The coward only threatens when he is safe.

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

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.

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

Falsehood is cowardice, the truth courage.

Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold.

Mission presidents hold keys of responsibility for the welfare, safety, and success of their missionaries.

A nation which has forgotten the quality of courage which in the past has been brought to public life is not as likely to insist upon or regard that quality in its chosen leaders today – and in fact we have forgotten.

There is nothing in the world so much admired as a man who knows how to bear unhappiness with courage.

The valiant never taste of death but once.

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.

Some have argued that confronting the threat from Iraq could detract from the war against terror. To the contrary, confronting the threat posed by Iraq is crucial to winning the war on terror.

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

It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.

I’ve always seen first responders as unsung heroes and very special people because, when everyone else is running away from danger, they run into it.

I have often been asked what I think about at the moment of take-off. Of course, no pilot sits and feels his pulse as he flies. He has to be part of the machine. If he thinks of anything but the task in hand, then trouble is probably just around the corner.

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

Al Qaeda is still a threat. We cannot pretend somehow that because Barack Hussein Obama got elected as president, suddenly everything is going to be OK.

If we are marked to die, we are enough to do our country loss; and if to live, the fewer men, the greater share of honor.

No man is worth his salt who is not ready at all times to risk his well-being, to risk his body, to risk his life, in a great cause.

I don’t think anybody in America ought to be scared.

Courage is found in unlikely places.

This soul, or life within us, by no means agrees with the life outside us. If one has the courage to ask her what she thinks, she is always saying the very opposite to what other people say.

Those who lack the courage will always find a philosophy to justify it.

Why, I’d horse-whip you if I had a horse.

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

The bravest person I’ve ever met was a young boy going through massive amounts of treatment for a very rare, complex and unpleasant disease. I last saw him at a Discworld convention, where he chose to take part in a game as an assassin. He died not long afterwards, and I wish I had his fortitude and sense of style.

In a false quarrel there is no true valor.

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!

That man is not truly brave who is afraid either to seem or to be, when it suits him, a coward.

Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can’t practice any other virtue consistently. You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage.

He who has courage and faith will never perish in misery!

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.

Courage that grows from constitution often forsakes a man when he has occasion for it; courage which arises from a sense of duty acts; in a uniform manner.

Where an excess of power prevails, property of no sort is duly respected. No man is safe in his opinions, his person, his faculties, or his possessions.

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.

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

America must not ignore the threat gathering against us. Facing clear evidence of peril, we cannot wait for the final proof, the smoking gun that could come in the form of a mushroom cloud.

Adventures are to the adventurous.

I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion.

The world has today 546 nuclear plants generating electricity. Their experience is being continuously researched, and feedback should be provided to all. Nuclear scientists have to interact with the people of the nation, and academic institutions continuously update nuclear power generation technology and safety.

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

Whenever a separation is made between liberty and justice, neither, in my opinion, is safe.

To keep oneself safe does not mean to bury oneself.

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.

Kindness and faithfulness keep a king safe, through kindness his throne is made secure.

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.

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!

He who despairs of the human condition is a coward, but he who has hope for it is a fool.

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

True nobility is exempt from fear.

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.

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 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.

Guilt is just as powerful, but its influence is positive, while shame’s is destructive. Shame erodes our courage and fuels disengagement.

Precaution is better than cure.

Women have to summon up courage to fulfill dormant dreams.

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

It is to the middle-class we must look for the safety of England.

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

Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.