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If human beings had genuine courage, they had wear their costumes every day of the year, not just on Halloween.

There is nothing in the world so much admired as a man who knows how to bear unhappiness with courage.

I have seen in the Halls of Congress more idealism, more humanness, more compassion, more profiles of courage than in any other institution that I have ever known.

Courage and grace are a formidable mixture. The only place to see it is in the bullring.

No matter what you think about the Iraq war, there is one thing we can all agree on for the next days - we have to salute the courage and bravery of those who are risking their lives to vote and those brave Iraqi and American soldiers fighting to protect their right to vote.

The courage we desire and prize is not the courage to die decently, but to live manfully.

Just remaining quietly in the presence of God, listening to Him, being attentive to Him, requires a lot of courage and know-how.

The paradox of courage is that a man must be a little careless of his life even in order to keep it.

Just as courage imperils life, fear protects it.

There can be no great courage where there is no confidence or assurance, and half the battle is in the conviction that we can do what we undertake.

We need men with moral courage to speak and write their real thoughts, and to stand by their convictions, even to the very death.

The weak in courage is strong in cunning.

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

You will find as you grow older that courage is the rarest of all qualities to be found in public life.

Every day begins with an act of courage and hope: getting out of bed.

A team is where a boy can prove his courage on his own. A gang is where a coward goes to hide.

Each person has inside a basic decency and goodness. If he listens to it and acts on it, he is giving a great deal of what it is the world needs most. It is not complicated but it takes courage. It takes courage for a person to listen to his own goodness and act on it.

It is a blessed thing that in every age some one has had the individuality enough and courage enough to stand by his own convictions.

The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice, it is conformity.

Perfect courage is to do without witnesses what one would be capable of doing with the world looking on.