Good courage in a bad affair is half of the evil overcome. – Plautus
The courage of a soldier is found to be the cheapest and most common quality of human nature. – Edward Gibbon
Courage is a special kind of knowledge: the knowledge of how to fear what ought to be feared and how not to fear what ought not to be feared. – David Ben-Gurion
My mother taught me that we all have the power to achieve our dreams. What I lacked was the courage. – Clay Aiken
Every man of courage is a man of his word. – Pierre Corneille
A man of courage never needs weapons, but he may need bail. – Lewis Mumford
As for courage and will – we cannot measure how much of each lies within us, we can only trust there will be sufficient to carry through trials which may lie ahead. – Andre Norton
But courage which goes against military expediency is stupidity, or, if it is insisted upon by a commander, irresponsibility. – Erwin Rommel
Cowardice and courage are never without a measure of affectation. Nor is love. Feelings are never true. They play with their mirrors. – Jean Baudrillard
Let us go forth with fear and courage and rage to save the world. – Grace Paley
Fashion should not be expected to serve in the stead of courage or character. – Loretta Young
At the same time, I would add that the American people have a lot of courage. – Tadao Ando
Honest conviction is my courage the Constitution is my guide. – Andrew Johnson
The courage to imagine the otherwise is our greatest resource, adding color and suspense to all our life. – Daniel J. Boorstin
Discouragement is not the absence of adequacy but the absence of courage. – Neal A. Maxwell
Conscience is the root of all true courage if a man would be brave let him obey his conscience. – James Freeman Clarke
I always disliked dogs, those protectors of cowards who lack the courage to fight an assailant themselves. – August Strindberg
We learned to be patient observers like the owl. We learned cleverness from the crow, and courage from the jay, who will attack an owl ten times its size to drive it off its territory. But above all of them ranked the chickadee because of its indomitable spirit. – Tom Brown, Jr.
