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

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

Fear? If I have gained anything by damning myself, it is that I no longer have anything to fear.

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.

I often look ridiculous in Japan. There’s really no way to eat in Japan, particularly kaiseki in a traditional ryokan, without offending the Japanese horribly. Every gesture, every movement is just so atrociously wrong, and the more I try, the more hilarious it is.

Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace.

The great epochs of our life are the occasions when we gain the courage to rebaptize our evil qualities as our best qualities.

I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.

A man dies when he refuses to stand up for that which is right. A man dies when he refuses to stand up for justice. A man dies when he refuses to take a stand for that which is true.

When you have to kill a man, it costs nothing to be polite.

Let a man who has to make his fortune in life remember this maxim: Attacking is the only secret. Dare and the world yields, or if it beats you sometimes, dare it again and you will succeed.

He who is brave is free.

Real courage is when you know you’re licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.

Every man has a right to risk his own life for the preservation of it.

A fit body gives you confidence. And there’s nothing more impressive than a great attitude, which you can wear on your sleeve. But you’ll have to remember the difference between being rude and being confident.

House guests should be regarded as perishables: Leave them out too long and they go bad.

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

How can any man be weak who dares to be at all?

Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men.

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

I think the best thing I ever did with my life was stand up and say I’ve got Alzheimer’s.

My great hope is to laugh as much as I cry; to get my work done and try to love somebody and have the courage to accept the love in return.

Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.

Just as courage imperils life, fear protects it.

All great and beautiful work has come of first gazing without shrinking into the darkness.

If he invited you out, he’s got to pay.

He that cannot reason is a fool. He that will not is a bigot. He that dare not is a slave.

Manners require time, and nothing is more vulgar than haste.

There are a lot of ‚chicken Christians.‘ Chickens are generally afraid of life, and they seldom fly or reach their potential in life. And when a storm comes, all they seem to do is flap around the chicken yard, stirring up dirt and running to the chicken house.

America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand.

A gentleman is one who puts more into the world than he takes out.

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

In fact, my courage and my bravery at a young age was the thing I was bullied for, a kind of ‚Who do you think you are?‘

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

Talk well of the absent whenever you have the opportunity.

The only thing is, people have to develop courage. It is most important of all the virtues. Because without courage, you can’t practice any other virtues consistently.

When restraint and courtesy are added to strength, the latter becomes irresistible.

Of Manners gentle, of Affections mild; In Wit a man; Simplicity, a child.

Courage – you develop courage by doing small things like just as if you wouldn’t want to pick up a 100-pound weight without preparing yourself.

You have to accept whatever comes and the only important thing is that you meet it with courage and with the best that you have to give.

He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.

Never speak to an invalid from behind, nor from the door, nor from any distance from him, nor when he is doing anything. The official politeness of servants in these things is so grateful to invalids, that many prefer, without knowing why, having none but servants about them.

Fear has its use but cowardice has none.

I don’t fear anybody… at all.

If we take the generally accepted definition of bravery as a quality which knows no fear, I have never seen a brave man. All men are frightened. The more intelligent they are, the more they are frightened.

I think fearless is having fears but jumping anyway.

Courage is grace under pressure.

It is vain for the coward to flee; death follows close behind; it is only by defying it that the brave escape.

As our enemies have found we can reason like men, so now let us show them we can fight like men also.

We are justified in enforcing good morals, for they belong to all mankind; but we are not justified in enforcing good manners, for good manners always mean our own manners.

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.

Today we affirm a new commitment to live out our nation’s promise through civility, courage, compassion and character.

Fear of death makes us devoid both of valour and religion. For want of valour is want of religious faith.

I don’t do any vulgar movements.

Women have to summon up courage to fulfill dormant dreams.

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.

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

Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure… than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.

If we are not ashamed to think it, we should not be ashamed to say it.

The world is in a constant conspiracy against the brave. It’s the age-old struggle: the roar of the crowd on the one side, and the voice of your conscience on the other.

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.