Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.

Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.

Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities... because it is the quality which guarantees all others.

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

Faced with what is right, to leave it undone shows a lack of courage.

Courage is the capacity to confront what can be imagined.

Those who lack the courage will always find a philosophy to justify it.

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.

Freedom is the sure possession of those alone who have the courage to defend it.

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