When you meet your antagonist, do everything in a mild and agreeable manner. Let your courage be as keen, but at the same time as polished, as your sword.
—Terence
Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others.
—Theodore Roosevelt
Fortune helps the brave.
—Unknown
Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure , than to take rank with those poor spires who neither enjoy much nor suffer much because they live in the gray twilight that knows not victory or defeat.
—Unknown
Courage is like love; it must have hope for nourishment.
—Napoleon Bonaparte
If human beings had genuine courage, they'd wear their costumes every day of the year, not just on Halloween.
—Douglas Coupland
What is more mortifying than to feel you've missed the plum for want of courage to shake the tree?
—Logan Pearsall Smith
No one is born to courage. Courage is a habit you develop after cowardice has gotten you nothing.
—Sabrina Jeffries in A Dangerous Love
In the beginning there is not much difference between the coward and the courageous person. The only difference is, the coward listens to his fears and follows them, and the courageous person puts them aside and goes ahead.
—Osho in Courage
Don't you find it odd that when you're a kid, everyone, all the world, encourages you to follow your dreams. But when you're older, somehow they act offended if you even try.
—Ethan Hawke in The Hottest State