Conscience is the root of all true courage if a man would be brave let him obey his conscience.

I always disliked dogs, those protectors of cowards who lack the courage to fight an assailant themselves.

You cannot build character and courage by destroying men's initiative and independence.

We are biological creatures. We are born, we live, we die. There is no transcendent purpose to existence. At best we are creatures of reason, and by using reason we can cure ourselves of emotional excess. Purged of both hope and fear, we find courage in the face of helplessness, insignificance and uncertainty.

Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death.

We learned to be patient observers like the owl. We learned cleverness from the crow, and courage from the jay, who will attack an owl ten times its size to drive it off its territory. But above all of them ranked the chickadee because of its indomitable spirit.

If you could get up the courage to begin, you have the courage to succeed.

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.

Nothing gives us courage more readily than the desire to avoid looking like a damn fool.

Lying at the root of the social agreements of 1980 are the courage, sense of responsibility, and the solidarity of the working people. Both sides have then recognized that an accord must be reached if bloodshed is to be prevented.