A great deal of talent is lost to the world for want of a little courage. Every day sends to their graves obscure men whose timidity prevented them from making a first effort.

A great part of courage is the courage of having done the thing before.

A leader must have the courage to act against an expert's advice.

A life lesson for me is, how do you muster the courage to take on a new risk? Whether it's starting up a business or taking on a new project or expedition. I think the risks that we take are all relative to the risk-taker.

A lot of people do not muster the courage to live their dreams because they are afraid to die.

A man of character in peace is a man of courage in war.

A man of courage flees forward, in the midst of new things.

A man of courage is also full of faith.

A man of courage never needs weapons, but he may need bail.

A man of great common sense and good taste - meaning thereby a man without originality or moral courage.

A member must say that he is a member of the Unification Church and that he is the follower of Sun Myung Moon. If he doesn't have the courage to say it, he is not worthy of me.

A military coup needs a sacrifice and courage that you can't find in an army without morale.

A mode of conduct, a standard of courage, discipline, fortitude and integrity can do a great deal to make a woman beautiful.

A nation which has forgotten the quality of courage which in the past has been brought to public life is not as likely to insist upon or regard that quality in its chosen leaders today - and in fact we have forgotten.

A statesman wants courage and a statesman wants vision but believe me, after six months' experience, he wants first, second, third and all the time - patience.

A team is where a boy can prove his courage on his own. A gang is where a coward goes to hide.

A wise woman knows how to summon her courage and do what is right, rather than what is easy.

A wise woman recognizes when her life is out of balance and summons the courage to act to correct it, she knows the meaning of true generosity, happiness is the reward for a life lived in harmony, with a courage and grace.

Above all, we must realize that no arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women. It is a weapon our adversaries in today's world do not have.

All of us have moments in our lives that test our courage. Taking children into a house with a white carpet is one of them.

All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.

All you need is the plan, the road map, and the courage to press on to your destination.

Although the war in which you fought took place more than half-a-century ago, your courage, your sacrifice and your patriotism reaches through the decades and inspires us today.

America needs jobs, smaller government, less spending and a president with the courage to offer more than yet another speech.

America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand.

Americans are gathering the courage to just say no. We are saying no to addictive consumer lifestyles. We are saying no to wars and corporate takeover and the IMF loans that gobble up people and their resources.

An able, disinterested, public-spirited press, with trained intelligence to know the right and courage to do it, can preserve that public virtue without which popular government is a sham and a mockery.

And as a child I was filled with passionate admiration for acts of civic courage I had seen performed by an elderly military doctor, who was a friend of my family.

And I love that even in the toughest moments, when we're all sweating it - when we're worried that the bill won't pass, and it seems like all is lost - Barack never lets himself get distracted by the chatter and the noise. Just like his grandmother, he just keeps getting up and moving forward... with patience and wisdom, and courage and grace.

And I think most people in this country want to see a president that's got the courage to say we're going to cut the tax burden, and reduce the regulatory climate, and we're going to get Americans working.

Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction.

Anyone can support a team that is winning - it takes no courage. But to stand behind a team to defend a team when it is down and really needs you, that takes a lot of courage.

As a gay Jewish white South African, I belong to quite a lot of minority groups. You constantly have to question who you are, what you are and whether you have the courage to be who you are.

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.

As long as the opposition believes the world will stand with Ukraine's democrat reformers, they will have the leverage and the courage to establish a legitimate republic under the leadership of Viktor Yushchenko.

As the first Hispanic female governor in history, little girls often come up to me in the grocery store or the mall. They look and point, and when they get the courage, they ask 'Are you Susana?' and they run up and give me a hug.

At the bottom of not a little of the bravery that appears in the world, there lurks a miserable cowardice. Men will face powder and steel because they have not the courage to face public opinion.

At the same time, I would add that the American people have a lot of courage.

Audacity augments courage hesitation, fear.

Australia is a nation of compassion. Courage and compassion. And the third of these great values: resilience.

Be courageous. I have seen many depressions in business. Always America has emerged from these stronger and more prosperous. Be brave as your fathers before you. Have faith! Go forward!

Because at bottom, I'm interested in fear, and in courage and cowardice and these are easier to get at through fiction, where you can enter people's heads.

Because with courage and conviction I believe we can deliver a more flexible, adaptable and open European Union in which the interests and ambitions of all its members can be met.

Before I begin talking about the threats we face, the vulnerabilities that we have, and frankly the courage of the men and women in uniform that stand in harm's way on behalf of a very grateful Nation, let me first honor the sacrifices of September 11.

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.

Being gifted needs courage.

Believers, look up - take courage. The angels are nearer than you think.

But after this natural burst of indignation, no man of sense, courage, or prudence will waste his time or his strength in retrospective reproaches or repinings.

But courage which goes against military expediency is stupidity, or, if it is insisted upon by a commander, irresponsibility.

But steel bars have never yet kept out a mob it takes something a good deal stronger: human courage backed up by the consciousness of being right.

But we got up there and decided to stick to this mix of power chords and funk and that's where it really started for us. In having the courage to take that decision. To take a gamble not just with our music but our lives.

Change will never happen when people lack the ability and courage to see themselves for who they are.

Character contributes to beauty. It fortifies a woman as her youth fades. A mode of conduct, a standard of courage, discipline, fortitude, and integrity can do a great deal to make a woman beautiful.

Clear thinking requires courage rather than intelligence.

Conscience is the root of all true courage if a man would be brave let him obey his conscience.

Courage - a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it.

Courage and conviction are powerful weapons against an enemy who depends only on fists or guns. Animals know when you are afraid a coward knows when you are not.

Courage and grace are a formidable mixture. The only place to see it is in the bullring.

Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.

Courage and willingness to just go for it, whether it is a conversation or a spontaneous trip or trying new things that are scary - it is a really attractive quality.

Courage can't see around corners but goes around them anyway.

Courage conquers all things: it even gives strength to the body.

Courage consists not in blindly overlooking danger, but in seeing it, and conquering it.

Courage consists not in hazarding without fear but being resolutely minded in a just cause.

Courage easily finds its own eloquence.

Courage enlarges, cowardice diminishes resources. In desperate straits the fears of the timid aggravate the dangers that imperil the brave.

Courage in danger is half the battle.

Courage is a kind of salvation.

Courage is a mean with regard to fear and confidence.

Courage is a peculiar kind of fear.

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.

Courage is action, not talk.

Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to die.

Courage is always rewarded.

Courage is always the surest wisdom.

Courage is being afraid but going on anyhow.

Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are often stiffened.

Courage is doing what you are afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you are scared.

Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.

Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.

Courage is found in unlikely places.

Courage is grace under pressure.

Courage is just fear, plus prayers, plus understanding.

Courage is knowing what not to fear.

Courage is like love it must have hope for nourishment.

Courage is never to let your actions be influenced by your fears.

Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.

Courage is not the absence of despair it is, rather, the capacity to move ahead in spite of despair.

Courage is often lack of insight, whereas cowardice in many cases is based on good information.

Courage is poorly housed that dwells in numbers the lion never counts the herd that are about him, nor weighs how many flocks he has to scatter.

Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.

Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities - because it is the quality which guarantees all others.

Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities... because it is the quality which guarantees all others.

Courage is simply the willingness to be afraid and act anyway.

Courage is sometimes frail as hope is frail: a fragile shoot between two stones that grows brave toward the sun though warmth and brightness fail, striving and faith the only strength it knows.

Courage is the capacity to confront what can be imagined.

Courage is the fear of being thought a coward.

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

Courage is the greatest of all virtues, because if you haven't courage, you may not have an opportunity to use any of the others.

Courage is the ladder on which all the other virtues mount.

Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can't practice any other virtue consistently. You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage.

Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace.

Courage is very important. Like a muscle, it is strengthened by use.

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.

Courage is what preserves our liberty, safety, life, and our homes and parents, our country and children. Courage comprises all things.

Courage is... the knowledge of how to fear what ought to be feared and how not to fear what ought not to be feared.

Courage means to keep working a relationship, to continue seeking solutions to difficult problems, and to stay focused during stressful periods.

Courage ought to have eyes as well as arms.

Courage stands halfway between cowardice and rashness, one of which is a lack, the other an excess of courage.

Courage that grows from constitution often forsakes a man when he has occasion for it courage which arises from a sense of duty acts in a uniform manner.

Courage to be is the key to revelatory power of the feminist revolution.

Courage to continue comes from deeper sources than outward results.

Courage without conscience is a wild beast.

Courage, above all things, is the first quality of a warrior.

Courage, my friends 'tis not too late to build a better world.

Courage, not compromise, brings the smile of God's approval.

Courage: Great Russian word, fit for the songs of our children's children, pure on their tongues, and free.

Courage! I have shown it for years think you I shall lose it at the moment when my sufferings are to end?

Courtesy is as much a mark of a gentleman as courage.

Cowardice and courage are never without a measure of affectation. Nor is love. Feelings are never true. They play with their mirrors.

Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties.

Creativity takes courage.

Decision is a risk rooted in the courage of being free.

Deep Throat's information, and in my view, courage, allowed the newspaper to use what he knew and suspected.

Despair gives courage to a coward.

Determination, energy, and courage appear spontaneously when we care deeply about something. We take risks that are unimaginable in any other context.

Discouragement is not the absence of adequacy but the absence of courage.

Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections.

Do you really think it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that there are terrible temptations which it requires strength, strength and courage to yield to.

Don't Make Assumptions. Find the courage to ask questions and to express what you really want. Communicate with others as clearly as you can to avoid misunderstandings, sadness and drama. With just this one agreement, you can completely transform your life.

Don't wish me happiness - I don't expect to be happy it's gotten beyond that, somehow. Wish me courage and strength and a sense of humor - I will need them all.

During the long process of history, by relying on our own diligence, courage and wisdom, Chinese people have opened up a good and beautiful home where all ethnic groups live in harmony and fostered an excellent culture that never fades.

Each of us has an inner dream that we can unfold if we will just have the courage to admit what it is. And the faith to trust our own admission. The admitting is often very difficult.

Each person has inside a basic decency and goodness. If he listens to it and acts on it, he is giving a great deal of what it is the world needs most. It is not complicated but it takes courage. It takes courage for a person to listen to his own goodness and act on it.

Earth teach me to forget myself as melted snow forgets its life. Earth teach me resignation as the leaves which die in the fall. Earth teach me courage as the tree which stands all alone. Earth teach me regeneration as the seed which rises in the spring.

Eccentricity has always abounded when and where strength of character had abounded and the amount of eccentricity in a society has generally been proportional to the amount of genius, mental vigor, and courage which it contained.

Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.

Either life entails courage, or it ceases to be life.

Even within the last three or four years, I have a greater ability to communicate, I think. I have more courage to show the stuff... And it does take courage.

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

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.

Every man of courage is a man of his word.

Everybody, even me, sometimes had to compromise on something, doing things we know to be wrong, and this happens doing whatever job in the world. But a singer must have the courage of saying no.

Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads.

Faced with what is right, to leave it undone shows a lack of courage.

Failure is only postponed success as long as courage 'coaches' ambition. The habit of persistence is the habit of victory.

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

Falsehood is cowardice, the truth courage.

Farrah Fawcett had courage, she had strength, and she had faith.

Fashion should not be expected to serve in the stead of courage or character.

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 this equilibrium now in sight, let us trust that mankind, as it has occurred in the greatest periods of its past, will find for itself a new code of ethics, common to all, made of tolerance, of courage, and of faith in the Spirit of men.

Freedom is a system based on courage.

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

Freedom. And Justice. If you have those two, it covers everything. You must stick to those principles and have the courage of your convictions.

From caring comes courage.

Genius is talent set on fire by courage.

Give the people not hell, but hope and courage.

Give us grace and strength to forbear and to persevere. Give us courage and gaiety and the quiet mind, spare to us our friends, soften to us our enemies.

God grant me the courage not to give up what I think is right even though I think it is hopeless.

God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.

God, give us grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed, courage to change the things which should be changed and the wisdom to distinguish the one from the other.

Good courage in a bad affair is half of the evil overcome.

Goodness is about character - integrity, honesty, kindness, generosity, moral courage, and the like. More than anything else, it is about how we treat other people.

Grave was the man in years, in looks, in word, his locks were grey, yet was his courage green.

Great tragedy has come to us, and we are meeting it with the best that is in our country, with courage and concern for others because this is America. This is who we are.

Greatness, in the last analysis, is largely bravery - courage in escaping from old ideas and old standards and respectable ways of doing things.

Had we lived I should have had a tale to tell of the hardihood, endurance and courage of my companions which would have stirred the heart of every Englishman. These rough notes and our dead bodies must tell the tale.

Half a century ago, the amazing courage of Rosa Parks, the visionary leadership of Martin Luther King, and the inspirational actions of the civil rights movement led politicians to write equality into the law and make real the promise of America for all her citizens.

Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones and when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace.

Have the courage of your desire.

Have the courage to act instead of react.

Have the courage to be ignorant of a great number of things, in order to avoid the calamity of being ignorant of everything.

Have the courage to face a difficulty lest it kick you harder than you bargain for.

Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is right. These are the magic keys to living your life with integrity.

He is a man of courage who does not run away, but remains at his post and fights against the enemy.

He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage.

He who has faith has... an inward reservoir of courage, hope, confidence, calmness, and assuring trust that all will come out well - even though to the world it may appear to come out most badly.

He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.

He who knows no hardships will know no hardihood. He who faces no calamity will need no courage. Mysterious though it is, the characteristics in human nature which we love best grow in a soil with a strong mixture of troubles.

He who loses wealth loses much he who loses a friend loses more but he that loses his courage loses all.

He's a man of great common sense and good taste - meaning thereby a man without originality or moral courage.

He's nice enough not to want to be associated with a nasty remark but not nice enough not to make it. Lacking the courage of one's nastiness does not make one nice.

Healing takes courage, and we all have courage, even if we have to dig a little to find it.

Heroes to me are guys that sit in libraries. They absorb knowledge and then the risks they take are calculated on the basis of the courage it took to become replete with knowledge.

History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again.

Honest conviction is my courage the Constitution is my guide.

Hope lies in dreams, in imagination, and in the courage of those who dare to make dreams into reality.

How few there are who have courage enough to own their faults, or resolution enough to mend them.

How many women have the courage to start properly with a cold, cold bath early in the morning? I jump in, throw the water, cold as ice, and after the first plunge I am happy.

Howard Dean has been successful because he was clear in his opposition to the war. People appreciate a politician with the courage to say, I oppose this war.

I admired Eugene McCarthy's courage and although I left his Senate staff after four years to accept a job as the researcher on the editorial page of the 'Washington Post,' I remained an admirer.

I always disliked dogs, those protectors of cowards who lack the courage to fight an assailant themselves.

I beg you take courage the brave soul can mend even disaster.

I don't understand why people say that I am full of courage. I feel terribly nervous.

I emphasize... that the Harrimans showed great courage and loyalty and confidence in us, because three or four of us were really running the business, the day to day business.

I fear some of our leaders today have lost the courage to stand up. What we have now are politicians. They won't offer real plans, and only stand up when they want to blame someone else.

I find fault with my children because I like them and I want them to go places - uprightness and strength and courage and civil respect and anything that affects the probabilities of failure on the part of those that are closest to me, that concerns me - I find fault.

I have a hat. It is graceful and feminine and give me a certain dignity, as if I were attending a state funeral or something. Someday I may get up enough courage to wear it, instead of carrying it.

I have a lot of courage. I'm a realist.

I have always had the courage for the new things that life sometimes offers.

I have no physical courage, I've asked for a double.

I have reached the conclusion that those who have physical courage also have moral courage. Physical courage is a great test.

I have seen in the Halls of Congress more idealism, more humanness, more compassion, more profiles of courage than in any other institution that I have ever known.

I have the courage of my convictions.

I have the responsibility of over four million people, and I am in a position to do good, to be able to bring about a new life for my people, and I will continue to move in that direction. It's a burden, but it needs to be done, and you have to have the courage and wisdom to see it through.

I have three favorite politicians: Reagan, Truman, and Bobby Kennedy - Bobby for showing remarkable political courage despite being loathed by many on both sides.

I have written a memoir here and there, and that takes its own form of selfishness and courage. However, generally speaking, I have no interest in writing about my own life or intruding in the privacy of those around me.

I hope America can also be the cultural leader of the world, and use this frontier spirit to lead and show others that we need courage to go places where we have not gone before.

I know that if I'd had to go and take an exam for acting, I wouldn't have got anywhere. You don't take exams for acting, you take your courage.

I know that throughout their history, the people of the United States defended their freedom, their liberty, their justice, and their rights - if need be - with their lives. I think their courage is so admirable.

