599 private quotes tagged courage

“Americans are gathering the courage to just say no. We are saying no to addictive consumer lifestyles. We are saying no to wars and corporate takeover and the IMF loans that gobble up people and their resources.”— Cynthia McKinney

“As a gay Jewish white South African, I belong to quite a lot of minority groups. You constantly have to question who you are, what you are and whether you have the courage to be who you are.”— Antony Sher

“To go to hospitals and see people fight and overcome cystic fibrosis or cancer or any number of illnesses is to see courage that is humbling. And athletes constantly need to be humbled.”— Dale Murphy

“The British were indeed very far superior to the Americans in every respect necessary to military operations, except the revivified courage and resolution, the result of sudden success after despair.”— Mercy Otis Warren

“Yes, you must have the courage of being free.”— Jose Carreras

“Throughout the history of our young nation, we have seen our military go bravely into battle, armed with courage and willing to make the ultimate sacrifice.”— John M. McHugh

“I think what I would say to my younger self, and probably to younger, just starting-out writers is that a lot of times you're just afraid to put yourself out there, and it's uncomfortable because it's working up the courage to do something, to push yourself to do those things.”— Carol Leifer

“Rosa Parks' courage, determination, and tenacity continue to be an inspiration to all those committed to non-violent protest and change nearly half a century later.”— Bob Filner

“It is so often true that whether a person carries with him an atmosphere of gloom and depression or one of confidence and courage depends on his individual outlook.”— James Keller

“To see what is right and not to do it is want of courage, or of principle.”— Kong Fu Zi

“The problem is when you are writing something in retrospective, it needs a lot of courage not to change, or you will forget a certain reality, and you will just take in consideration your view today.”— Boutros Boutros-Ghali

“The qualities of an exceptional cook are akin to those of a successful tightrope walker: an abiding passion for the task, courage to go out on a limb and an impeccable sense of balance.”— Bryan Miller

“In short, we need to recover the courage we celebrate in our heroes, and in particular, the courage to tolerate, for the sake of a free society, a level of risk we hardly ever imagined in the past.”— Daniel Dennett

“It is a wise man who knows where courage ends and stupidity begins.”— Jerome Cady

“I try to be a truthful artist and I try to show a level of courage. I enjoy that. I'm a messenger.”— Jeff Koons

“Courage is the fear of being thought a coward.”— Horace Smith

“The right response to the non-problem of global warming is to have the courage to do nothing.”— Christopher Monckton

“In the inhalation and exhalation there is an energy and a lively divine spirit, since He, through his spirit supports the breath of life, giving courage to the people who are in the earth and spirit to those who walk on it.”— Michael Servetus

“Let me start with Yahoo. As we meet today, a Chinese citizen who had the courage to speak his mind on the Internet is in prison because Yahoo chose to share his name and address with the Chinese Government.”— Tom Lantos

“Courage is action, not talk.”— Jeff Rich

“It is our conduct, our patriotism and belief in our American way of life, our courage that will win the final battle.”— Prescott Bush

“Remember in 1973 the same science chatter said that the coming Ice Age is going to occur, we're going to lose millions of people. And the politicians knew how to solve it, they just didn't have the courage to solve it they were going to put coal dust on the Arctic.”— Don Young

“Let who will boast their courage in the field, I find but little safety from my shield, Nature's, not honour's law we must obey: This made me cast my useless shield away.”— Archilochus

“It was actually a women's writing group I belonged to in graduate school that gave me the courage to move from poetry to fiction.”— Mary Gordon

“It would be sad if we lost our instinct and our courage to love and protect.”— Emeli Sande