A large nose is in fact the sign of an affable man, good, courteous, witty, liberal, courageous, such as I am.
Edmond RostandIt doesn't comfort man. On the contrary, it encourages him in his folly, it transports him to the supreme regions where he is. [On the effects of alcohol]
Marguerite DurasLife without the courage for death is slavery.
SenecaYou didn't just pay lip service to the goal of overcoming the division of Europe and Germany... Rather, you put yourself at the forefront of those who encouraged us on the way to unity.
Helmut KohlEach person has inside a basic decency and goodness. If he listens to it and acts on it, he is giving a great deal of what it is the world needs most. It is not complicated but it takes courage.
Pablo CasalsIt takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else.
Erma BombeckAgain and again, I've seen Bush turn a blind eye as his henchmen have leveled zealous attacks against his political enemies - assaults which the president himself has sometimes directly encouraged.
Paul BegalaWe need men with moral courage to speak and write their real thoughts, and to stand by their convictions, even to the very death.
Robert G IngersollHave courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace. God is awake.
Victor HugoThe two policies that Ken Clarke is most famous for are his opposition to the Iraq war and being a very defensible and quite courageous pro-European. These are both policies he shares with us.
Vince CablePart of courage is simple consistency.
Peggy NoonanThe coward and the courageous alike must die
LucanusIt takes a good deal of physical courage to ride a horse. This, however, I have. I get it at about forty cents a flask, and take it as required.
Stephen Butler LeacockMy 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.
Maya AngelouCourage is never to let your actions be influenced by your fears.
Arthur KoestlerHave the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is right. These are the magic keys to living your life with integrity.
W Clement StoneCourage is one step ahead of fear
Coleman YoungWe gain nothing by being with such as ourselves. We encourage one another in mediocrity. I am always longing to be with men more excellent than myself.
Charles LambKeep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others.
Robert Louis StevensonCowardice and courage are never without a measure of affectation. Nor is love. Feelings are never true. They play with their mirrors.
Jean BaudrillardIt requires greater courage to preserve inner freedom, to move on in one's inward journey into new realms, than to stand defiantly for outer freedom. It is often easier to play the martyr, as it is to be rash in battle.
Rollo MayConvictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies.Courageous, untroubled, mocking and violent-that is what Wisdom wants us to be. Wisdom is a woman, and loves only a warrior.
Friedrich NietzscheCourage, above all things, is the first quality of a warrior.
Karl Von ClausewitzPugnacity is a form of courage, but a very bad form
Sinclair LewisWe have little or nothing to do or say about when, where, or how we are born and reared - up to the age of reason. After that, we have a great deal to say about when, where, and how we live and die; all we need is the courage to make decisions - even if they are frightening
John A MarshallMen make history and not the other way around. In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still. Progress occurs when courageous, skillful leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better.
Harry S TrumanHe who loses wealth loses much; he who loses a friend loses more; but he that loses his courage loses all.
Miguel De CervantesCourage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities - because it is the quality which guarantees all others.
Joseph ChamberlainThere are high spots in all of our lives, and most of them come about through encouragement from someone else.
George AdamsCourage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway.
John WayneAll our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.
Walt Disney'Courage! I have shown it for years; think you I shall lose it at the moment when my sufferings are to end?'
Marie AntoinetteThe popularity of the paranormal, oddly enough, might even be grounds for encouragement. I think that the appetite for mystery, the enthusiasm for that which we do not understand, is healthy and to be fostered. It is the same appetite which drives the best of true science, and it is an appetite which true science is best qualified to satisfy
Richard DawkinsSuccess is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.
Winston ChurchillA spirit of national masochism prevails, encouraged by an effete corps of impudent snobs who characterize themselves as intellectuals.
Spiro AgnewHe that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage.
Samuel JohnsonGod grant me the courage not to give up what I think is right even though I think it is hopeless.
Chester W NimitzHope, like faith, is nothing if it is not courageous; it is nothing if it is not ridiculous.
Thornton WilderFrom the true antagonist, illimitable courage is transmitted to you
Franz KafkaPatience, that blending of moral courage with physical timidity.
Thomas HardyPatrick [Swayze] was a rare and beautiful combination of raw masculinity and amazing grace. Gorgeous and strong, he was a real cowboy with a tender heart. He was fearless and insisted on always doing his own stunts, so it was not surprising to me that the war he waged on his cancer was so courageous and dignified
Jennifer GreyA team is where a boy can prove his courage on his own. A gang is where a coward goes to hide.
Mickey MantleThe paradox of courage is that a man must be a little careless of his life even in order to keep it.
Gilbert Keith ChestertonA man of great common sense and good taste - meaning thereby a man without originality or moral courage.
George Bernard ShawI'm not sure Americans are hesitant to do this again - to fight another war, because it looked to them like a courageous and terrific endeavour.
Ashleigh BanfieldThe courage to be is the courage to accept oneself, in spite of being unacceptable.
Paul TillichDisobedience, the rarest and most courageous of the virtues, is seldom distinguished from neglect, the laziest and commonest of the vices.
George Bernard ShawOptimism is the foundation of courage.
Nicholas Murray ButlerEccentricity has always abounded when and where strength of character had abounded; and the amount of eccentricity in a society has generally been proportional to the amount of genius, mental vigor, and courage which it contained.
John Stuart MillGive us grace and strength to forbear and to persevere. Give us courage and gaiety and the quiet mind, spare to us our friends, soften to us our enemies.
Robert Louis Stevenson
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