I know this president. And I can tell you that he cares deeply about the next generation of young women in this country - his daughters, and everyone's daughters. President Obama had the courage to stand with Sandra Fluke. Without hesitation, he defended her right to tell her story.

I know what real courage is, and I understand true compassion.

I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.

I like so much wearing heels, legs look so much better, everything looks better. But it's only recently I've had the courage to do that.

I love Joan Collins. She's a wonderful lady. She has such courage. She's such a good actress.

I love revolutionaries who have the courage to stand up against the status quo. They're always misunderstood, but they're the ones who are standing up for human rights.

I never thought much of the courage of a lion tamer. Inside the cage he is at least safe from people.

I pray they will carry on in spite of that dreadful monster prejudice, and with patience, courage, fortitude and perseverance achieve success for themselves.

I saw courage both in the Vietnam War and in the struggle to stop it. I learned that patriotism includes protest, not just military service.

I started to send my work to journals when I was 26, which was just a question of when I got the courage up. They were mostly journals I had been reading for the previous six or seven years.

I think laughter may be a form of courage. As humans we sometimes stand tall and look into the sun and laugh, and I think we are never more brave than when we do that.

I think my mother... made it clear that you have to live life by your own terms and you have to not worry about what other people think and you have to have the courage to do the unexpected.

I think that people need to have the courage of their convictions and not be trying to fool people into thinking that they've changed overnight.

I think that the romantic impulse is in all of us and that sometimes we live it for a short time, but it's not part of a sensible way of living. It's a heroic path and it generally ends dangerously. I treasure it in the sense that I believe it's a path of great courage. It can also be the path of the foolhardy and the compulsive.

I think the Iraqi people have shown extraordinary patience and courage in the last few months. They have really put a political system on the way to success, to a real democracy here.

I think the moments that are difficult for anybody are when you see what your life could be, if only you had the courage to take the steps needed.

I think there's a difference between ditzy and dumb. Dumb is just not knowing. Ditzy is having the courage to ask!

I think what I would say to my younger self, and probably to younger, just starting-out writers is that a lot of times you're just afraid to put yourself out there, and it's uncomfortable because it's working up the courage to do something, to push yourself to do those things.

I took my courage in both hands and went to the Laundromat to do my washing. I had to use three machines.

I try to be a truthful artist and I try to show a level of courage. I enjoy that. I'm a messenger.

I want to encourage our people, to educate our people to have the courage to understand and fight for their rights.

I want to find the candidates who understand the principles of American exceptionalism and have the character, the courage, and the confidence to actually lead the greatest nation in the world.

I want to grow old without facelifts. I want to have the courage to be loyal to the face I have made.

I want to thank the Academy for its courage and generosity.

I was a little doubtful about the propriety of going to the Mammoth Cave without a gentleman escort, but if two ladies travel alone they must have the courage of men.

I went through a long period where I was afraid of doing things I wanted to do, and you get your courage back, which is what's important.

I wish we lived in a society that made it safe and provided the courage for everyone to come out.

I would kiss you, had I the courage.

I, with a deeper instinct, choose a man who compels my strength, who makes enormous demands on me, who does not doubt my courage or my toughness, who does not believe me naive or innocent, who has the courage to treat me like a woman.

I'll know how to die with courage that is easier than living.

I'm a big fan of small business ownership. I think it's the backbone of American innovation. But to be successful, you first have to have the courage to go for it.

I'm a writer of faith who worries about the intolerance of religion. I look at the past and fear we haven't learned from it. I believe that humanity is capable of evil as well as great acts of courage and goodness. I have hope. Deep down, I believe in the human spirit, although sometimes that belief is shaken.

I'm grateful to God for His bountiful gifts... He gave me courage and faith in myself.

I'm not a fighter, but I would love to be a boxer because I love the courage and toughness. I mean, there can be nothing more terrifying than walking into an arena and looking at Mike Tyson in the ring.

I'm sick of not having the courage to be an absolute nobody.

I'm still shy - I'm no good at my children's parent-teacher conferences, and I'm slowly learning how to ask for what I want. But I now know that I have a reserve of courage to draw upon when I really need it. There's nothing that I'm too scared to have a go at.

I've always been inspired by artists who have shown musical and intellectual curiosity and the courage to take risks.

I've been through it all, baby, I'm mother courage.

I've decided to run for the U.S. Senate because I believe Wisconsin families need a senator who will work hard to deliver results for the middle class - a leader with the courage to do what's right, no matter how tough the odds or how powerful the special interests we have to fight.

If human beings had genuine courage, they'd wear their costumes every day of the year, not just on Halloween.

If I am to be known for anything, I would like it to be for encouraging Canadians, for knowing a little bit about their daily, extraordinary courage. And for wanting that courage to be recognized.

If one suffers we all suffer. Togetherness is strength. Courage.

If we are to survive, we must have ideas, vision, and courage. These things are rarely produced by committees. Everything that matters in our intellectual and moral life begins with an individual confronting his own mind and conscience in a room by himself.

If we bring not the good courage of minds covetous of truth, and truth only, prepared to hear all things, and decide upon all things, according to evidence, we should do more wisely to sit down contented in ignorance, than to bestir ourselves only to reap disappointment.

If we can't have the courage to tell our constituents, hey, we've got to cut back, then if we can point to something and say, I would like to vote for more benefits for you, but this balanced budget amendment or statutory spending cap or whatever the device is, is preventing me from doing it.

If we survive danger it steels our courage more than anything else.

If you are lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it.

If you could get up the courage to begin, you have the courage to succeed.

If you set as your goal to roll back the size of government, you have an obligation to answer the tough questions and show real courage, not just appeal to ideology. Treat the voters like adults.

In all realms of life it takes courage to stretch your limits, express your power, and fulfill your potential... it's no different in the financial realm.

