The coward only threatens when he is safe.

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.

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.

You need a certain amount of nerve to be a writer.

I ride my bike almost every day here in New York. It’s getting safer to do so, but I do have to be fairly alert when riding on the streets as opposed to riding on the Hudson River bike path or similar protected lanes.

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

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.

There is nothing so strong or safe in an emergency of life as the simple truth.

The time to take counsel of your fears is before you make an important battle decision. That’s the time to listen to every fear you can imagine! When you have collected all the facts and fears and made your decision, turn off all your fears and go ahead!

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

Even the Soviet Union, with its huge nuclear arsenal, was a threat that could be deterred by the prospect of retaliation. But suicide bombers cannot be deterred. They can only be annihilated – preemptively and unilaterally, if necessary.

Great tragedy has come to us, and we are meeting it with the best that is in our country, with courage and concern for others because this is America. This is who we are.

I think Clinton, after getting into office and into Washington, was shocked at being bludgeoned. So he spent time trying to be all things to all people – one way guaranteed not to be successful or respected in a lion’s den. You can’t just play around with all those big cats – you’ve got to take somebody on.

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!

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.

The future doesn’t belong to the fainthearted; it belongs to the brave.

Fear has its use but cowardice has none.

I am not afraid… I was born to do this.

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.

You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor.

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

In a country with millions of people and cars going everywhere, the enemy is going to get a car bomb out there once in awhile.

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

When it comes to the pinch, human beings are heroic.

Fear of a name increases fear of the thing itself.

It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.

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.

No one is so brave that he is not disturbed by something unexpected.

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

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.

Boldness be my friend.

I don’t think that much about my relationship with my mother and what it did to me. I sometimes feel terrible regret about her, what her life must have been like. Often, when I’m enjoying something, I think of how meager her rewards were and how much courage, in a way, she needed to go on living.

I would like to be remembered as a guy who had a set of priorities, and was willing to live by those priorities. In terms of accomplishments, my biggest accomplishment is that I kept the country safe amidst a real danger.

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

Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dream.

There are no small accidents on this circuit.

We fear that this moment will end, that we won’t get what we need, that we will lose what we love, or that we will not be safe. Often, our biggest fear is the knowledge that one day our bodies will cease functioning. So even when we are surrounded by all the conditions for happiness, our joy is not complete.

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.‘

Jump, and you will find out how to unfold your wings as you fall.

And I love that even in the toughest moments, when we’re all sweating it – when we’re worried that the bill won’t pass, and it seems like all is lost – Barack never lets himself get distracted by the chatter and the noise. Just like his grandmother, he just keeps getting up and moving forward… with patience and wisdom, and courage and grace.

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

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

We cannot let terrorists hold this nation hostile or hold our allies hostile.

I have a very strict gun control policy: if there’s a gun around, I want to be in control of it.

Just as courage imperils life, fear protects it.

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

We know that in tough times, cynicism is just another way to give up, and in the military, we consider cynicism or giving up simply as forms of cowardice.

We must do everything in our power to cease the behaviour that makes children everywhere feel afraid.

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

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.

A leader does not deserve the name unless he is willing occasionally to stand alone.

There is always safety in valor.

To run away from trouble is a form of cowardice and, while it is true that the suicide braves death, he does it not for some noble object but to escape some ill.

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.

Any man who can drive safely while kissing a pretty girl is simply not giving the kiss the attention it deserves.

There are several good protections against temptation, but the surest is cowardice.

The first quality that is needed is audacity.

The threat and use of violence is stimulating nuclear proliferation along with jihadi terrorism.

My message, especially to young people is to have courage to think differently, courage to invent, to travel the unexplored path, courage to discover the impossible and to conquer the problems and succeed. These are great qualities that they must work towards. This is my message to the young people.

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