Life is the most exciting opportunity we have. But we have one shot. You graduate from college once, and that's it. You're going out of that nest. And you have to find that courage that's deep, deep, deep in there. Every step of the way. Andrew Shue
He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage. Samuel Johnson
Either life entails courage, or it ceases to be life. E. M. Forster
Courage stands halfway between cowardice and rashness, one of which is a lack, the other an excess of courage. Plutarch
Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads. Erica Jong
To persevere, trusting in what hopes he has, is courage in a man. Euripides
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. Virginia Woolf
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. David Seabury
Unless a reviewer has the courage to give you unqualified praise, I say ignore the bastard. John Steinbeck
The strangest, most generous, and proudest of all virtues is true courage. Michel de Montaigne
Courage, above all things, is the first quality of a warrior. Karl Von Clausewitz
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. John Stuart Mill
I beg you take courage the brave soul can mend even disaster. Catherine the Great
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. King Abdullah II
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. Howard Cosell