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.

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

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

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.

In this world there is always danger for those who are afraid of it.

Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.

People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built.

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.

At first, I was scared to show fear because you can never be sure how people will perceive you. But I dared myself to do that, to stand out. Now I’ll talk about being beaten up or robbed or making a stupid decision because of a girl or whatever.

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

A hundred struggle and drown in the breakers. One discovers the new world. But rather, ten times rather, die in the surf, heralding the way to that new world, than stand idly on the shore.

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.

I’m not frightened of appearing vulnerable.

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.

I think we all have empathy. We may not have enough courage to display it.

Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others.

Just try new things. Don’t be afraid. Step out of your comfort zones and soar, all right?

You can’t hold a man down without staying down with him.

Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.

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

Whether we’re Democrats, Republicans, or independents – it does not matter. We all understand that an attack on any one of us is an attack on all of us.

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.

I think fearless is having fears but jumping anyway.

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.

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.

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

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

To see what is right and not to do it is want of courage, or of principle.

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!

The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and left untried.

A ‚No‘ uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a ‚Yes‘ merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble.

Let us all be brave enough to die the death of a martyr, but let no one lust for martyrdom.

All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.

Many will call me an adventurer – and that I am, only one of a different sort: one of those who risks his skin to prove his platitudes.

We will stand up for our friends in the world. And one of the most important friends is the State of Israel. My administration will be steadfast in support Israel against terrorism and violence, and in seeking the peace for which all Israelis pray.

A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave.

He who dreads hostility too much is unfit to rule.

I’m a bold Christian, not a scaredy-cat Christian.

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

None but a coward dares to boast that he has never known fear.

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

Peace comes when you talk to the guy you most hate. And that’s where the courage of a leader comes, because when you sit down with your enemy, you as a leader must already have very considerable confidence from your own constituency.

The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do. You can act to change and control your life; and the procedure, the process is its own reward.

I love the name of honor, more than I fear death.

It requires more courage to suffer than to die.

Only those are fit to live who are not afraid to die.

The first step in the evolution of ethics is a sense of solidarity with other human beings.

Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.

Still and all, why bother? Here’s my answer. Many people need desperately to receive this message: I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people do not care about them. You are not alone.

I began revolution with 82 men. If I had to do it again, I do it with 10 or 15 and absolute faith. It does not matter how small you are if you have faith and plan of action.

Real nobility is based on scorn, courage, and profound indifference.

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.

The risk for me would be in not taking one – that’s the only thing that’s really risky for me.

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.

Above all, we must realize that no arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women. It is a weapon our adversaries in today’s world do not have.

You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, ‚I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.‘

Fortune befriends the bold.

My mother always taught us that if people don’t agree with you, the important thing is to listen to them. But if you’ve listened to them carefully and you still think that you’re right, then you must have the courage of your convictions.

Let the fear of a danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger.

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.

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.