In fact, my courage and my bravery at a young age was the thing I was bullied for, a kind of 'Who do you think you are?'

In my old age, I have been thinking about this, and I have reached the conclusion that those who have physical courage also have moral courage.

In our film profession you may have Gable's looks, Tracy's art, Marlene's legs or Liz's violet eyes, but they don't mean a thing without that swinging thing called courage.

In short, we need to recover the courage we celebrate in our heroes, and in particular, the courage to tolerate, for the sake of a free society, a level of risk we hardly ever imagined in the past.

In strife who inquires whether stratagem or courage was used?

In the inhalation and exhalation there is an energy and a lively divine spirit, since He, through his spirit supports the breath of life, giving courage to the people who are in the earth and spirit to those who walk on it.

In the Soviet army it takes more courage to retreat than advance.

In this work I have received the opposition of a number of men who only advocate the unobtainable because the immediately possible is beyond their moral courage, administrative ability, and their political prescience.

In times of conflict, war, poverty or religious fundamentalism, women and children are the first and most numerous victims. Women need all their courage today.

Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.

Ingenuity, plus courage, plus work, equals miracles.

Intellectuals try to keep going. But their situation is very difficult. Those who have had the courage to voice their opposition have often paid a very high price.

Is he alone who has courage on his right hand and faith on his left hand?

It has been my honor to support and work with President Barack Obama, a man who has brought courage and character to the presidency. President Obama's strength of character leads him to do the right thing, even when it isn't the easy thing.

It is a blessed thing that in every age some one has had the individuality enough and courage enough to stand by his own convictions.

It is a wise man who knows where courage ends and stupidity begins.

It is courage, courage, courage, that raises the blood of life to crimson splendor. Live bravely and present a brave front to adversity.

It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.

It is easy enough to praise men for the courage of their convictions. I wish I could teach the sad young of this mealy generation the courage of their confusions.

It is only necessary to have courage, for strength without self-confidence is useless.

It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to better things.

It is our conduct, our patriotism and belief in our American way of life, our courage that will win the final battle.

It is remarkable that this people, though unarmed, dares attack an armed foe the infantry defy the cavalry, and by their activity and courage generally prove victors.

It is so often true that whether a person carries with him an atmosphere of gloom and depression or one of confidence and courage depends on his individual outlook.

It is up to African leaders to show their will and political courage in order to assure that this new pan-African institution becomes an efficient instrument and not a place for endless discussions.

It may not be the most popular but there is a place for it. I think about the kind of music I love, acoustic, melodic, and I guess it kind of took a bit of courage on my part to think I could be one of those songwriters.

It often takes more courage to change one's opinion than to keep it.

It requires greater courage to preserve inner freedom, to move on in one's inward journey into new realms, than to stand defiantly for outer freedom. It is often easier to play the martyr, as it is to be rash in battle.

It requires more courage to suffer than to die.

It takes a certain courage and a certain greatness to be truly base.

It takes a good deal of physical courage to ride a horse. This, however, I have. I get it at about forty cents a flask, and take it as required.

It takes a great deal of courage to follow another person's lead.

It takes a lot of courage to face up to things you can't do because we feed ourselves so much denial.

It takes a lot of courage to release the familiar and seemingly secure, to embrace the new. But there is no real security in what is no longer meaningful. There is more security in the adventurous and exciting, for in movement there is life, and in change there is power.

It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else.

It takes as much courage to have tried and failed as it does to have tried and succeeded.

It takes both courage and talent to stand up in front of fellow human beings and make them crack a smile, and at the same time keep it clean.

It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.

It takes courage to know when you ought to be afraid.

It takes far less courage to kill yourself than it takes to make yourself wake up one more time. It's harder to stay where you are than to get out. For everyone but you, that is.

It takes someone with a vision of the possibilities to attain new levels of experience. Someone with the courage to live his dreams.

It takes vision and courage to create - it takes faith and courage to prove.

It took me realizing that a broken heart has never actually killed anyone to find the courage to ask for what I want, in just about every situation. That was part of my own growing up.

It was actually a women's writing group I belonged to in graduate school that gave me the courage to move from poetry to fiction.

It would be sad if we lost our instinct and our courage to love and protect.

It's not just Bin Laden or just those that are involved in the counterterrorism effort. We've gotta cast the net broader than that. But I think it's a - very special tribute that we all owe to the bravery and courage of the men and women in the intelligence and military business who performed so well to finally get it done.

It's up to the courage of the filmmakers to make art in cinema, not just business. John was rejected by studios, he borrowed money and did movies with his own money. You're either courageous or not. You have to find a way.

Just as courage imperils life, fear protects it.

Just remaining quietly in the presence of God, listening to Him, being attentive to Him, requires a lot of courage and know-how.

Just two weeks ago, millions of Iraqis defied the threats of terrorists and went to the polls to determine their own future. I congratulate the Iraqi people for the courage they've shown in making these elections so successful.

Keep courage. Whatever you do, do not feel sorry for yourself. You will win in a great age of opportunity.

Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others.

Killing yourself is a major commitment, it takes a kind of courage. Most people just lead lives of cowardly desperation. It's kinda half suicide where you just dull yourself with substances.

Leaders come in many forms, with many styles and diverse qualities. There are quiet leaders and leaders one can hear in the next county. Some find strength in eloquence, some in judgment, some in courage.

Leadership requires the courage to make decisions that will benefit the next generation.

Let a new earth rise. Let another world be born. Let a bloody peace be written in the sky. Let a second generation full of courage issue forth let a people loving freedom come to growth.

Let me start with Yahoo. As we meet today, a Chinese citizen who had the courage to speak his mind on the Internet is in prison because Yahoo chose to share his name and address with the Chinese Government.

