Brave men are all vertebrates; they have their softness on the surface and their toughness in the middle.

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

It is true that we are weak and sick and ugly and quarrelsome but if that is all we ever were, we would millenniums ago have disappeared from the face of the earth.

The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.

If I were dropped out of a plane into the ocean and told the nearest land was a thousand miles away, I’d still swim. And I’d despise the one who gave up.

To see the right and not to do it is cowardice.

Men are only as great as they are kind.

Men show their character in nothing more clearly than what they think laughable.

A wise woman wishes to be no one’s enemy; a wise woman refuses to be anyone’s victim.

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

Wondrous is the strength of cheerfulness, and its power of endurance – the cheerful man will do more in the same time, will do it; better, will preserve it longer, than the sad or sullen.

From caring comes courage.

Strength and compassion are not mutually exclusive.

Power is given only to those who dare to lower themselves and pick it up. Only one thing matters, one thing; to be able to dare!

Courage is grace under pressure.

I am an example of what is possible when girls from the very beginning of their lives are loved and nurtured by people around them. I was surrounded by extraordinary women in my life who taught me about quiet strength and dignity.

One truth stands firm. All that happens in world history rests on something spiritual. If the spiritual is strong, it creates world history. If it is weak, it suffers world history.

The glory of the nation rests in the character of her men. And character comes from boyhood. Thus, every boy is a challenge to his elders.

The pressure of adversity does not affect the mind of the brave man… It is more powerful than external circumstances.

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

God, our Creator, has stored within our minds and personalities, great potential strength and ability. Prayer helps us tap and develop these powers.

As long as the people don’t fear the truth, there is hope. For once they fear it, the one who tells it doesn’t stand a chance. And today, truth is still beautiful… but so frightening.

Aristotle could have avoided the mistake of thinking that women have fewer teeth than men, by the simple device of asking Mrs. Aristotle to keep her mouth open while he counted.

I have found it easier to identify with the characters who verge upon hysteria, who were frightened of life, who were desperate to reach out to another person. But these seemingly fragile people are the strong people really.

I have just returned from visiting the Marines at the front, and there is not a finer fighting organization in the world!

Don’t be afraid to see what you see.

Men have to do some awfully mean things to keep up their respectability.

I do believe in the old saying, ‚What does not kill you makes you stronger.‘ Our experiences, good and bad, make us who we are. By overcoming difficulties, we gain strength and maturity.

If patience is worth anything, it must endure to the end of time. And a living faith will last in the midst of the blackest storm.

Prime time for men is, say, 35 to 45. Then they level off and fall off.

Against the assault of laughter, nothing can stand.

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.

The future is called ‚perhaps‘, which is the only possible thing to call the future. And the important thing is not to allow that to scare you.

And when a woman’s will is as strong as the man’s who wants to govern her, half her strength must be concealment.

Nothing is softer or more flexible than water, yet nothing can resist it.

Tina Turner is someone that I admire, because she made her strength feminine and sexy.

Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.

All men by nature desire knowledge.

This is no time for ease and comfort. It is time to dare and endure.

I’m not the sort to back away from a fight. I don’t believe in shrinking from anything. It’s not my speed; I’m a guy who meets adversities head on.

I have never been bewildered for long in any fight with our enemies – I was Armed with Insight.

Anything’s possible if you’ve got enough nerve.

Fortune befriends the bold.

Love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is done well.

But men must know, that in this theatre of man’s life it is reserved only for God and angels to be lookers on.

Men are so necessarily mad, that not to be mad would amount to another form of madness.

Even the securest financial plan and the finest health coverage aren’t enough to hold us steady when the challenges come… We need something more, something deeper and unshakeable, something that will see us through life’s hard times.

Fortitude is the marshal of thought, the armor of the will, and the fort of reason.

A wounded deer leaps the highest.

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.

Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.

The lessons from the peace process are clear; whatever life throws at us, our individual responses will be all the stronger for working together and sharing the load.

Our real problem, then, is not our strength today; it is rather the vital necessity of action today to ensure our strength tomorrow.

Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once.

But man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated.

A good indignation brings out all one’s powers.

The law of sacrifice is uniform throughout the world. To be effective it demands the sacrifice of the bravest and the most spotless.

As a shame researcher, I know that the very best thing to do in the midst of a shame attack is totally counterintuitive: Practice courage and reach out!

Men in general are quick to believe that which they wish to be true.

Do the thing you fear to do and keep on doing it… that is the quickest and surest way ever yet discovered to conquer fear.

Vulnerability is not weakness. And that myth is profoundly dangerous.