Courage can't see around corners but goes around them anyway. Mignon McLaughlin
Courage and willingness to just go for it, whether it is a conversation or a spontaneous trip or trying new things that are scary - it is a really attractive quality. Alanis Morissette
Earth teach me to forget myself as melted snow forgets its life. Earth teach me resignation as the leaves which die in the fall. Earth teach me courage as the tree which stands all alone. Earth teach me regeneration as the seed which rises in the spring. William Alexander
The only courage that matters is the kind that gets you from one moment to the next. Mignon McLaughlin
Half a century ago, the amazing courage of Rosa Parks, the visionary leadership of Martin Luther King, and the inspirational actions of the civil rights movement led politicians to write equality into the law and make real the promise of America for all her citizens. David Cameron
Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air. John Quincy Adams
In the Soviet army it takes more courage to retreat than advance. Joseph Stalin
Eccentricity has always abounded when and where strength of character had abounded and the amount of eccentricity in a society has generally been proportional to the amount of genius, mental vigor, and courage which it contained. John Stuart Mill
Why should we honour those that die upon the field of battle? A man may show as reckless a courage in entering into the abyss of himself. William Butler Yeats
Let's drink to the spirit of gallantry and courage that made a strange Heaven out of unbelievable Hell, and let's drink to the hope that one day this country of ours, which we love so much, will find dignity and greatness and peace again. Noel Coward
To dare to live alone is the rarest courage since there are many who had rather meet their bitterest enemy in the field, than their own hearts in their closet. Charles Caleb Colton
Traits like humility, courage, and empathy are easily overlooked - but it's immensely important to find them in your closest relationships. Laura Linney
He who knows no hardships will know no hardihood. He who faces no calamity will need no courage. Mysterious though it is, the characteristics in human nature which we love best grow in a soil with a strong mixture of troubles. Harry Emerson Fosdick
Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul. Michel de Montaigne
It is courage, courage, courage, that raises the blood of life to crimson splendor. Live bravely and present a brave front to adversity. Horace
All you need is the plan, the road map, and the courage to press on to your destination. Earl Nightingale
Courage consists not in hazarding without fear but being resolutely minded in a just cause. Plutarch
To create one's world in any of the arts takes courage. Georgia O'Keeffe
The kind of beauty I want most is the hard-to-get kind that comes from within - strength, courage, dignity. Ruby Dee