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" I think there's a great strength in having the courage and also having the support to do what you want to do when you're an artist in any way, shape or form. "

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" 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. "

" Traveling gives you some perspective of what the rest of the world is like. I think that having the courage to step out of the norm is the most important thing. "

" Decision is a risk rooted in the courage of being free. "

" The most memorable interviews for me are folks whose names I don't know: young civil rights leaders in the South, showing great courage as they walked into a town in the dark of night. A doctor working for 'Doctors Without Borders' in Somalia, operating by kerosene light in a tent. Those are the kinds of people that linger in your memory. "

" Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men. "

" Every man has his own courage, and is betrayed because he seeks in himself the courage of other persons. "

Ralph Waldo Emerson

" I could never muster the courage to speak to girls in my college in Pune. Most of them were Parsis and spoke English. I came from a village and could barely converse in English. "

" People say, 'You have inspired me, you've given me courage...' They've gone so far as to say, 'You've changed my life!' And I would come back and say to my husband, 'I can't understand it - what kind of poor little life did she have if I had to come and change it?' "

" Courage conquers all things: it even gives strength to the body. "

" What we want from modern dance is courage and audacity. "

" You take a number of small steps which you believe are right, thinking maybe tomorrow somebody will treat this as a dangerous provocation. And then you wait. If there is no reaction, you take another step: courage is only an accumulation of small steps. "

" Living authentically isn't an act of courage as much as an act of survival. "

" Every day begins with an act of courage and hope: getting out of bed. "

" Some people have a hard time getting rid of stuff. If that's you, pray for God to give you the courage to get rid of things you don't really need or things He wants you to give away. This will help keep your surroundings organized and clutter-free. "

" Getting past the influence of the fossil fuel industry will take courage, especially on the part of the Republican majority whom they so relentlessly bully and cajole. But we must do it. "

Sheldon Whitehouse

" The most important thing for me was to never, ever, ever deny it. But I didn't really have the courage to talk about it. I was thinking, The people who need to know I'm gay know. "

Portia de Rossi

" I had a few brushes with death, where I nearly chose to go. The final one in 1996 did it for me. I suddenly had that feeling that I wasn't indestructible. There was no big white light experience, I just felt this complete blackness and a huge voice inside me saying, 'This is not right.' "

" Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye. "

" Paul persuaded me to join the band. I would never have had the courage otherwise. It was fun at the beginning. We were playing just for fun, with Paul's group. "

Linda McCartney

" In my experience as CEO, I found that the most important decisions tested my courage far more than my intelligence. "

" My aunt is the director of the acapella group Black Voices. I was so struck by them as a child. They sang with such passion and conviction. By the time I turned 15, I had plucked up the courage to ask if I could join the group. Acapella is a different discipline from singing with an accompaniment - it is much more exposed. "

" You want to shut up every Negro who has the courage to stand up and fight for the rights of his people, for the rights of workers, and I have been on many a picket line for the steelworkers too. "

" A team is where a boy can prove his courage on his own. A gang is where a coward goes to hide. "

" Real courage is knowing what faces you and knowing how to face it. "

" Let us go forth with fear and courage and rage to save the world. "

" All my life I had feared to-morrow, until I decided to have faith and to live to-day in 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. "

" I have a huge political interest. I just wish I had the courage to come into politics in India. "

" It takes someone with a vision of the possibilities to attain new levels of experience. Someone with the courage to live his dreams. "

" TV is so different from the movies. It takes a lot of stamina because you work such long hours. It is really challenging. You are learning the next day's lines while you are shooting today's scenes. I found courage I never realised I had. I hope to do more. "