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Everyday courage has few witnesses. But yours is no less noble because no drum beats for you and no crowds shout your name.

Every day begins with an act of courage and hope: getting out of bed.

Every great work, every big accomplishment, has been brought into manifestation through holding to the vision, and often just before the big achievement, comes apparent failure and discouragement.

Every human being on this earth is born with a tragedy, and it isn't original sin. He's born with the tragedy that he has to grow up... a lot of people don't have the courage to do it.

Every man has his own courage, and is betrayed because he seeks in himself the courage of other persons.

Everyone becomes brave when he observes one who despairs.

Everyone became brave from excess of terror.

Everyone including YOU suffers when you refuse to BE all & DO all you can.

Every really new idea looks crazy at first.

Every positive change - every jump to a higher level of energy and awareness - involves a rite of passage. Each time to ascend to a higher rung on the ladder of personal evolution, we must go through a period of discomfort, of initiation. I have never found an exception.

Every sort of energy and endurance, of courage and capacity for handling life's evils, is set free in those who have religious faith.

Every step toward Christ kills a doubt. Every thought, word, and deed for Him carries you away from discouragement.

Every struggle, whether won or lost, strengthens us for the next to come. It is not good for people to have an easy life. They become weak and inefficient when they cease to struggle. Some need a series of defeats before developing the strength and courage to win a victory.

Every time you meet a situation you think at the time it is an impossibility and you go through the tortures of the damned, once you have met it and lived through it, you find that forever after you are freer than you were before.

Evil triumphs when good men do nothing.

Except a person be part coward, it is not a compliment to say he is brave.

Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself.

Falsehood is cowardice, the truth courage.

Faith is an adventure; it is the courage of the soul to face the unknown. But that courage springs from the hope and confidence of the soul that its adventure will succeed.

Faith is walking face-first and full-speed into the dark. If we truly knew all the answers in advance as to the meaning of life and the nature of God and the destiny of our souls, our belief would not be a leap of faith and it would not be a courageous act of humanity; it would just be... a prudent insurance policy.

Fear hurries on my tongue through want of courage.

Fear binds people together. And fear disperses them. Courage inspires communities: the courage of an example - for courage is as contagious as fear. But courage, certain kinds of courage, can also isolate the brave.

Fear comes from uncertainty. When we are absolutely certain, whether of our worth or worthlessness, we are almost impervious to fear. Thus a feeling of utter unworthiness can be a source of courage.

Fear is an instructor of great sagacity, and the herald of all revolutions.

Fear doesn't exist anywhere except in the mind.

Fearlessness may be a gift but perhaps more precious is the courage acquired through endeavour, courage that comes from cultivating the habit of refusing to let fear dictate one's actions, courage that could be described as 'grace under pressure' - grace which is renewed repeatedly in the face of harsh, unremitting pressure.

Fear is the cheapest room in the house. I would like to see you living in better conditions.

Fear cannot be banished, but it can be calm and without panic; it can be mitigated by reason and evaluation.

Fear not, Cesario, take thy fortunes up. Be that thou know'st thou art and then thou art as great as that thou fear'st.

Few persons have courage enough to appear as good as they really are.

Few men are willing to brave the disapproval of their fellows, the censure of their colleagues, the wrath of their society. Moral courage is a rarer commodity than bravery in battle or great intelligence. Yet it is the one essential, vital quality for those who seek to change the world which yields most painfully to change.

Few will have the greatness to bend history itself; but each of us can work to change a small portion of events, and in the total; of all those acts will be written the history of this generation.

Fill ev'ry glass, for wine inspires us, And fires us With courage, love and joy. Women and wine should life employ. Is there ought else on earth desirous?

For a courageous man cannot die dishonorably, a man who has attained the consulship cannot die before his time, a philosopher cannot die wretchedly.

For as long as this nation has known war, we have embraced the heroes it has produced. Americans have rightfully noted the honor and nobility of courage under hostile fire and thanked those who perished in their defense.

For in a democracy, every citizen, regardless of his interest in politics, "hold office"; every one of us is in a position of responsibility; and, in the final analysis, the kind of government we get depends upon how we fulfill those responsibilities. We, the people, are the boss, and we will get the kind of political leadership, be it good or bad, that we demand and deserve.

For the man sound of body and serene of mind there is no such thing as bad weather; every day has its beauty, and storms which whip the blood do but make it pulse more vigorously.

Fortune helps the brave.

Fortune favours the audacious.

Fortune befriends the bold.

Fortune can take away riches, but not courage.

For when I fool the people I fear, I fool myself as well.

For without belittling the courage with which men have died, we should not forget those acts of courage with which men have lived.

Fortune reveres the brave, and overwhelms the cowardly.

Freedom is the sure possession of those alone who have the courage to defend it.

From the very beginning, we bucked tradition. When the experts said that something was "always done" in a certain way, we'd do it our way, which was sometimes the very opposite.

From a real antagonist one gains boundless courage.

From the true antagonist illimitable courage is transmitted to you.

Gallantry to women - the sure road to their favor - is nothing but the appearance of extreme devotion to all their wants and wishes, a delight in their satisfaction, and a confidence in yourself as being able to contribute toward it

God has administered to us of the present age, a bitter draught and a harsh physician, on account of our abounding infirmities.