"What! shall one monk, scarce known beyond his cell, Front Rome's far-reaching bolts, and scorn her frown? Brave Luther answered, "Yes"; that thunder's swell Rocked Europe, and discharmed the triple crown."

"Write on your doors the saying wise and old, "Be bold! be bold!" and everywhere—"Be bold; Be not too bold!" Yet better the excess Than the defect; better the more than less; Better like Hector in the field to die, Than like a perfumed Paris turn and fly."

"On ne peut répondre de son courage quand on n'a jamais été dans le péril."

""Be bold!" first gate; "Be bold, be bold, and evermore be bold," second gate; "Be not too bold!" third gate."

"Justum et tenacem propositi virum Non civium ardor prava jubentium, Non vultus instantis tyranni, Mente quatit solida."

"O friends, be men, and let your hearts be strong, And let no warrior in the heat of fight Do what may bring him shame in others' eyes; For more of those who shrink from shame are safe Than fall in battle, while with those who flee Is neither glory nor reprieve from death."

"Tender handed stroke a nettle, And it stings you for your pains; Grasp it like a man of mettle, And it soft as silks remains."

"Few persons have courage enough to appear as good as they really are."

"Stop shallow water still running, it will rage; tread on a worm and it will turn."

"Courage, the highest gift, that scorns to bend To mean devices for a sordid end. Courage—an independent spark from Heaven's bright throne, By which the soul stands raised, triumphant high, alone. Great in itself, not praises of the crowd, Above all vice, it stoops not to be proud. Courage, the mighty attribute of powers above, By which those great in war, are great in love. The spring of all brave acts is seated here, As falsehoods draw their sordid birth from fear."

"The charm of the best courages is that they are inventions, inspirations, flashes of genius."

"A man of courage is also full of faith."

"We are not downhearted, but we cannot understand what is happening to our neighbours."

"One who never turned his back but marched breast forward, Never doubted clouds would break, Never dreamed, though right were worsted, wrong would triumph, Held we fall to rise, are baffled to flight better, Sleep to wake."

"The schoolboy, with his satchel in his hand, Whistling aloud to bear his courage up."

"Such is the essence of valor: an unthinking moment, a spark along the spinal nerves, predetermined by the sum total of everything you have ever done, wished to do or not to do, and wish you had done, or hadn't, and then comes the pain."

"Courage is a moral quality; it is not a chance gift of nature like an aptitude for games. It is a cold choice between two alternatives, the fixed resolve not to quit; an act of renunciation which must be made not once but many times by the power of the will."

"Real courage, however, is shown by those who don’t merely follow the trend or status quo, but who stand up for that which is right and truly just — and don’t kneel."

"Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear—not absence of fear. Except a creature be part coward it is not a compliment to say it is brave; it is merely a loose application of the word. Consider the flea! — incomparably the bravest of all the creatures of God, if ignorance of fear were courage."

"Who stemm'd the torrent of a downward age."

"Mental clarity is the child of courage, not the other way around."

"Some paths aren't lost—they’re just waiting for someone brave enough to walk them."

"True courage scorns To vent her prowess in a storm of words; And, to the valiant, actions speak alone."

"Every great work, every big accomplishment, has been brought into manifestation through holding to the vision, and often just before the big achievement, comes apparent failure and discouragement."

"Whether you want to break free or connect, it's your choice. But with great courage, I locked my eyes with yours."

"Courage is never born with a person; time and circumstances inject it into a person and bring it forth from within."

"The thing of courage As rous'd with rage doth sympathise, And, with an accent tun'd in self-same key, Retorts to chiding fortune."

"He hath borne himself beyond the promise of his age, doing, in the figure of a lamb, the feats of a lion."

"Muster your wits: stand in your own defence; Or hide your heads like cowards, and fly hence."

"By how much unexpected, by so much We must awake endeavour for defence; For courage mounteth with occasion."

"I dare do all that may become a man; Who dares do more is none."

"We fail! But screw your courage to the sticking-place, And we'll not fail."

"Cowards die many times before their deaths; The valiant never taste of death but once."

"Why, courage then! what cannot be avoided 'Twere childish weakness to lament or fear."

"The smallest worm will turn being trodden on, And doves will peck in safeguard of their brood."

"O, the blood more stirs To rouse a lion than to start a hare!"

"You must not think That we are made of stuff so fat and dull That we can let our beard be shook with danger And think it pastime."

"King Richard: A horse! A horse! My kingdom for a horse! Catesby: Withdraw, my lord! I'll help you to a horse. King Richard: Slave, I have set my life upon a cast, And I will stand the hazard of the die."

"Come one, come all! this rock shall fly From its firm base, as soon as I."

"If we long for our planet to be important, there is something we can do about it. We make our world significant by the courage of our questions and by the depth of our answers."

"It takes a great deal of courage to stand up to your enemies; but a great deal more to stand up to your friends."

"You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, "I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along." …You must do the thing you think you cannot do."

"Courage is doing what you're afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you're scared."

"Part of having feelings is learning to integrate them into your life, Data, ...learning to live with them. No matter what the circumstances ... Sometimes it takes courage to try, Data. Courage can be an emotion too."

"Leve fit quod bene fertur onus."

"My courage...exists to catch the future! I'll take my future into my own hands. That's what I wish for! For the courage to keep going forward!"

"God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference."