One man scorned and covered with scars still strove with his last ounce of courage to reach the unreachable stars and the world will be better for this. Miguel de Cervantes
Take chances, make mistakes. That's how you grow. Pain nourishes your courage. You have to fail in order to practice being brave. Mary Tyler Moore
I think my mother... made it clear that you have to live life by your own terms and you have to not worry about what other people think and you have to have the courage to do the unexpected. Caroline Kennedy
Courage, not compromise, brings the smile of God's approval. Thomas S. Monson
Leaders come in many forms, with many styles and diverse qualities. There are quiet leaders and leaders one can hear in the next county. Some find strength in eloquence, some in judgment, some in courage. John W. Gardner
Determination, energy, and courage appear spontaneously when we care deeply about something. We take risks that are unimaginable in any other context. Margaret J. Wheatley
Great tragedy has come to us, and we are meeting it with the best that is in our country, with courage and concern for others because this is America. This is who we are. George W. Bush
Way down deep, we're all motivated by the same urges. Cats have the courage to live by them. Jim Davis
Suffering! We owe to it all that is good in us, all that gives value to life we owe to it pity, we owe to it courage, we owe to it all the virtues. Anatole France
Failure is only postponed success as long as courage 'coaches' ambition. The habit of persistence is the habit of victory. Herbert Kaufman
It takes as much courage to have tried and failed as it does to have tried and succeeded. Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Today we affirm a new commitment to live out our nation's promise through civility, courage, compassion and character. George W. Bush
Courage consists not in blindly overlooking danger, but in seeing it, and conquering it. Jean Paul
Courage enlarges, cowardice diminishes resources. In desperate straits the fears of the timid aggravate the dangers that imperil the brave. Christian Nestell Bovee
If we survive danger it steels our courage more than anything else. Reinhold Niebuhr
There are pretenders to piety as well as to courage. Moliere
Religion in its humility restores man to his only dignity, the courage to live by grace. George Santayana
Courage that grows from constitution often forsakes a man when he has occasion for it courage which arises from a sense of duty acts in a uniform manner. Joseph Addison
If we are to survive, we must have ideas, vision, and courage. These things are rarely produced by committees. Everything that matters in our intellectual and moral life begins with an individual confronting his own mind and conscience in a room by himself. Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.