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Pay no attention to what the critics say; no statue has ever been erected to a critic.
Moral courage is more a rare commodity than bravery in a battle or great intelligence.
I am an old man and have known a great many troubles, but most of them never happened.
We cannot be sure of having something to live for unless we are willing to die for it.
The greatest mistake you can make in life is continually fearing that you'll make one.
It is only necessary to have courage, for strength without self-confidence is useless.
I'm grateful to God for His bountiful gifts... He gave me courage and faith in myself.
Without courage there cannot be truth, and without truth there can be no other virtue.
It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped.
Do not anticipate trouble, or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight.
Anyone in a free society where the laws are unjust has an obligation to break the law.
Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once.
There are always difficulties arising that tempt you to believe your critics are right.
Physical bravery is an animal instinct; moral bravery is much higher and truer courage.
Humility does not mean you think less of yourself. It means you think of yourself less.
Perfect Valor is to do, without a witness, all that we could do before the whole world.
No man in the world has more courage than the man who can stop after eating one peanut.
You cannot build character and courage by destroying men's initiative and independence.
As a rule, what is out of sight disturbs men's minds more seriously than what they see.
Pure religion is having the courage to do what is right and let the consequence follow.
The world will step aside for nearly anyone who has the courage of his of her opinions.
It is an act of courage to acknowledge our own uncertainty and sit with it for a while.
It takes great courage to be vulnerable. It takes enormous strength to be a real woman.
Don't be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth.
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.
Peace is a fragile thing. It takes courage to secure it. It takes wisdom to maintain it.
Never ask the Gods for life set free from grief, but ask for courage that endureth long.
Don't be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people's thinking.
There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root.
Courage consists not in blindly overlooking danger, but in seeing it, and conquering it.
Courage is saying maybe what I'm doing isn't working, maybe I should try something else.
Religion in its humility restores man to his only dignity, the courage to live by grace.
Courage is the basic virtue for everyone so long as he continues to grow, to move ahead.
What we are really living for is the experience of life, both the pain and the pleasure.
Nothing gives us courage more readily than the desire to avoid looking like a damn fool.
Leadership requires the courage to make decisions that will benefit the next generation.
Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.
Courage and grace are a formidable mixture. The only place to see it is in the bullring.
Who could refrain that had a heart to love and in that heart courage to make love known?
We are telling the American people to have patience, courage, resolve and determination.
Worrying is like a rocking chair, it gives you something to do, but it gets you nowhere.
The key to developing the courage to change is to first accept that change is inevitable.
Courage is rightly considered the foremost of the virtues, for upon it all others depend.
Not everyone is able to show courage, but human decency must be demanded of every person.
One compels respect from others when he knows how to defend his dignity as a human being.
The first virtue in a soldier is endurance of fatigue; courage is only the second virtue.
Anyone can hide. Facing up to things, working through them, that's what makes you strong.
Hope awakens courage. He who can implant courage in the human soul is the best physician.
Courage isn't having the strength to go on - it is going on when you don't have strength.
The world is not interested in the storms you encountered, but did you bring in the ship?