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Courage is the fear of being thought a coward.
Horace Smith on courage

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

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 on courage

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 on courage

Courage is action, not talk.
Jeff Rich on courage

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

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 on courage

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 on courage

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 on courage

As long as the opposition believes the world will stand with Ukraine's democrat reformers, they will have the leverage and the courage to establish a legitimate republic under the leadership of Viktor Yushchenko.
Bob Schaffer on courage

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

I think the moments that are difficult for anybody are when you see what your life could be, if only you had the courage to take the steps needed.
John Slattery on courage

Farrah Fawcett had courage, she had strength, and she had faith.
Jaclyn Smith on courage

I have written a memoir here and there, and that takes its own form of selfishness and courage. However, generally speaking, I have no interest in writing about my own life or intruding in the privacy of those around me.
Peter Carey on courage

I know what real courage is, and I understand true compassion.
Mo Yan on courage

My talent is such that no undertaking, however vast in size... has ever surpassed my courage.
Peter Paul Rubens on courage

And as a child I was filled with passionate admiration for acts of civic courage I had seen performed by an elderly military doctor, who was a friend of my family.
Rene Cassin on courage

The single outstanding exception was the broad yet precise mandate communicated by the General Assembly in 1946 to prepare as soon as possible the Charter of Human Rights which the San Francisco Conference had not had the time or the courage to draw up.
Rene Cassin on courage

It often takes more courage to change one's opinion than to keep it.
Willy Brandt on courage

We must remind Americans that the promise of opportunity remains unbroken - that every person in this great nation can succeed through hard work, courage and personal responsibility.
Brian Sandoval on courage