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The conscience is eternal and never dies. Peace if possible, but truth at any rate.

The courage of a soldier is heightened by his knowledge of his profession.

The courage of all one really knows comes but late in life.

The courage we desire and prize is not the courage to die decently, but to live manfully.

The courage to be is rooted in the God who appears when God has disappeared in the anxiety of doubt.

The courage in journalism is sticking up for the unpopular, not the popular.

The courage of the poet is to keep ajar the door that leads into madness.

The coward calls the brave man rash, the rash man calls him a coward.

The courage to be is the courage to accept oneself, in spite of being unacceptable.

The coward dies a thousand deaths, the valiant, only once!

The cynic makes fun of all earnestness; he makes fun of everything and everyone who feels that something can be done. . . . But in his heart of hearts he knows that he is a defeated man and that his cynicism is merely an expression of the fact that he has lost courage and is beaten.

The deepest and rarest kind of courage has nothing to do with feats or obstacles in the outside world; and, indeed, has nothing to do with the outside world - it is the courage to be who you are.

The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.

The difference between a hero and a coward is one step sideways.

The difference between getting somewhere and nowhere is the courage to make an early start. The fellow who sits still and does just what he is told will never be told to do big things.

The difficult thing is that vulnerability is the first thing I look for in you and the last thing I'm willing to show you. In you, it's courage and daring. In me, it's weakness.

The Difficult is that which can be done immediately; the Impossible that which takes a little longer.

The effort to see things without distortion takes something like courage and this courage is essential to the artist, who has to look at everything as though he saw it for the first time.

The great are only great because we are on our knees. Let us rise!

The first mark of valor is defence.

The forces of moderation and democracy must, and will, prevail against extremism and dictatorship. I will not be intimidated... Despite threats of death, I will not acquiesce to tyranny, but rather lead the fight against it.

The frontiers are not east or west, north or south, but wherever a man fronts a fact.

The frontiers of the kingdom of God were never advanced by men and women of caution.

The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart.

The fearless make their own way.

The frequent employment of one's will power masters all organs of movement and trains them to perform feats which otherwise would have been difficult,painful and even impossible. The man becomes independent and self-reliant; he will never be a coward,and, when real danger threatens,he is the one who is looked up to by others. The knowledge of one's strength entails a real mastery over oneself; it breeds energy and courage,helps one over the most difficult tasks of life, and procures contentment and true enjoyment of living.

The greatest gift you will ever have is your life, and the second greatest gift-which you give yourself-is courage to live it to the fullest. Time goes by quickly, and you cannot take it for granted.

The great lawyer who employs his talent and his learning in the highly emunerative task of enabling a very wealthy client to override or circumvent the law is doing all that in him lies to encourage the growth in the country of a spirit of dumb anger against all laws and of disbelief in their efficacy.

The greatness comes not when things go always good for you. But the greatness comes when you're really tested, when you take some knocks, some disappointments, when sadness comes. Because only if you've been in the deepest valley can you ever know how magnificent it is to be on the highest mountain.

The man who knows when not to act is wise. To my mind bravery if forethought.

The human emotional system can be broken down into roughly two elements: fear and love. Love is of the soul. Fear is of the personality.

The journey to wholeness requires that you look honestly, openly, and with courage into yourself, into the dynamics that lie behind what you feel, what you perceive, what you value, and how you act. It is a journey through your defenses and beyond, so that you can experience consciously the nature of your personality, face what it has produced in your life, and choose to change that. Words lead to deeds. They prepare the soul, make it ready, and move it to tenderness.

The last thing a woman will consent to in a man whom she loves, or on whom she simply depends, is want of courage.

The lust for comfort, that stealthy thing that enters the house a guest, and then becomes a host, and then a master.

The man who stands firm in order to protect a sand-castle can never be relied upon; for he has given away his common sense.

The man with courage is a majority.

The human race afraid of nothing, rushes on through every crime.

The important word there is inspire. The key difference between managers and leaders is that managers tell people what to do, while leaders inspire them to do it. Inspiration comes from three things: clarity of one's vision, courage of their conviction and the ability to effectively communicate both of those things.

The key to developing the courage to change is to first accept that change is inevitable.

The key to success is for you to make a habit throughout your life of doing the things you fear.

The law of sacrifice is uniform throughout the world. To be effective it demands the sacrifice of the bravest and the most spotless.

The man who is just and resolute will not be moved from his settled purpose, either by the misdirected rage of his fellow citizens, or by the threats of an imperious tryant.

The men and women who have the right ideals . . . are those who have the courage to strive for the happiness which comes only with labor and effort and self-sacrifice, and those whose joy in life springs in part from power of work and sense of duty.

The more keenly we are awake to the perils of life, the higher and grander is the possibility of being truly brave.

The more wit the less courage.

The more thou dost advance, the more thy feet pitfalls will meet. The Path that leadeth on is lighted by one fire - the light of daring burning in the heart. The more one dares, the more he shall obtain. The more he fears, the more that light shall pale.

The opposite of bravery is not cowardice but conformity.

The most important thing for me was to never, ever, ever deny it. But I didn't really have the courage to talk about it. I was thinking, The people who need to know I'm gay know.

Then there is a still higher type of courage - the courage to brave pain, to live with it, to never let others know of it and to still find joy in life; to wake up in the morning with an enthusiasm for the day ahead.

The only things those people have that you don't is guts. Do you wanna live forever?