Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities… because it is the quality which guarantees all others.

Better to die ten thousand deaths than wound my honor.

Ladies and gentlemen, god bless America – land of the free, home of the brave.

Some people will have to be afraid. Those who plunder the nation, deliver injustice, will have to feel scared of me. And I am not afraid of admitting this. Government cannot be so lenient that it forgives them.

Better to have beasts that let themselves be killed than men who run away.

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.

Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience.

The best marriages are the ones where we can go out in the world and really put ourselves out there. A lot of times we’ll fail, and sometimes we’ll pull it off. But good marriages are when you can go home and know that your vulnerability will be honored as courage, and that you’ll find support.

Our esteem for facts has not neutralized in us all religiousness. It is itself almost religious. Our scientific temper is devout.

We’re going to be OK because of the American people. They have more grit, determination and courage than you can imagine.

Truth cannot be brought down; rather, the individual must make the effort to ascend to it. You cannot bring the mountaintop to the valley. If you would attain to the mountaintop, you must pass through the valley, climb the steeps, unafraid of the dangerous precipices.

If ever I feel the soul within me elevate and expand to those dimensions not wholly unworthy of its Almighty Architect, it is when I contemplate the cause of my country, deserted by all the world beside, and I standing up boldly and lone and hurling defiance at her victorious oppressors.

The courage of life is often a less dramatic spectacle than the courage of a final moment; but it is no less a magnificent mixture of triumph and tragedy.

Who could refrain that had a heart to love and in that heart courage to make love known?

With compassion you can die for other people, like the mother who can die for her child. You have the courage to say it because you are not afraid of losing anything, because you know that understanding and love is the foundation of happiness. But if you have fear of losing your status, your position, you will not have the courage to do it.

I believe that a man is the strongest soldier for daring to die unarmed.

When trouble breaks out, our men and women in uniform, they don’t just sit around thinking about it or talking about it – they act. They put on that uniform. They leave their loved ones behind. They go out there. They give orders. They follow orders. They do whatever it takes to keep our country safe.

Believers, look up – take courage. The angels are nearer than you think.

The fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have never found these dangers sufficient reason for remaining ashore.

The coward wretch whose hand and heart Can bear to torture aught below, Is ever first to quail and start From the slightest pain or equal foe.

I continue to care for President Obama and for his family. I think that in many ways they are very courageous people, and I honor that, because I know what it means to live as a black person in a racist America.

A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.

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

What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?

I know some really outstanding Turkish journalists, and have been pleased and honored to be able to join with them a few times in their courageous protests against state terror and repression.

One ought never to turn one’s back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double the danger. But if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half. Never run away from anything. Never!

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

The virtues, like the Muses, are always seen in groups. A good principle was never found solitary in any breast.

Fear has its use but cowardice has none.

Suspicion is not less an enemy to virtue than to happiness; he that is already corrupt is naturally suspicious, and he that becomes suspicious will quickly be corrupt.

Courage is found in unlikely places.

The martyr cannot be dishonored. Every lash inflicted is a tongue of fame; every prison a more illustrious abode.

Do the thing we fear, and death of fear is certain.

Cowardice asks the question, is it safe? Expediency asks the question, is it politic? Vanity asks the question, is it popular? But conscience asks the question, is it right? And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but one must take it because it is right.

Unless a reviewer has the courage to give you unqualified praise, I say ignore the bastard.

What kind of people do they think we are? Is it possible they do not realize that we shall never cease to persevere against them until they have been taught a lesson which they and the world will never forget?

You may not always have a comfortable life and you will not always be able to solve all of the world’s problems at once but don’t ever underestimate the importance you can have because history has shown us that courage can be contagious and hope can take on a life of its own.

I want you to panic. I want you to feel the fear I feel every day. And then I want you to act.

We have to confront ourselves. Do we like what we see in the mirror? And, according to our light, according to our understanding, according to our courage, we will have to say yea or nay – and rise!

There’s something which impels us to show our inner souls. The more courageous we are, the more we succeed in explaining what we know.

Noble deeds that are concealed are most esteemed.

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

Gold is good in its place; but loving, brave, patriotic men are better than gold.

Live as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts.

He who has faith has… an inward reservoir of courage, hope, confidence, calmness, and assuring trust that all will come out well – even though to the world it may appear to come out most badly.

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.

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

History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again.

I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. ‚Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves their conduct, will pursue their principles unto death.

Fortune befriends the bold.

Simulated disorder postulates perfect discipline; simulated fear postulates courage; simulated weakness postulates strength.

Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God.

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

Success is due to our stretching to the challenges of life. Failure comes when we shrink from them.

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.

Cowards die many times before their actual deaths.

The first virtue in a soldier is endurance of fatigue; courage is only the second virtue.

Just as courage imperils life, fear protects it.

I don’t fear anybody… at all.

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