Way down deep, we're all motivated by the same urges. Cats have the courage to live by them.
Courage enlarges, cowardice diminishes resources. In desperate straits the fears of the timid aggravate the dangers that imperil the brave.
You live with the fear people might find out. Then you actually have the courage to tell people and they go, I don't think you are gay. It's enough to drive you crazy.
I realize now that I've hoped to be great - as an actress, as a mother - because I want to embody the greatness of women who didn't get to be all they could have been. Their dignity, their courage, and their brilliance make me strive to be better. They're a part of me.
When I first started writing songs and being very explicit, it was hard, but one of the main things people respond to in my writing is that 'just say it' attitude of my songs. There really is nothing personal or private; it's all universal, if you can just find the courage to be open about your life.
Because at bottom, I'm interested in fear, and in courage and cowardice and these are easier to get at through fiction, where you can enter people's heads.
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.
Australia is a nation of compassion. Courage and compassion. And the third of these great values: resilience.
And as a child I was filled with passionate admiration for acts of civic courage I had seen performed by an elderly military doctor, who was a friend of my family.
Courage easily finds its own eloquence.
People with courage and character always seem sinister to the rest.
God grant me the courage not to give up what I think is right even though I think it is hopeless.
Why should we honour those that die upon the field of battle? A man may show as reckless a courage in entering into the abyss of himself.
Optimism is the foundation of courage.
I'm not a fighter, but I would love to be a boxer because I love the courage and toughness. I mean, there can be nothing more terrifying than walking into an arena and looking at Mike Tyson in the ring.
The courage of the poet is to keep ajar the door that leads into madness.
People talk about the courage of condemned men walking to the place of execution: sometimes it needs as much courage to walk with any kind of bearing towards another person's habitual misery.
Have 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.
A life lesson for me is, how do you muster the courage to take on a new risk? Whether it's starting up a business or taking on a new project or expedition. I think the risks that we take are all relative to the risk-taker.
Freedom is the sure possession of those alone who have the courage to defend it.
A lot of people do not muster the courage to live their dreams because they are afraid to die.
You can't test courage cautiously.
Men who live valiantly and die nobly have a strength and a courage from the eternal Father.
Courage is action, not talk.
There is nothing in the world so much admired as a man who knows how to bear unhappiness with courage.
A large part of my career achievements are due to having the courage to ask for what I needed, whether in a professional or personal context.
The kind of beauty I want most is the hard-to-get kind that comes from within - strength, courage, dignity.
Have the courage to be ignorant of a great number of things, in order to avoid the calamity of being ignorant of everything.
If you are lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it.
Presumption should never make us neglect that which appears easy to us, nor despair make us lose courage at the sight of difficulties.
There are no easy answers, but there are simple answers. We must have the courage to do what we know is morally right.
As a young woman, I was fortunate to have the leadership of Jeanette Hayner, the courage of Jennifer Dunn, the faith of Elisabeth Elliot, and the indomitable spirit of Margaret Thatcher to guide and motivate me.
Let me start with Yahoo. As we meet today, a Chinese citizen who had the courage to speak his mind on the Internet is in prison because Yahoo chose to share his name and address with the Chinese Government.
I admire the courage and self-reliance it takes to start your own business and make it succeed.
I have a lot of courage. I'm a realist.
Let's drink to the spirit of gallantry and courage that made a strange Heaven out of unbelievable Hell, and let's drink to the hope that one day this country of ours, which we love so much, will find dignity and greatness and peace again.
