The innocent curiosity of children gives them astounding courage.

I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.

Men did not need to have balls to have balls.

Courage to me is doing something daring, no matter how afraid, insecure, intimidated, alone, unworthy, incapable, ridiculed or whatever other paralyzing emotion you might feel. Courage is taking action…..no matter what. So you’re afraid? Be...

That’s what courage is. If she weren’t scared, she wouldn’t need courage in the first place.” -Jo

I will never demean myself to speak about my courage,” said Julien, coldly, “it would be mean to do so. Let the world judge by the facts.

Figuring out what you want in life is hard, having the courage to full fill it is even harder!

A great deal of talent is lost to the world for want of a little courage

I have extremely little courage myself, much less than you; but I have found that whenever, after a long struggle, I have screwed my courage up to do something I always felt much freer &...

Launching a turnaround takes courage. I cannot measure that and so it is not going to be included in my analysis, but behind the moments of change there are always a few people within these...

If you’re living in the present…you only have to deal with what’s actually going on in that moment.

The only way I could conceive of waving a white flag, would be during the process of folding it, so to be used as a napkin later, at our victory dinner.

An end in terror is preferable to terror without end.

The bravest souls I know are those who are willing to risk having the entire world turns its back on them, and all they’ve ever wanted to do – and they would lay down their...

The tears are falling freely now, and I don’t care if he sees them. They’re tears of relief for my nephew, worry for my grandfather and my brother, and shame for my mistake. I figure...

I love you” for the very first time, and I said those words to a person that couldn’t reciprocate them. But guess what? I don’t regret any of it.

Attitude is that little thing that will make the most difference in the accomplishment of your goals.

Don’t let what you thought you were yesterday keep you from becoming what you’re meant to be today.

In the campaign of 1876, Robert G. Ingersoll came to Madison to speak. I had heard of him for years; when I was a boy on the farm a relative of ours had testified in...

There is no real bravery in getting paid to save someone’s life. However, there is a large amount of bravery in a nurse break dancing at the hospital’s Christmas party.

Now, because we have spent so many years convincing the younger people that we are helpless, they believe that we are no longer of use to this world.

We need men with moral courage to speak and write their real thoughts, and to stand by their convictions, even to the very death.

Courage in danger is half the battle.

Time seemed to stand still as she noticed three droplets of blood splattered on the Indian’s cheek. Crimson red, she thought. Three crimson red droplets. The color of the rubescent calla lilies in her mother’s...

Being wise and being smart are two different things anyone can be smart but those who master the art of knowing what to overlook in this journey called life deserves to be called wise.

Sometimes life is like living in a chamber of Liquid Oxygen. Liquid don’t allow you to live and Oxygen don’t let you die.

There is only one you for all time. Fearlessly be yourself.

I think this is what we all want to hear: that we are not alone in hitting the bottom, and that it is possible to come out of that place courageous, beautiful, and strong.

I had to cease to mourn what could never be and make the most of what was possible. And I would begin doing that by trying to mend the hurts of the past.

The third gift is Courage. May you speak and act with confidence and use courage to follow your own path.

It takes a lot of courage to release the familiar and seemingly secure, to embrace the new. But there is no real security in what is no longer meaningful.

One man with God is a majority.

If we are going to find our way out of shame and back to each other, vulnerability is the path and courage is the light. To set down those lists of *what we’re supposed to...

The thing about traveling alone, is that you run into your insecurities and fears times ten the normal! You run into all the good things and all the bad things about yourself on a daily...

We fear to trust our wings. We plume and feather them, but dare not throw our weight upon them. We cling too often to the perch.

Do,” said Louisa finally, “whatever you can’t not do.

… a true friend has your best interests at heart and the pluck to tell you what you need to hear.

Tunasema uongo kwa sababu hatuna ujasiri wa kusema ukweli. Ukweli hautupi uhuru, unatupa upweke.

We stand on a mountain pass in the midst of whirling snow and blinding mist, through which we get glimpses now and then of paths which may be deceptive. If we stand still we shall...

I hadn’t been hanging around a knight errant for three years without learning that impossible things can happen, if you’re willing to throw common sense in the air and try.

I wish Merry was here,” he heard himself saying, and quick thoughts raced through his mind, even as he watched the enemy come charging to the assault. “Well, well, now at any rate I understand...

The Lord doesn’t always make our paths smooth sailing, but He does make it possible to rise above adversity.

What Cuba has shown to the world is not only that we could play up to par with other major leaguers. We are not professional, we are amateur. We don’t get paid for doing this....

All happiness depends on courage and work

You must do the things you think you cannot.

The bravest thing you can do when you are not brave is to profess courage and act accordingly.

Find the courage to leave all your worries, fears, and doubts behind you. They are nothing but your enemies of progress.

Despite what you’ve read, your sadness is not beautiful. No one will see you in the bookstore, curled up with your Bukowski, and want to save you. Stop waiting for a salvation that will not...

If liquid courage smelled like cologne and gushed out of my penis, I’d make a better fire fighter than I’m not right now.

I am not a courageous person by nature. I have simply discovered that, at certain key moments in this life, you must find courage in yourself, in order to move forward and live. It is...