Every human being on this earth is born with a tragedy, and it isn't original sin. He's born with the tragedy that he has to grow up... a lot of people don't have the courage to do it. Helen Hayes on courage
I've been through it all, baby, I'm mother courage. Elizabeth Taylor on courage
And I love that even in the toughest moments, when we're all sweating it - when we're worried that the bill won't pass, and it seems like all is lost - Barack never lets himself get distracted by the chatter and the noise. Just like his grandmother, he just keeps getting up and moving forward... with patience and wisdom, and courage and grace. Michelle Obama on courage
A wise woman recognizes when her life is out of balance and summons the courage to act to correct it, she knows the meaning of true generosity, happiness is the reward for a life lived in harmony, with a courage and grace. Suze Orman on courage
We need to find the courage to say no to the things and people that are not serving us if we want to rediscover ourselves and live our lives with authenticity. Barbara de Angelis on courage
Untutored courage is useless in the face of educated bullets. George S. Patton on courage
Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to die. Gilbert K. Chesterton on courage
The first virtue in a soldier is endurance of fatigue courage is only the second virtue. Napoleon Bonaparte on courage
There can be no failure to a man who has not lost his courage, his character, his self respect, or his self-confidence. He is still a King. Orison Swett Marden on courage
Two qualities are indispensable: first, an intellect that, even in the darkest hour, retains some glimmerings of the inner light which leads to truth and second, the courage to follow this faint light wherever it may lead. Karl Von Clausewitz on courage
Many a man will have the courage to die gallantly, but will not have the courage to say, or even to think, that the cause for which he is asked to die is an unworthy one. Bertrand Russell on courage
Healing takes courage, and we all have courage, even if we have to dig a little to find it. Tori Amos on courage
Goodness is about character - integrity, honesty, kindness, generosity, moral courage, and the like. More than anything else, it is about how we treat other people. Dennis Prager on courage
If human beings had genuine courage, they'd wear their costumes every day of the year, not just on Halloween. Doug Coupland on courage
There is nothing in the world so much admired as a man who knows how to bear unhappiness with courage. Lucius Annaeus Seneca on courage
I have seen in the Halls of Congress more idealism, more humanness, more compassion, more profiles of courage than in any other institution that I have ever known. Hubert H. Humphrey on courage
Courage and grace are a formidable mixture. The only place to see it is in the bullring. Marlene Dietrich on courage
No matter what you think about the Iraq war, there is one thing we can all agree on for the next days - we have to salute the courage and bravery of those who are risking their lives to vote and those brave Iraqi and American soldiers fighting to protect their right to vote. Hillary Clinton on courage
The courage we desire and prize is not the courage to die decently, but to live manfully. Thomas Carlyle on courage