Courage is a kind of salvation.

The people to fear are not those who disagree with you, but those who disagree with you and are too cowardly to let you know.

It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.

March on. Do not tarry. To go forward is to move toward perfection. March on, and fear not the thorns, or the sharp stones on life’s path.

Build me a son, O Lord, who will be strong enough to know when he is weak, and brave enough to face himself when he is afraid, one who will be proud and unbending in honest defeat, and humble and gentle in victory.

We are braver and wiser because they existed, those strong women and strong men… We are who we are because they were who they were. It’s wise to know where you come from, who called your name.

I wish that the Indians believed me a god, for upon the report of an enemy’s valor oftentimes depends the success of a battle, and false reports have many times done as great things as true courage and resolution.

Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.

The Bible says to ‚fear not,‘ but this doesn’t mean you should never feel scared. It means when you do feel fear, keep going forward and do what you are supposed to do. Or as I like to say, do it afraid.

People with courage and character always seem sinister to the rest.

I always believed that when you follow your heart or your gut, when you really follow the things that feel great to you, you can never lose, because settling is the worst feeling in the world.

A lot of people ask me, ‚How did you have the courage to walk up to record labels when you were 12 or 13 and jump right into the music industry?‘ It’s because I knew I could never feel the kind of rejection that I felt in middle school. Because in the music industry, if they’re gonna say no to you, at least they’re gonna be polite about it.

Brave men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war.

We are what we believe we are.

If we are marked to die, we are enough to do our country loss; and if to live, the fewer men, the greater share of honor.

How few there are who have courage enough to own their faults, or resolution enough to mend them.

You can’t forgive without loving. And I don’t mean sentimentality. I don’t mean mush. I mean having enough courage to stand up and say, ‚I forgive. I’m finished with it.‘

Heroes are not known by the loftiness of their carriage; the greatest braggarts are generally the merest cowards.

Sometimes you need faith and victory spoken over your life. Words have created power. When you receive them into your spirit, they can ignite seeds of increase on the inside.

Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his soul and come up with the extra ounce of power it takes to win when the match is even.

I’ll never tell a lie. I’ll never make a misleading statement. I’ll never betray the confidence that any of you had in me. And I’ll never avoid a controversial issue.

We have a choice about how we take what happens to us in our life and whether or not we allow it to turn us. We can become consumed by hate and darkness, or we’re able to regain our humanity somehow, or come to terms with things and learn something about ourselves.

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

Guilt is just as powerful, but its influence is positive, while shame’s is destructive. Shame erodes our courage and fuels disengagement.

Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them.

It’s easier to aim to please and say what others want to hear than to form an opinion and fight for it, even if it means taking a risk or losing your job.

Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen.

I want to believe that I am improving. This is something that I take really seriously.

Women have to summon up courage to fulfill dormant dreams.

What I am looking for is not out there, it is in me.

Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power.

It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell.

Courage is knowing what not to fear.

He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still.

How very little can be done under the spirit of fear.

Don’t be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment.

I was brought up to believe that the worst thing you could do was ‚call attention to yourself,‘ or ‚think you were smart.‘ My mother was an exception to this rule and was punished by the early onset of Parkinson’s disease.

The person who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore.

Bravery never goes out of fashion.

There are so many things we have to overcome in this life with Jesus, His work on the cross. He’s paid the ultimate price for us, so I’m proud to be a child of God.

Heroes may not be braver than anyone else. They’re just braver five minutes longer.

The only happiness a brave person ever troubles themselves in asking about, is happiness enough to get their work done.

Courtesy is as much a mark of a gentleman as courage.

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

He is a man of courage who does not run away, but remains at his post and fights against the enemy.

There are no easy answers, but there are simple answers. We must have the courage to do what we know is morally right.

The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity.

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.‘

I never thought of losing, but now that it‘ s happened, the only thing is to do it right. That’s my obligation to all the people who believe in me. We all have to take defeats in life.

If you think you can do a thing or think you can’t do a thing, you’re right.

It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else.

I shall allow no man to belittle my soul by making me hate him.

I’d rather give my life than be afraid to give it.

Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.

I would storm the gates of Hell if Third Marine Air Wing was overhead.

Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt.

Fear has its use but cowardice has none.

Individual science fiction stories may seem as trivial as ever to the blinder critics and philosophers of today – but the core of science fiction, its essence has become crucial to our salvation if we are to be saved at all.

History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid.

I am more afraid of my own heart than of the pope and all his cardinals. I have within me the great pope, Self.

I’ve always seen first responders as unsung heroes and very special people because, when everyone else is running away from danger, they run into it.