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

- Paul Tillich

A great deal of talent is lost to the world for want of a little courage. Every day sends to their graves obscure men whose timidity prevented them from making a first effort.

- Sydney Smith

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

- Thucydides

I'm grateful to God for His bountiful gifts... He gave me courage and faith in myself.

- Loretta Young

The opposite for courage is not cowardice, it is conformity. Even a dead fish can go with the flow.

- Jim Hightower

Real courage is when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.

- Harper Lee

To have courage for whatever comes in life - everything lies in that.

- Saint Teresa of Avila

Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction.

- E. F. Schumacher

It requires more courage to suffer than to die.

- Napoleon Bonaparte

Courage is found in unlikely places.

- J. R. R. Tolkien

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

Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.

- Benjamin Disraeli

America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand.

- Harry S. Truman

What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?

- Vincent Van Gogh

God, give us grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed, courage to change the things which should be changed and the wisdom to distinguish the one from the other.

- Reinhold Niebuhr

Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.

- George S. Patton

Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties.

- Erich Fromm

Be courageous. I have seen many depressions in business. Always America has emerged from these stronger and more prosperous. Be brave as your fathers before you. Have faith! Go forward!

- Thomas A. Edison

Courage is a kind of salvation.

- Plato

Success is never final, failure is never fatal. It's courage that counts.

- John Wooden

Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are often stiffened.

- Billy Graham

The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.

- Coco Chanel