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.

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.

Courage is the fear of being thought a coward.

Yes you must have the courage of being free.

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

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.

When we read stories of heroes we identify with them. We take the journey with them. We see how the obstacles almost overcome them. We see how they grow as human beings or gain qualities or show great qualities of strength and courage and with them we grow in some small way.

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.

To me there is no greater act of courage than being the one who kisses first.

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

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.

Being gifted needs courage.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

True courage is being afraid and going ahead and doing your job anyhow that's what courage is.

You don't develop courage by being happy in your relationships everyday. You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity.

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

Courage is being afraid but going on anyhow.

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

Courage is being scared to death... and saddling up anyway.