“ 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. Giraldus Cambrensis
“ 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. Kevin Patterson
“ Courage: Great Russian word, fit for the songs of our children's children, pure on their tongues, and free. Anna Akhmatova
“ Before I knew you, I thought brave was not being afraid. You've taught me that bravery is being terrified and doing it anyway. Laurell K. Hamilton
“ Because the world needs sons and daughters with the courage of their fathers, and you are a courageous man. Beverly Jenkins
“ Our energy is in proportion to the resistance it meets. We attempt nothing great but from a sense of the difficulties we have to encounter we persevere in nothing great but from a pride in overcoming… William Hazlitt
“ The peril of the hour moved the British to tremendous exertions just as always in a moment of extreme danger things can be done which had previously been thought impossible. Mortal danger is an effec… Field Marshal Erwin Rommel
“ Courage does not always march to airs blown by a bugle it is not always wrought out of the fabric ostentation wears. Frances Rodman
“ There are at least two kinds of cowards. One kind always lives with himself afraid to face the world. The other kind lives with the world afraid to face himself. Roscoe Snowden
“ Everyone has a talent. What is rare is the courage to follow that talent to the dark place where it leads. Erica Jong
“ Many women miss their greatest chance of happiness through a want of courage in a decisive moment. Winifred Gordon
“ Courage in the final analysis is nothing but an affirmative answer to the shocks of existence. Dr. Kurt Goldstein
“ Courage is a quietness not martial music made Born of facing up to life even when afraid. Emily Sargent Councilman
“ Tender-handed stroke a nettle and it stings you for your pains Grasp it like a man of mettle and it soft as silk remains. Thomas Fuller
“ The human heart is the first home of democracy. It is where we embrace our questions. Can we be equitable? Can we be generous? Can we listen with our whole beings, not just our minds, and offer our at… Terry Tempest Williams
