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" True courage is a result of reasoning. A brave mind is always impregnable. "

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" One of the greatest gifts my father gave me - unintentionally - was witnessing the courage with which he bore adversity. We had a bit of a rollercoaster life with some really challenging financial periods. He was always unshaken, completely tranquil, the same ebullient, laughing, jovial man. "

" It requires greater courage to preserve inner freedom, to move on in one's inward journey into new realms, than to stand defiantly for outer freedom. It is often easier to play the martyr, as it is to be rash in battle. "

" I've been involved in politics for quite some time. I've held positions, and my experiences are very deep, and I think I have the capacity, the courage, and the character to institute the kinds of reforms that are so desperately needed. "

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

" Different parts of the world have different attitudes to failure. Arguably, it may take more courage to be an entrepreneur in Sydney, or Paris, or London, or Japan, or Singapore... but an entrepreneur sees the world for what it could be, not what it is. "

" Untutored courage is useless in the face of educated bullets. "

George S. Patton

" Soldiers, when committed to a task, can't compromise. It's unrelenting devotion to the standards of duty and courage, absolute loyalty to others, not letting the task go until it's been done. "

" Courage, sacrifice, determination, commitment, toughness, heart, talent, guts. That's what little girls are made of. "

Bethany Hamilton

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

Van Wyck Brooks

" Values are principles and ideas that bring meaning to the seemingly mundane experience of life. A meaningful life that ultimately brings happiness and pride requires you to respond to temptations as well as challenges with honor, dignity, and courage. "

Laura Schlessinger

" Bravery is being the only one who knows you're afraid. "

Franklin P. Jones

" Poetry gives us courage and sets us straight with the world. Poems are great companions and friends. "

" As soldiers need not only courage but tactics also, so does a philosopher need not only courage and philosophy but discernment also, to tell what his right time of dying is - so that he neither seek it nor flee it. "

Apollonius of Tyana

" Courage - a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it. "

William Tecumseh Sherman

" Cold and fire has a way of creeping into the tiniest crack in your courage and finding that coward. "

" Remember that the good angels do what they can to preserve men from sin and obtain God's honor. But they do not lose courage when men fail. "

" America needs jobs, smaller government, less spending and a president with the courage to offer more than yet another speech. "

" When our mothers are alive and healthy, they do extraordinary things... like the mothers of Plaza de Mayo, who marched in Argentinean plazas, defying the military junta dictatorship and demanding the whereabouts of their abducted children... or the Liberian mothers who faced down civil war armed only with T-shirts and courage. "

" In civilized life, where the happiness and indeed almost the existence of man, depends on the opinion of his fellow men. He is constantly acting a studied part. "

" One of the hardest questions I have been asked is 'How will you manage the army if you are having menstrual cramps?' I have also been asked if I will have the courage to face criminals. My answer is that courage is not a matter of gender. "

Josefina Vazquez Mota

" For years, I've admired wrist tattoos, but I was always afraid that they would hurt - I'm kind of a weenie about pain. In fact, it's why I wear so many bracelets on my left wrist. The bracelets represented the words or phrases I'd want to get tattooed but didn't have the courage to. "

" Courage is the ladder on which all the other virtues mount. "

Clare Boothe Luce

" Art, it seems to me, doesn't need freedom so much as it needs courage and love - some would call it 'soul' or 'Eros.' "

" Having a superpower has nothing to do with the ability to fly or jump, or superhuman strength. The truest superpowers are the ones we all possess: willpower, integrity, and most importantly, courage. "

" Many a man will have the courage to die gallantly, but will not have the courage to say, or even to think, that the cause for which he is asked to die is an unworthy one. "

Bertrand Russell

" People who have nothing to do are quickly tired of their own company. "

" From my youngest brother to immigrant women to black queer folks, those are the people who keep me going. When I think about their various acts of courage, it reminds me that I am not alone and that we can do even more, and we deserve more, so we have to keep going. "

" Sarah Vaughan is one of my greatest heroes. She personifies what an artist is all about, taking risks, daring to go beyond the boundaries of safety and convention. It takes courage to share your vulnerability. "

Claron McFadden

" In the Soviet army it takes more courage to retreat than advance. "

" Have no fear of moving into the unknown. Simply step out fearlessly knowing that I am with you, therefore no harm can befall you; all is very, very well. Do this in complete faith and confidence. "

Pope John Paul II

" Patience, that blending of moral courage with physical timidity. "