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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 so many ways to be brave in this world. Sometimes it involves giving up everything you have ever known, or everyone you have ever loved for the sake of something greater.

There are those that say, if you do the uncomfortable thing long enough, it will become comfortable. But we are really not encouragers of that. We are encouragers of coming into alignment, and then taking the action. We are encouragers always of getting rid of the fear; we would never want you to keep doing things that you feel fearful about. And maybe the path of least resistance is just not get on the horse. Maybe the path of least resistance is to get on a different horse - but we would never move forward in fear.

There are two sides to every issue: one side is right and the other is wrong, but the middle is always evil.

There are pretenders to piety as well as to courage.

There can be no progress, no achievement without sacrifice.

There is about wisdom a nobility and magnificence in the fact that she doesn't just fall to a person's lot, that each man owes her to his own efforts, that one doesn't go to anyone other than oneself to find her.

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 are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them.

There is a courageous wisdom; there is also a false, reptile prudence, the result not of caution but of fear.

There is another side to chivalry. If it dispenses leniency, it may with equal justification invoke control.

There is a certain blend of courage, integrity, character and principle which has no satisfactory dictionary name but has been called different things at different times in different countries. Our American name for it is "guts.

There is a persuasion in the soul of man that he is here for cause, that he was put down in this place by the Creator to do the work for which he inspires him, that thus he is an overmatch for all antagonists that could combine against him.

There is a strength of quiet endurance as significant of courage as the most daring feats of prowess.

There is a place in God's sun for the youth "farthest down" who has the vision, the determination, and the courage to reach it.

There is a contemptibly quiet path for all those who are afraid of the blows and clamor of opposing forces. There is no honorable fighting for a man who is not ready to forget that he has a head to be battered and a name to be bespattered. Truth wants no champion who is not as ready to be struck as to strike for her.

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

There is more security in the adventurous and exciting, for in movement there is life, and in change there is power.

There is a time to take counsel of your fears, and there is a time to never listen to any fear.

There is no real security in what is no longer meaningful.

There is no death! What seems so is transition; this life of mortal breath is but a suburb of the life elysian, whose portal we call Death.

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

There is in the end no remedy but truth. It is the one course that cannot be evil.

There is no thing we cannot overcome Say not thy evil instinct is inherited, Or that some trait inborn makes thy whole life forlorn, And calls down punishment that is not merited.

There is in true Beauty, as in Courage, somewhat which narrow Souls cannot dare to admire.

There is something so beautiful and inspiring about picking ourselves up with humility and dignity after we fall.

There's always time. . .to own up to things you're ashamed of, to change them. There's always time to start. And I think the starting is the most important thing. It takes courage. It takes a lot more courage than any vain feat of arms, let me tell you. It takes a lifetime to become a fool, and only a moment to begin to become wise.

There is nothing to compare with the courage of ordinary people whose names are unknown and whose sacrifices pass unnoticed. The courage that dares without recognition, without the protection of media attention, is a courage that humbles and inspires and reaffirms our faith in humanity.

there was nothing like necessity to supply a lack of nerve.

There would be nothing to frighten you if you refused to be afraid.

There will be selfishness and greed and corruption and narrowness and intolerance in the world tomorrow and tomorrow's tomorrow. But pray God we may have the courage and the wisdom and the vision to raise a definite standard that will appeal to the best that is in man, and then strive mightily toward that goal.

The right of commanding is no longer an advantage transmitted by nature; like an inheritance, it is the fruit of labors, the price of courage.

There's only one thing worse than a man who doesn't have strong likes and dislikes, and that's a man who has strong likes and dislikes without the courage to voice them.

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.

The secret to my success is that I bit off more than I could chew and I chewed as fast as I could.

The right man is the one who seizes the moment.

The right way is not always the popular and easy way. Standing for right when it is unpopular is a true test of moral character.

These rules may seem simple enough, but it will require great morale and physical courage to adhere to them. But if carried out in the strict sense of the word it will surely lead to a greater success than could otherwise be attained.

The soul, secured in her existence, smiles At the drawn dagger, and defies its point.

The spiritual warrior hides from nothing. We jump into the fire, we dive into the ocean. We become the sea.

The spirit of Dr. [Martin Luther] King and the thousands of people he worked with set the races on a different course in the United States... In that same spirit, we must have the courage - and teach our students the courage - to be bearers to the world of this transforming love, co-creators of a more deeply human world, collaborators with Christ in the building of God's Kingdom.

The smallest worm will turn being trodden on, And doves will peck in safeguard of their brood.

The stories of past courage... can offer hope, they can provide inspiration. But they cannot supply courage itself. For this each man must look into his own soul.

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

The strength to kill is not essential for self-defence; one ought to have the strength to die.

The thing of courage As rous'd with rage doth sympathise, And, with an accent tun'd in self-same key, Retorts to chiding fortune.

The three-o'-clock in the morning courage, which Bonaparte thought was the rarest.

The time to take counsel of your fears is before you make an important battle decision. That's the time to listen to every fear you can imagine! When you have collected all the facts and fears and made your decision, turn off all your fears and go ahead!

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