Throughout the years, many Christian women have told me of their great respect for the bravery and courage evident in my work, perhaps even gesturing to their own Isis earrings or a Nile River Goddess pendants. – Carol P. Christ

Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others. – Aristotle

There is nothing in the world so much admired as a man who knows how to bear unhappiness with courage. – Lucius Annaeus Seneca