Why should we honour those that die upon the field of battle? A man may show as reckless a courage in entering into the abyss of himself.
William Butler Yeats

Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections.
Saint Francis de Sales

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

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

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.
Joseph Smith, Jr.

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 Allen

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.
Hubert H. Humphrey

Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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

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

A man of courage is also full of faith.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

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

We've begun to raise daughters more like sons... but few have the courage to raise our sons more like our daughters.
Gloria Steinem

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

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

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

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.
Victor Hugo

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.
Hillary Clinton

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

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