In our film profession you may have Gable's looks, Tracy's art, Marlene's legs or Liz's violet eyes, but they don't mean a thing without that swinging thing called courage. Frank Capra on courage
To show the world what long experience gains, requires not courage, though it calls for pains but at life's outset to inform mankind is a bold effort of a valiant mind. George Crabbe on courage
War paralyzes your courage and deadens the spirit of true manhood. Alexander Berkman on courage
None speak of the bravery, the might, or the intellect of Jesus but the devil is always imagined as a being of acute intellect, political cunning, and the fiercest courage. These universal and instinctive tendencies of the human mind reveal much. Lydia M. Child on courage
Men who live valiantly and die nobly have a strength and a courage from the eternal Father. Josephus Daniels on courage
True courage is a result of reasoning. A brave mind is always impregnable. Jeremy Collier on courage
It may not be the most popular but there is a place for it. I think about the kind of music I love, acoustic, melodic, and I guess it kind of took a bit of courage on my part to think I could be one of those songwriters. Helen Slater on courage
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is a time to honor the greatest champion of racial equality who taught a nation - through compassion and courage - about democracy, nonviolence and racial justice. Mark Pryor on courage
It takes far less courage to kill yourself than it takes to make yourself wake up one more time. It's harder to stay where you are than to get out. For everyone but you, that is. Judith Rossner on courage
There is no glory in war, yet from the blackness of its history, there emerge vivid colours of human character and courage. Those who risked their lives to help their friends. Silvia Cartwright on courage
Courage to be is the key to revelatory power of the feminist revolution. Mary Daly on courage
I took my courage in both hands and went to the Laundromat to do my washing. I had to use three machines. Julie Doucet on courage
I love revolutionaries who have the courage to stand up against the status quo. They're always misunderstood, but they're the ones who are standing up for human rights. Richard Hatch on courage
To bathe a cat takes brute force, perseverance, courage of conviction - and a cat. The last ingredient is usually hardest to come by. Stephen Baker on courage
The memoirs that have come out of Africa are sometimes startlingly beautiful, often urgent, and essentially life-affirming, but they are all performances of courage and honesty. Alexandra Fuller on courage
Give the people not hell, but hope and courage. John Murray on courage
Courage ought to have eyes as well as arms. H. G. Bohn on courage
Someone once told me the one thread that runs through them all is a premium on personal courage - not intellectual courage, but just plain physical courage. Walter Lord on courage
They put me in a harness, like a horse, to learn the back somersault. It was weird up there when I put on that harness for the first time. The courage came with practice. Donald O'Connor on courage