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" Poetry takes courage because you have to face things and you try to articulate how you feel. "

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" 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

" Falsehood is cowardice, the truth courage. "

" Such decisions will be far reaching and difficult. But you never lacked courage in the past. Your courage is now needed for the future. "

" We've let the blade of our innocence dull over time, and it's only in innocence that you find any kind of magic, any kind of courage. "

" Muslims must speak out and explain who they are, what they believe in, what they stand for, what is the meaning of their life. They must have the courage to denounce what is said and done by certain Muslims in the name of their religion. "

" Deciding taste is egotistical, but that's how taste is established, by somebody having the courage to say, 'I don't want to sell that.' "

" War paralyzes your courage and deadens the spirit of true manhood. "

Alexander Berkman

" Give us grace and strength to forbear and to persevere. Give us courage and gaiety and the quiet mind, spare to us our friends, soften to us our enemies. "

Robert Louis Stevenson

" Who asks whether the enemy was defeated by strategy or valor? "

" The courage of a soldier is found to be the cheapest and most common quality of human nature. "

" Curiosity, rationalization, and laziness are no match against courage, self-control, and mental toughness. "

" You have to develop ways so that you can take up for yourself, and then you take up for someone else. And so sooner or later, you have enough courage to really stand up for the human race and say, 'I'm a representative.' "

" Each book should be an entity unto itself, with its own structure, character, life, name. "

" Most of the good executives do pretty well. Because to be a good executive you have to be strong, and you have to have a simple attribute that people have forgotten about - courage. "

" Anyone can support a team that is winning - it takes no courage. But to stand behind a team to defend a team when it is down and really needs you, that takes a lot of courage. "

" Women have to summon up courage to fulfill dormant dreams. "

" Courage, my friends; 'tis not too late to build a better world. "

" I think you have to look at the fact that every presidential candidate, Republican or Democrat, has all said that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel and the embassy should be moved. President Trump's the only one that had the courage to actually do that. "

" Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point. "

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

" The idea of how to read a poem is based on the idea that poetry needs you as a reader. That the experience of poetry, the meaning in poetry, is a kind of circuit that takes place between a poet, a poem and a reader, and that meaning doesn't exist or inhere in poems alone. "

" I learned that moral courage is harder than physical courage. "

" Success means having the courage, the determination, and the will to become the person you believe you were meant to be. "

George A. Sheehan

" Love is the most difficult and dangerous form of courage. Courage is the most desperate, admirable and noble kind of love. "

Delmore Schwartz

" I really thank my parents for giving me the good sense to not get into anything wrong. There are many people around who like controversies, and I actually wonder how do they do it. I don't have the courage to get into controversies. There are people who love it; I find it silly. "

" I believe that my worth is not measured by what I do, by the honors that are bestowed upon me, or by material wealth that I might obtain. Instead, I am measured by the courage I show while standing for my beliefs, by the dedication I exhibit to ensure my word is good, and the resolve I undertake to establish my actions and deeds as honorable. "

" Way down deep, we're all motivated by the same urges. Cats have the courage to live by them. "

" It is right to endure with resignation what the gods send, and to face one's enemies with courage. "

" I always disliked dogs, those protectors of cowards who lack the courage to fight an assailant themselves. "

August Strindberg

" It often takes more courage to change one's opinion than to keep it. "