We have come out of the time when obedience, the acceptance of discipline, intelligent courage and resolution were most important, into that more difficult time when it is a man's duty to understand his world rather than simply fight for it.
Do not be afraid of taking a big step-you cannot cross a chasm in two steps.
Give thanks for sorrow that teaches you pity; for pain that teaches you courage.
But there was no need to be ashamed of tears, for tears bore witness that a man had the greatest of courage, the courage to suffer.
I've also found that at the bottom of all of these qualities is love. If you have enough love you have enough courage, enough love then you have patience.
Courage from hearts and not from numbers grows.
You have to have fear in order to have courage.
You will find as you grow older that courage is the rarest of all qualities to be found in public life.
The last thing a woman will consent to in a man whom she loves, or on whom she simply depends, is want of courage.
Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputation and social standing, never can bring about a reform. Those who are really in earnest must be willing to be anything or nothing in the world's estimation, and publicly and privately, in season and out, avow their sympathy with despised and persecuted ideas and their advocates, and bear the consequences.
Take a stand. Be known for your courage and confidence.
Spiritual maturity is measured not by the sophistication of a person's opinions, but by their genuineness and the courage necessary to express and maintain them.
Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.
Man's goodness is a flame that can be hidden but never extinguished
Life is a beautiful, magnificent thing, even to a jellyfish. . . . The trouble is you won't fight. You've given up. But there's something just as inevitable as death. And that's life. Think of the power of the universe — turning the Earth, growing the trees. That's the same power within you — if you'll only have the courage and the will to use it.
Courage doesn't mean we're not afraid. Courage means we refuse to be mastered by fear.
It is not those who commit the least faults who are the most holy, but those who have the greatest courage, the greatest generosity, the greatest love, who make the boldest efforts to overcome themselves, and are not immediately apprehensive about tripping.
Happines is like mercury. Hard to hold, and when we drop it, it shatters into a million pieces. Maybe the bravest of all are those who have the courage to reach for it again.
Lately I've been runnin' on faith. What else can a poor boy do?
No one wishes for crisis, but when crises come, they can call forth our best impulses, those of compassion, courage, creativity, and community. And if there are crimes and evils hidden in the dark places of our society and the darker places of our consciousnesses, all the better they come to the surface to be seen, understood, confronted, and healed. If our generation is called to bear a burden of that healing, it is a powerful calling and honor and one within our capability.