Let us go forth with fear and courage and rage to save the world.

Let who will boast their courage in the field, I find but little safety from my shield, Nature's, not honour's law we must obey: This made me cast my useless shield away.

Let's drink to the spirit of gallantry and courage that made a strange Heaven out of unbelievable Hell, and let's drink to the hope that one day this country of ours, which we love so much, will find dignity and greatness and peace again.

Life is the most exciting opportunity we have. But we have one shot. You graduate from college once, and that's it. You're going out of that nest. And you have to find that courage that's deep, deep, deep in there. Every step of the way.

Life is to be entered upon with courage.

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.

Limit to courage? There is no limit to courage.

Love is the most difficult and dangerous form of courage. Courage is the most desperate, admirable and noble kind of love.

Love makes a subtle man out of a crude one, it gives eloquence to the mute, it gives courage the cowardly and makes the idle quick and sharp.

Lying at the root of the social agreements of 1980 are the courage, sense of responsibility, and the solidarity of the working people. Both sides have then recognized that an accord must be reached if bloodshed is to be prevented.

Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.

Many a man will have the courage to die gallantly, but will not have the courage to say, or even to think, that the cause for which he is asked to die is an unworthy one.

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is a time to honor the greatest champion of racial equality who taught a nation - through compassion and courage - about democracy, nonviolence and racial justice.

Maybe you will be afraid and maybe you will fail, but the courage to take risks in any part of your life is, I feel, a very worthwhile way to live.

Men create real miracles when they use their God-given courage and intelligence.

Men make history and not the other way around. In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still. Progress occurs when courageous, skillful leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better.

Men was formed for society, and is neither capable of living alone, nor has the courage to do it.

Men who live valiantly and die nobly have a strength and a courage from the eternal Father.

Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them.

Moral courage is higher and a rarer virtue than physical courage.

Morality may consist solely in the courage of making a choice.

More firm and sure the hand of courage strikes, when it obeys the watchful eye of caution.

Most of man's problems upon this planet, in the long history of the race, have been met and solved either partially or as a whole by experiment based on common sense and carried out with courage.

Most of the good executives do pretty well. Because to be a good executive you have to be strong, and you have to have a simple attribute that people have forgotten about - courage.

Most of us have far more courage than we ever dreamed we possessed.

My definition of courage is never letting anyone define you.

My great hope is to laugh as much as I cry to get my work done and try to love somebody and have the courage to accept the love in return.

My message to you all is of hope, courage and confidence. Let us mobilize all our resources in a systematic and organized way and tackle the grave issues that confront us with grim determination and discipline worthy of a great nation.

My message, especially to young people is to have courage to think differently, courage to invent, to travel the unexplored path, courage to discover the impossible and to conquer the problems and succeed. These are great qualities that they must work towards. This is my message to the young people.

My mother taught me about the power of inspiration and courage, and she did it with a strength and a passion that I wish could be bottled.

My mother taught me that we all have the power to achieve our dreams. What I lacked was the courage.

My sword I give to him that shall succeed me in my pilgrimage, and my courage and skill to him that can get it.

My talent is such that no undertaking, however vast in size... has ever surpassed my courage.

Necessity does the work of courage.

Never be discouraged. If I were sunk in the lowest pits of Nova Scotia, with the Rocky Mountains piled on me, I would hang on, exercise faith, and keep up good courage, and I would come out on top.

Never undertake anything for which you wouldn't have the courage to ask the blessings of heaven.

No man in the world has more courage than the man who can stop after eating one peanut.

No matter what you think about the Iraq war, there is one thing we can all agree on for the next days - we have to salute the courage and bravery of those who are risking their lives to vote and those brave Iraqi and American soldiers fighting to protect their right to vote.

No, I am not a homosexual. If I were a homosexual, I would hope I would have the courage to say so. What's cruel is that you are forcing me to say I am not a homosexual. This means you are putting homosexuals down. I don't want to do that.

None speak of the bravery, the might, or the intellect of Jesus but the devil is always imagined as a being of acute intellect, political cunning, and the fiercest courage. These universal and instinctive tendencies of the human mind reveal much.

Nothing gives a fearful man more courage than another's fear.

Nothing gives us courage more readily than the desire to avoid looking like a damn fool.

Now that I've got some films under my belt, I have the courage of my convictions regarding acting. It gives me a leg to stand on.

Obama wants to be thought of as the president who freed us from foreign oil. But if he doesn't show some political courage, he may well be remembered as the president who cooked the planet.

Often the difference between a successful man and a failure is not one's better abilities or ideas, but the courage that one has to bet on his ideas, to take a calculated risk, and to act.

Often the difference between a successful person and a failure is not one has better abilities or ideas, but the courage that one has to bet on one's ideas, to take a calculated risk - and to act.

Often the test of courage is not to die but to live.

Ofttimes the test of courage becomes rather to live than to die.

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

Once I had all the facts in, I found I didn't have the immoral courage to pull the caper. So I wrote it as a story. As a teenager, I didn't have any skills for writing as such, so it came out in 1500 words.

One has to have the courage of one's pessimism.

One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.

One man scorned and covered with scars still strove with his last ounce of courage to reach the unreachable stars and the world will be better for this.

One man with courage is a majority.

One man with courage makes a majority.

One of the greatest gifts my father gave me - unintentionally - was witnessing the courage with which he bore adversity. We had a bit of a rollercoaster life with some really challenging financial periods. He was always unshaken, completely tranquil, the same ebullient, laughing, jovial man.

One of the hardest questions I have been asked is 'How will you manage the army if you are having menstrual cramps?' I have also been asked if I will have the courage to face criminals. My answer is that courage is not a matter of gender.

One of the marks of a gift is to have the courage of it.

