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" John Glenn's life will long be remembered for his time in space, his courage, and his service to all Americans. "

Katherine Johnson

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" 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. "

" In India, by and large, women are not educated enough to be bread winners and, within the moorings of traditional cultures, do not have the courage and the capacity to leave the matrimonial home. Given the inequality prevalent in family structures, the woman's right to opt out is suicidal. "

" Courage is found in unlikely places. "

J. R. R. Tolkien

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

" You have to do what you need to do as an artist. You have to have that courage. "

" Courage is soldiers fighting on the front line, or people living on the bread line. "

" I'm an exile. My father had the courage to leave with his wife, his mother and three children under twelve. It took more courage to leave, to sacrifice everything for freedom, than to stay. "

" At the same time, I would add that the American people have a lot of courage. "

" We read our children stories starring elephants and monkeys and bears to teach them about nobility, curiosity and courage, to warn them against selfishness and stubbornness. "

" It takes courage to know when you ought to be afraid. "

James A. Michener

" A nation which has forgotten the quality of courage which in the past has been brought to public life is not as likely to insist upon or regard that quality in its chosen leaders today - and in fact we have forgotten. "

John F. Kennedy

" The British were indeed very far superior to the Americans in every respect necessary to military operations, except the revivified courage and resolution, the result of sudden success after despair. "

Mercy Otis Warren

" I have had a lot of crushes but have never had the courage to go up to a girl and say what I feel. I am scared of rejection. "

" To be a Bond girl you need courage, charm, determination and feistiness. "

" If his presidency is to represent the full power of the idea that black Americans are just like everyone else - fully human and fully capable of intellect, courage and patriotism - then Barack Obama has to be subject to the same rough and tumble of political criticism experienced by his predecessors. "

" Who could refrain that had a heart to love and in that heart courage to make love known? "

William Shakespeare

" Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace. "

" And I think most people in this country want to see a president that's got the courage to say we're going to cut the tax burden, and reduce the regulatory climate, and we're going to get Americans working. "

" My message to you all is of hope, courage and confidence. Let us mobilize all our resources in a systematic and organized way and tackle the grave issues that confront us with grim determination and discipline worthy of a great nation. "

Muhammad Ali Jinnah

" We learned to be patient observers like the owl. We learned cleverness from the crow, and courage from the jay, who will attack an owl ten times its size to drive it off its territory. But above all of them ranked the chickadee because of its indomitable spirit. "

" 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. "

" I have a lot of things to prove to myself. One is that I can live my life fearlessly. "

" It takes a lot of courage, when everyone is asking you what you want to do, if you say that you want to be a musician or an actor; people can be very condescending and say, 'Oh, that's so sweet, good luck with that!' It can be very frustrating. "

" Well, I think that - I think leadership's always been about two main things: imagination and courage. "

" Religion in its humility restores man to his only dignity, the courage to live by grace. "

George Santayana

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

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

" If we survive danger it steels our courage more than anything else. "

Reinhold Niebuhr

" I don't believe in any Greatest Generation. I believe in great events. They sweep ordinary people up, expose them to extremes of human behavior and unimaginable tests of integrity and courage, and then deposit them back on the home front. "

" There's only one requirement of any of us, and that is to be courageous. Because courage, as you might know, defines all other human behavior. And, I believe - because I've done a little of this myself - pretending to be courageous is just as good as the real thing. "

David Letterman