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Hatred and fear blind us. We no longer see each other. We see only the faces of monsters, and that gives us the courage to destroy each other.

Have no fear of the future. Let us go forward into its mysteries, tear away the veils which hide it from our eyes, and move onwards with confidence and courage.

Have courage and a little willingness to venture and be defeated.

Have the courage of your desire.

Have the courage to act instead of react.

Have the courage to live. Anyone can die.

Have the courage to be ignorant of a great number of things, in order to avoid the calamity of being ignorant of everything.

Have the courage to follow your passion - and if you don't know what it is, realize that one reason for your existence on earth is to find it.

Have the courage to take your own thoughts seriously, for they will shape you.

Having courage does not mean that we are unafraid. Having courage and showing courage mean we face our fears. We are able to say, 'I have fallen, but I will get up.'

Healing takes courage, and we all have courage, even if we have to dig a little to find it.

He hath borne himself beyond the promise of his age, doing, in the figure of a lamb, the feats of a lion.

He is courageous who endures and fears the right thing, for the right motive, in the right way and at the right times.

Here is the answer which I will give to President Roosevelt. Give us the tools, and we will finish the job.

Heroism is latent in every human soul - However humble or unknown, they (the veterans) have renounced what are accounted pleasures and cheerfully undertaken all the self-denials - privations, toils, dangers, sufferings, sicknesses, mutilations, life-long hurts and losses, death itself - for some great good, dimly seen but dearly held.

He that would be superior to external influences must first become superior to his own passions.

He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage.

He who has always spared himself much will in the end become sickly of so much consideration. Praised be what hardens!

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.

He who is ready to despair in solitary peril, plucks up a heart in the presence of another. In a plurality of comrades is much countenance and consolation.

He who moves not forward, goes backward.

His [Gen. Douglas MacArthurs] twenty-two medals-thirteen of them for heroism-probably exceeded those of any other figure in American history. He seemed to seek death on battlefields.

History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people. Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it. He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it.

History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats.

History will have to recordThat the greatest tragedy of this period of social transitionWas not the vitriolic words and the violent actions of the bad peopleBut the appalling silence and indifference of the good.Our generation will have to repent notOnly for the words and actions of the children of darknessBut also for the fears and apathy of thechildren of light.

Hope is the strongest driving force for a people. Hope which brings about change, which produces new realities, is what opens man's road to freedom. Once hope has taken hold, courage must unite with wisdom. That is the only way of avoiding violence, the only way of maintaining the calm one needs to respond peacefully to offenses.

Hope awakens courage. He who can implant courage in the human soul is the best physician.

However mean your life is, meet it and live it; do not shun it and call it hard names. It is not so bad as you are.

However well organised the foundations of life may be, life must always be full of risks.

How few there are who have courage enough to own their faults, or resolution enough to mend them.

How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes!

Human beings are made up of flesh and blood, and a miracle fiber called courage.

I am fundamentally an optimist. Whether that comes from nature or nurture, I cannot say. Part of being optimistic is keeping one's head pointed toward the sun, one's feet moving forward. There were many dark moments when my faith in humanity was sorely tested, but I would not and could not give myself up to despair. That way lays defeat and death.

I always disliked dogs, those protectors of cowards who lack the courage to fight an assailant themselves.

I am an old man and have known a great many troubles, but most of them never happened.

I am leaving this legacy to all of you...to bring peace, justice, equality, love and a fulfillment of what our lives should be. Without vision, the people will perish, and without courage and inspiration, dreams will die - the dream of freedom and peace.

Humility does not mean you think less of yourself. It means you think of yourself less.

I am here for a purpose and that purpose is to grow into a mountain, not to shrink to a grain of sand. Henceforth will I apply ALL my efforts to become the highest mountain of all and I will strain my potential until it cries for mercy.

I am not afraid of a fight; I have to do my duty, come what may.

I believe that whoever tries to think things through honestly will soon recognize how unworthy and even fatal is the traditional bias against Negroes. What can the man of good will do to combat this deeply rooted prejudice? He must have the courage to set an example by words and deed, and must watch lest his children become influenced by racial bias.

I believe that a man is the strongest soldier for daring to die unarmed.

I believe that to do anything in this world one needs a love for risk and adventure, and above all, to be able to do without what middle-class families call "future.

I am surprised how difficult for people is to say "I love you". They only say the three magic words when they are sure they will hear "I love you too" back. C'mon! Spread the energy of love without expecting anything! Cowards are incapable of expressing love; it is the prerogative of the brave

I believe that it is as much a right and duty for women to do something with their lives as for men and we are not going to be satisfied with such frivolous parts as you give us.

I cannot but think that he who finds a certain proportion of pain and evil inseparably woven up in the life of the very worms, will bear his own share with more courage and submission.

I can see in the acorn the oak tree. I see the growth, the rebuilding, the restoring. I see that is the American psyche. There is so much we can draw understanding from. One of the lessons is the development of courage. Because without courage, you can't practice any of the other virtues consistently.

I choose bold. I choose action. I choose what's right for the people. I choose to make a difference.

. . . idealism is one of the greatest forces in the world. It makes seeming impossibilities possible and succeeds where prudence fails. But unless the idealist is brave and has the courage to face the truth, his idealism creates nothing.

If God hath made this world so fair, Where sin and death abound, How beautiful beyond compare Will paradise be found!

I decided once and for all that I was going to make it or die.