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" No man in the world has more courage than the man who can stop after eating one peanut. "

Channing Pollock

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" We all have ambitions, but only the few achieve. A man thinks of a good thing and says: 'Now if I only had the money I'd put that through.' The word 'if' was a dent in his courage. With character fully established, his plan well thought out, he had only to go to those in command of capital and it would have been forthcoming. "

Douglas Fairbanks

" It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to better things. "

Theodore Roosevelt

" 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.

" The one thing I learned the most about acting is it takes a tremendous amount of courage to go there and stand still. It takes courage and guts to step out of your mind frame and depict something. "

" Hope lies in dreams, in imagination, and in the courage of those who dare to make dreams into reality. "

" It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare. "

" Love bravely, live bravely, be courageous, there's really nothing to lose. There's no wrong you can't make right again, so be kinder to yourself, you know, have fun, take chances. There's no bounds. "

" 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

" Your determination, selflessness and courage have brought the freedom struggle towards its fulfilment. "

" Cowardice and courage are never without a measure of affectation. Nor is love. Feelings are never true. They play with their mirrors. "

Jean Baudrillard

" I think we need people with stronger ideals than John Kerry or Bill Clinton. I think we need people with more courage and vision. "

Octavia E. Butler

" The secret to happiness is freedom... And the secret to freedom is courage. "

" The amount of eccentricity in a society has generally been proportional to the amount of genius, mental vigor, and moral courage it contained. That so few now dare to be eccentric marks the chief danger of the time. "

John Stuart Mill

" You can do anything if you set your mind to it. Look out for kids, help them dream and be inspired. We teach calculus in schools, but I believe the most important formula is courage plus dreams equals success. "

" Faith in God... produces character; character will produce courage, courage to face the challenges of the day. "

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

James A. Michener

" Courage is poorly housed that dwells in numbers; the lion never counts the herd that are about him, nor weighs how many flocks he has to scatter. "

" I had to work up the courage to even imagine myself running for Congress. But I eventually decided that our country had a moral problem in only letting white men - even the right-minded ones - have a seat at the table. "

" To see what is right and not to do it is want of courage, or of principle. "

" In all realms of life it takes courage to stretch your limits, express your power, and fulfill your potential... it's no different in the financial realm. "

" Lying at the root of the social agreements of 1980 are the courage, sense of responsibility, and the solidarity of the working people. Both sides have then recognized that an accord must be reached if bloodshed is to be prevented. "

" The valor and courage of our young women and men in the armed services are a shining example to all of the world, and we owe them and their families our deepest respect. "

" True courage is like a kite; a contrary wind raises it higher. "

John Petit-Senn

" A man of courage is also full of faith. "

Marcus Tullius Cicero

" The man who has the courage of his platitudes is always a successful man. "

Van Wyck Brooks

" Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy. "

" Pugnacity is a form of courage, but a very bad form. "

" The presidents of colleges have to have some courage to step forward. You can't limit alcohol in college sports, you have to get rid of it. "

" If you are lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it. "

" 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. "