One of the things that makes Hamlet unique among Shakespeare's characters is his courage to face up to the darker elements of his personality.

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

Optimism is the foundation of courage.

Our film examines the heroism, courage and prowess of the Soviet submarine force in ways never seen before.

Our situation today shows that beauty demands for itself at least as much courage and decision as do truth and goodness, and she will not allow herself to be separated and banned from her two sisters without taking them along with herself in an act of mysterious vengeance.

Our young people have come to look upon war as a kind of beneficent deity, which not only adds to the national honor but uplifts a nation and develops patriotism and courage.

Overcoming the Cold War required courage from the people of Central and Eastern Europe and what was then the German Democratic Republic, but it also required the steadfastness of Western partner over many decades when many had long lost hope of integration of the two Germanys and Europe.

Part of courage is simple consistency.

Patience, that blending of moral courage with physical timidity.

Paul persuaded me to join the band. I would never have had the courage otherwise. It was fun at the beginning. We were playing just for fun, with Paul's group.

Peace comes when you talk to the guy you most hate. And that's where the courage of a leader comes, because when you sit down with your enemy, you as a leader must already have very considerable confidence from your own constituency.

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

People don't follow titles, they follow courage.

People talk about the courage of condemned men walking to the place of execution: sometimes it needs as much courage to walk with any kind of bearing towards another person's habitual misery.

People think I have courage. The courage in my family are my wife Pam, my three daughters, here, Nicole, Jamie, LeeAnn, my mom, who's right here too.

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

Perfect courage is to do without witnesses what one would be capable of doing with the world looking on.

Physical bravery is an animal instinct moral bravery is much higher and truer courage.

Physical courage is a great test.

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.

Political courage is not political suicide.

President Obama and our all-of-the-above energy strategy is the real deal. We are proud of the fact that we are importing less oil than at any time in modern history, and it has been because of the president's vision and courage.

Presumption should never make us neglect that which appears easy to us, nor despair make us lose courage at the sight of difficulties.

Prime Minister Sharon, Prime Minister Abbas, I urge you today to end the designs of those who seek destruction, annihilation and occupation, and I urge you to have the will and the courage to begin to realize our dreams of peace, prosperity and coexistence.

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

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.

Real courage is knowing what faces you and knowing how to face it.

Real courage is when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.

Real nobility is based on scorn, courage, and profound indifference.

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

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.

Remember that when you meet your antagonist, to do everything in a mild agreeable manner. Let your courage be keen, but, at the same time, as polished as your sword.

Resignation is the courage of Christian sorrow.

Ronald Reagan's well documented final battles with Alzheimer's disease were fought with the same conviction and courage that his many public battles were fought.

Rosa Parks' courage, determination, and tenacity continue to be an inspiration to all those committed to non-violent protest and change nearly half a century later.

September 11, 2001, revealed heroism in ordinary people who might have gone through their lives never called upon to demonstrate the extent of their courage.

Simulated disorder postulates perfect discipline simulated fear postulates courage simulated weakness postulates strength.

So the brother in black offers to these United States the source of courage that endures, and laughter.

Soldiers, when committed to a task, can't compromise. It's unrelenting devotion to the standards of duty and courage, absolute loyalty to others, not letting the task go until it's been done.

Some of the greatest survivors have been women. Look at the courage so many women have shown after surviving earthquakes in the rubble for days on end.

Someone once told me the one thread that runs through them all is a premium on personal courage - not intellectual courage, but just plain physical courage.

Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.

Success is never final, failure is never fatal. It's courage that counts.

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.

Success is not measured by what you accomplish, but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds.

Success is that old ABC - ability, breaks, and courage.

Success means having the courage, the determination, and the will to become the person you believe you were meant to be.

Such decisions will be far reaching and difficult. But you never lacked courage in the past. Your courage is now needed for the future.

Suffering! We owe to it all that is good in us, all that gives value to life we owe to it pity, we owe to it courage, we owe to it all the virtues.

Support the strong, give courage to the timid, remind the indifferent, and warn the opposed.

Take chances, make mistakes. That's how you grow. Pain nourishes your courage. You have to fail in order to practice being brave.

That's what acting is - it's about... having the courage to allow your audience into the private moments of your characters' lives.

The 'Bird's Nest' National Stadium, which I helped to conceive, is designed to embody the Olympic spirit of 'fair competition.' It tells people that freedom is possible but needs fairness, courage and strength.

The amount of eccentricity in a society has generally been proportional to the amount of genius, mental vigor, and moral courage it contained. That so few now dare to be eccentric marks the chief danger of the time.

The best protection any woman can have... is courage.

The best thing to do is stare it in the face and move on. We have to face our fears and plow through. I think taking chances takes a lot more courage than staying stagnant and doing what's safe and comfortable.

The British were indeed very far superior to the Americans in every respect necessary to military operations, except the revivified courage and resolution, the result of sudden success after despair.

The courage in journalism is sticking up for the unpopular, not the popular.

The courage of a soldier is found to be the cheapest and most common quality of human nature.

The courage of a soldier is heightened by his knowledge of his profession.

The courage of life is often a less dramatic spectacle than the courage of a final moment but it is no less a magnificent mixture of triumph and tragedy.

The courage of the poet is to keep ajar the door that leads into madness.

The courage of very ordinary people is all that stands between us and the dark.

The courage to be is rooted in the God who appears when God has disappeared in the anxiety of doubt.

The courage to be is the courage to accept oneself, in spite of being unacceptable.

The courage to imagine the otherwise is our greatest resource, adding color and suspense to all our life.

The courage we desire and prize is not the courage to die decently, but to live manfully.

The criteria for serving one's country should be competence, courage and willingness to serve. When we deny people the chance to serve because of their sexual orientation, we deprive them of their rights of citizenship, and we deprive our armed forces the service of willing and capable Americans.

