The amount of eccentricity in a society has generally been proportional to the amount of genius, mental vigor, and moral courage it contained. That so few now dare to be eccentric marks the chief danger of the time.
John Stuart MillCourage is a special kind of knowledge: the knowledge of how to fear what ought to be feared and how not to fear what ought no to be feared.
David Ben-GurionDevelop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.
Dale CarnegieCourage, above all things, is the first quality of a warrior.
Karl Von ClausewitzI consider my ability to arouse enthusiasm among men the greatest asset I possess. The way to develop the best that is in a man is by appreciation and encouragement.
Charles SchwabSir, I salute your courage, your strength, and your indefatigability [to Saddam Hussein]
George GallowayWe are all strong-willed, forceful personalities and the President encourages vigorous debate. [On whether they were all 'yes men' and women to the President]
Karen HughesThis act is a rallying call to people of all faiths and none, to encourage them to feel that there is something that can be done [on camping in York Minster]
John SentamuSuffering! We owe to it all that is good in us, all that gives value to life; we owe to it pity, we owe to it courage, we owe to it all the virtues.
Anatole FranceCourage is found in unlikely places.
J R R TolkienDecision is a risk rooted in the courage of being free.
Paul TillichConvictions 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 NietzscheThe red badge of courage.
Stephan CraneThe 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 CableA large nose is in fact the sign of an affable man, good, courteous, witty, liberal, courageous, such as I am.
Edmond RostandWith Adelaide bursting at the seams with England supporters - many of whom are on the trip of a lifetime - there will be no shortage of animated encouragement for Andrew Flintoff’s men over the next five days. But the question is whether or not the team can deliver.
Jonathan AgnewThere will be many stories of our times written, many forgotten, but they are nonetheless courageous for it.
Crazy HorseLearn the art of patience. Apply discipline to your thoughts when they become anxious over the outcome of a goal. Impatience breeds anxiety, fear, discouragement and
Brian AdamsYou 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 KohlSeeds of faith are always within us; sometimes it takes a crisis to nourish and encourage their growth.
Susan TaylorIn Israel, free men and women are every day demonstrating the power of courage and faith. Back in 1948 when Israel was founded, pundits claimed the new country could never survive. Today, no one questions that. Israel is a land of stability and democracy in a region of tryanny and unrest.
Ronald ReaganI'm just so blessed to be able to do what I just love and have loved since I was a teenager, since I first found it, and to be encouraged by others for it
Angela BassettAgain 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 BegalaWhat you'll need most is courage. It is not an easy path that you've set your foot upon.
Larry WallCourage is grace under pressure.
Ernest HemingwayThe most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.
Coco ChanelA spirit of national masochism prevails, encouraged by an effete corps of impudent snobs who characterize themselves as intellectuals.
Spiro AgnewOne man scorned and covered with scars still strove with his last ounce of courage to reach the unreachable stars; and the world was better for this.
Don QuixoteAmerica was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand.
Harry S TrumanIt takes far less courage to kill yourself than it takes to make yourself wake up one more time. It's harder to stay where you are than to get out.
Judith RossnerReal courage is when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.
Harper LeeCourage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others.
AristotleSuccess is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.
Winston ChurchillCourage is the price that Life exacts for granting peace.
Amelia EarhartReal courage is knowing what faces you and knowing how to face it.
Timothy DaltonPeace is the most powerful weapon of mankind. It takes more courage to take a blow than give one. It takes more courage to try and talk things through than to start a war.
Mahatma GandhiAll of us have moments in out lives that test our courage. Taking children into a house with a white carpet is one of them.
Erma BombeckClear thinking requires courage rather than intelligence.
Thomas SzaszLife without the courage for death is slavery.
SenecaVirtues are acquired through endeavour, Which rests wholly upon yourself. So, to praise others for their virtues Can but encourage one's own efforts.
NagarjunaIt 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 LeacockThose who are lifting the world upward and onward are those who encourage more than criticise.
Elizabeth HarrisonPugnacity is a form of courage, but a very bad form
Sinclair LewisYou're going to see a million people here who have the courage to come and not let terrorists win, and that's exactly what we should all do.
Michael BloombergGive 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 StevensonI've been through it all, baby, I'm mother courage.
Elizabeth TaylorThe greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart.
Robert G IngersollThere's only one thing worse than a man who doesn't have strong likes and dislikes, and that's a man who has strong likes and dislikes without the courage to voice them.
Tony RandallUntutored courage is useless in the face of educated bullets.
George PattonNecessity does the work of courage.
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