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" In the Confederate Army, an officer was judged by stark courage alone, and this made it possible for the Confederacy to live four years. "

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

" No, I am not a homosexual. If I were a homosexual, I would hope I would have the courage to say so. What's cruel is that you are forcing me to say I am not a homosexual. This means you are putting homosexuals down. I don't want to do that. "

" So many times I wanted to go to Auschwitz, but I couldn't take up the courage to go there. "

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

" Deciding taste is egotistical, but that's how taste is established, by somebody having the courage to say, 'I don't want to sell that.' "

" As a person, I am someone who wants to give my the best in every take. I wouldn't say it was easy for me to get into the industry because I come from a background where no one has been in films. But I do believe if you work hard, you will get noticed. Modeling gave me that courage to stand in front of the camera. "

" I wish that the Indians believed me a god, for upon the report of an enemy's valor oftentimes depends the success of a battle, and false reports have many times done as great things as true courage and resolution. "

Alexander the Great

" I tell people that we must have the courage to share what we feel, but no one follows me. "

" Life is to be entered upon with courage. "

Alexis de Tocqueville

" Some people call it the 'Al Jazeera spirit' - courage, re-thinking authority, giving a voice to the voiceless. We have never been favored by the authority. The human being is the center of our editorial policy. We are not a TV station that rushes after stars, big names, press conferences, hand-shake journalism. "

" When somebody who makes movies for a living - either as an actor, writer, producer or director - lives to be a certain age, you have to admire them. It is an act of courage to make a film - a courage for which you are not prepared in the rest of life. It is very hard and very destructive. But we do it because we love it. "

" I find putting oneself out there difficult. I think writing and sharing writing require different skill sets. I want to be read, but it takes courage to ask someone to read your work. "

" Men have a psychological need to show off their courage and strength. When he sees you talking to another guy, that instinct kicks in and he jumps to protect you and prove he's worthy of your love. "

" Courage is a peculiar kind of fear. "

Charles Kennedy

" To me, there is no greater act of courage than being the one who kisses first. "

Janeane Garofalo

" It takes courage for a leader to identify and confront self-imposed barriers, to put in place the personal strategies required to unleash the energy, innovation, and commitment to self-development. "

Frances Hesselbein

" How few there are who have courage enough to own their faults, or resolution enough to mend them. "

Benjamin Franklin

" Hope, like faith, is nothing if it is not courageous; it is nothing if it is not ridiculous. "

Thornton Wilder

" I know of no higher fortitude than stubborness in the face of overwhelming odds. "

" I considered our British comrades to rank with the finest men and women of any armed service in the world. And I know that my fellow American soldiers - and those of the other coalition countries under my command - valued very highly the professional expertise, capability, courage, and determination of our British partners on the battlefield. "

" It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends. "

" I like Beryl Bainbridge a great deal, and she is a writer who absolutely demands to be read a second, third, and fourth time. I admire her great courage in leaving so much unsaid and asking the reader to really engage her brain. "

" I'm an exile. My father had the courage to leave with his wife, his mother and three children under twelve. It took more courage to leave, to sacrifice everything for freedom, than to stay. "

" They put me in a harness, like a horse, to learn the back somersault. It was weird up there when I put on that harness for the first time. The courage came with practice. "

Donald O'Connor

" I wish we lived in a society that made it safe and provided the courage for everyone to come out. "

" People think I have courage. The courage in my family are my wife Pam, my three daughters, here, Nicole, Jamie, LeeAnn, my mom, who's right here too. "

" Freedom. And Justice. If you have those two, it covers everything. You must stick to those principles and have the courage of your convictions. "

" Fate loves the fearless. "

James Russell Lowell

" Soldiers, when committed to a task, can't compromise. It's unrelenting devotion to the standards of duty and courage, absolute loyalty to others, not letting the task go until it's been done. "

" Above all, we must realize that no arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women. It is a weapon our adversaries in today's world do not have. "