Until the day of his death, no man can be sure of his courage.
Jean Anouilh

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

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

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.
Samuel Johnson

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

Whether you be man or woman you will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor.
James Lane Allen

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

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.
Maxwell Maltz

We must have courage to bet on our ideas, to take the calculated risk, and to act. Everyday living requires courage if life is to be effective and bring happiness.
Maxwell Maltz

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

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.
John W. Gardner

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

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.
Pablo Casals

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

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

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

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

We had no more courage than Harriet Tubman or Marcus Garvey had in their times. We just had a more vulnerable enemy.
Stokely Carmichael

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

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.
Muhammad Ali Jinnah