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Only yield when you must, never "give up the ship," but fight on to the last "with a stiff upper lip!

On sensitive issues, talk isn't cheap - it takes real courage to pry open topics nailed shut.

On some positions, cowardice asks the question, is it expedient? And then expedience comes along and asks the question, is it politic? Vanity asks the question, is it popular? Conscience asks the question, is it right? There comes a time when one must take the position that is neither safe nor politic nor popular, but he must do it because conscience tells him it is right.

Optimism is the foundation of courage.

Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and true progress.

O, the blood more stirs To rouse a lion than to start a hare!

Our achievements speak for themselves. What we have to keep track of are our failures, discouragements and doubts. We tend to forget the past difficulties, the many false starts, and the painful groping. We see our past achievements as the end results of a clean forward thrust, and our present difficulties as signs of decline and decay.

Our fears are always more numerous than our dangers.

Our response to an event is more important than the event itself.

Our society is so caught up in winning, we forget that most of the great men and women in history have, at one time or another, failed at something. Often repeatedly, and discouragingly. But each failure is nothing more than a brick in the wall that forms the foundation of our success. We can't forget that.

Our worst foes are not belligerent circumstances, but wavering spirits.

Pain nourishes courage. You can't be brave if you've only had wonderful things happen to you. Pain is inevitable. Misery is optional. Physical pain is a fact that comes with living, just as illness or financial woes or broken relationships are facts. But misery is a state of mind, a reaction to the facts, that can be controlled or altered by an act of will.

Participate joyfully in the sorrows of the world. We cannot cure the world of sorrows, but we can choose to live in joy.

Part of courage is simple consistency.

Passion and hard work makes a great player, but the courage to get up every time you fall is what makes a champion.

Patience is the courage of the conqueror, the strength of man against destiny.

Peace has its victories, but it takes brave men and women to win them.

Pay no attention to what the critics say; no statue has ever been erected to a critic.

Pay no attention to the less courageous.

Peace is a fragile thing. It takes courage to secure it. It takes wisdom to maintain it.

People become discouraged when they listen to their 'inner critic'... Whatever that voice is saying, articulate a response, drawing from the part of you that feels strong and confident. Be your own cheerleader.

People ask me, what special is in my mentorship which has made Malala so bold and so courageous and so vocal and poised? I tell them, don't ask me what I did. Ask me what I did not do. I did not clip her wings, and that's all.

People tend to think astronauts have the courage of a superhero - or maybe the emotional range of a robot. But in order to stay calm in a high-stress, high-stakes situation, all you really need is knowledge. Sure, you might still feel a little nervous or stressed or hyper-alert. But what you won't feel is terrified.

People have the natural capacity to affirm and embrace life in the most difficult of circumstances.

People talk of the courage of convictions, but in actual life a man's duty to his family may make a rigid course seem a selfish indulgence of his own righteousness.

People tend to want to follow the beaten path. The difficulty is that the beaten path doesn't seem to be leading anywhere.

People with courage and character always seem sinister to the rest.

Perhaps your fear in passing judgement is greater than mine in receiving it.

Persevere in thy quest and thou shalt find what thou seekest. Pursue thy aim unswervingly and thou shalt gain victory. Struggle earnestly and thou shalt triumph.

Personal mastery teaches us to choose. Choosing is a courageous act: picking the results and actions which you will make into your destiny.

Personal courage is really a very subordinate virtue-a virtue, indeed, in which we are surpassed by the lower animals; or else you would not hear people say, as brave as a lion.

Personal history must be constantly renewed by telling parents, relatives, and friends everything one does. On the other hand, for the warrior who has no personal history, no explanations are needed; nobody is angry or disillusioned with his acts. And above all, no one pins him down with their thoughts and their expectations.

Physical courage, which despises all danger, will make a man brave in one way; and moral courage, which despises all opinion, will make a man brave in another.

Private Joker is silly and he's ignorant but he's got guts and guts is enough.

Political courage is not political suicide.

Please know that I am aware of the hazards. I want to do it because I want to do it. Women must try to do things as men have tried. When they fail, their failure must be a challenge to others.

Proust has pointed out that the predisposition to love creates its own objects; is this not also true of fear?

PROJECTILE, n. The final arbiter in international disputes. With the growth of prudence in military affairs the projectile came more and more into favor, and is now held in high esteem by the most courageous.

Prudence reproaches; conscience accuses.

Real suffering bravely borne, melts even a heart of stone. Such is the potency of suffering. And there lies the key to Satyagraha.

Pugnacity is a form of courage, but a very bad form.

Real guts are nothing more than developing your inner voice to the point where it is louder and stronger than the voice of your fear.

Quit thinking that you must halt before the barrier of inner negativity. You need not. You can crash through... whatever we see a negative state, that is where we can destroy it.

Rather like Batman, I embody the themes of the movie which are the values of family, courage and compassion and a sense of right and wrong, good and bad and justice.

Recognize that you have the courage within you to fulfill the purpose of your birth. Summon forth the power of your inner courage and live the life of your dreams.

Refuse to compromise what you know to be right for anyone or anything.

Religion in its humility restores man to his only dignity, the courage to live by grace.

Resignation is the courage of Christian sorrow.

Remember in 1973 the same science chatter said that the coming Ice Age is going to occur, we're going to lose millions of people. And the politicians knew how to solve it, they just didn't have the courage to solve it; they were going to put coal dust on the Arctic.

Resolve to be merry though the ship were sinking.