you take courage the brave soul can mend even disaster.”
“I have the responsibility of over four million people, and I am in a position to do good, to be able to bring about a new life for my people, and I will continue to move in that direction. It's a burden, but it needs to be done, and you have to have the courage and wisdom to see it through.”
“Then there is a still higher type of courage - the courage to brave pain, to live with it, to never let others know of it and to still find joy in life to wake up in the morning with an enthusiasm for the day ahead.”
“One man scorned and covered with scars still strove with his last ounce of courage to reach the unreachable stars and the world will be better for this.”
“Take chances, make mistakes. That's how you grow. Pain nourishes your courage. You have to fail in order to practice being brave.”
“I think my mother... made it clear that you have to live life by your own terms and you have to not worry about what other people think and you have to have the courage to do the unexpected.”
“Courage, not compromise, brings the smile of God's approval.”
“Leaders come in many forms, with many styles and diverse qualities. There are quiet leaders and leaders one can hear in the next county. Some find strength in eloquence, some in judgment, some in courage.”
“Determination, energy, and courage appear spontaneously when we care deeply about something. We take risks that are unimaginable in any other context.”
“Way down deep, we're all motivated by the same urges. Cats have the courage to live by them.”
“Failure is only postponed success as long as courage 'coaches' ambition. The habit of persistence is the habit of victory.”
“It takes as much courage to have tried and failed as it does to have tried and succeeded.”
“Today we affirm a new commitment to live out our nation's promise through civility, courage, compassion and character.”
“Courage consists not in blindly overlooking danger, but in seeing it, and conquering it.”
“Creativity takes courage.”
“Courage enlarges, cowardice diminishes resources. In desperate straits the fears of the timid aggravate the dangers that imperil the brave.”
“If we survive danger it steels our courage more than anything else.”