The enchanting charms of this sublime science reveal only to those who have the courage to go deeply into it.

The first virtue in a soldier is endurance of fatigue courage is only the second virtue.

The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart.

The kind of beauty I want most is the hard-to-get kind that comes from within - strength, courage, dignity.

The last thing a woman will consent to discover in a man whom she loves, or on whom she simply depends, is want of courage.

The man who has the courage of his platitudes is always a successful man.

The memoirs that have come out of Africa are sometimes startlingly beautiful, often urgent, and essentially life-affirming, but they are all performances of courage and honesty.

The more wit the less courage.

The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.

The most important thing for me was to never, ever, ever deny it. But I didn't really have the courage to talk about it. I was thinking, The people who need to know I'm gay know.

The older people that one admires seem to be fearless. They go right out into the world. It's astounding. Maybe they can't see or they can't hear, but they walk out into the street and take life as it comes. They're models of courage, in a strange way.

The one thing I learned the most about acting is it takes a tremendous amount of courage to go there and stand still. It takes courage and guts to step out of your mind frame and depict something.

The only courage that matters is the kind that gets you from one moment to the next.

The only reason I'm in Hollywood is that I don't have the moral courage to refuse the money.

The only service a friend can really render is to keep up your courage by holding up to you a mirror in which you can see a noble image of yourself.

The opposite for courage is not cowardice, it is conformity. Even a dead fish can go with the flow.

The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice, it is conformity.

The paradox of courage is that a man must be a little careless of his life even in order to keep it.

The people of South Carolina support conservatives who are trying to push real change, and the people of South Carolina expect their presidential candidates to back them up when they show courage.

The President regards the Japanese as a brave people but courage, though useful in time of war, is subordinate to knowledge of arts hence, courage without such knowledge is not to be highly esteemed.

The presidents of colleges have to have some courage to step forward. You can't limit alcohol in college sports, you have to get rid of it.

The principal act of courage is to endure and withstand dangers doggedly rather than to attack them.

The principles of living greatly include the capacity to face trouble with courage, disappointment with cheerfulness, and trial with humility.

The problem is when you are writing something in retrospective, it needs a lot of courage not to change, or you will forget a certain reality, and you will just take in consideration your view today.

The qualities of an exceptional cook are akin to those of a successful tightrope walker: an abiding passion for the task, courage to go out on a limb and an impeccable sense of balance.

The quality that defines us as Americans is the courage to respond to being hit. The courage to root out and destroy the killers. And, most importantly, the courage to hold on to our values and protect our hard-won freedoms while doing it.

The right response to the non-problem of global warming is to have the courage to do nothing.

The sea - this truth must be confessed - has no generosity. No display of manly qualities - courage, hardihood, endurance, faithfulness - has ever been known to touch its irresponsible consciousness of power.

The secret to happiness is freedom... And the secret to freedom is courage.

The single outstanding exception was the broad yet precise mandate communicated by the General Assembly in 1946 to prepare as soon as possible the Charter of Human Rights which the San Francisco Conference had not had the time or the courage to draw up.

The strangest, most generous, and proudest of all virtues is true courage.

The test of courage comes when we are in the minority. The test of tolerance comes when we are in the majority.

The trials on the road to world harmony are no greater than the courage of those who accept the challenge.

The valor and courage of our young women and men in the armed services are a shining example to all of the world, and we owe them and their families our deepest respect.

The weak in courage is strong in cunning.

The word courage - God, I love that word. Words are so important to me.

The world will step aside for nearly anyone who has the courage of his of her opinions.

Then there is a still higher type of courage - the courage to brave pain, to live with it, to never let others know of it and to still find joy in life to wake up in the morning with an enthusiasm for the day ahead.

There are always a few who stand up in times of communal madness and have the courage to say that what unites us is greater than what divides us.

There are no easy answers' but there are simple answers. We must have the courage to do what we know is morally right.

There are no greater treasures than the highest human qualities such as compassion, courage and hope. Not even tragic accident or disaster can destroy such treasures of the heart.

There are pretenders to piety as well as to courage.

There are two types of courage involved with what I did. When it comes to picking up a rifle, millions of people are capable of doing that, as we see in Iraq or Vietnam. But when it comes to risking their careers, or risking being invited to lunch by the establishment, it turns out that's remarkably rare.

There can be a fundamental gulf of gracelessness in a human heart which neither our love nor our courage can bridge.

There can be no failure to a man who has not lost his courage, his character, his self respect, or his self-confidence. He is still a King.

There can be no great courage where there is no confidence or assurance, and half the battle is in the conviction that we can do what we undertake.

There has to be this pioneer, the individual who has the courage, the ambition to overcome the obstacles that always develop when one tries to do something worthwhile, especially when it is new and different.

There is a measure needing courage to adopt and enforce it, which I believe to be of virtue sufficient to redeem the nation in this its darkest hour: one only I know of no other to which we may rationally trust for relief from impending dangers without and within.

There is hope in dreams, imagination, and in the courage of those who wish to make those dreams a reality.

There is in true beauty, as in courage, something which narrow souls cannot dare to admire.

There is no glory in war, yet from the blackness of its history, there emerge vivid colours of human character and courage. Those who risked their lives to help their friends.

There is not a single Muslim leader today who has the courage and commitment to defend Islam and Muslims, they are all in awe of the United States and other Western powers, and are indebted to them.

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

There's no mystique to acting. It's only common sense - and a bit of courage.

There's only one requirement of any of us, and that is to be courageous. Because courage, as you might know, defines all other human behavior. And, I believe - because I've done a little of this myself - pretending to be courageous is just as good as the real thing.