courage
“It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.”
“Nothing could be worse than the fear that one had given up too soon, and left one unexpended effort that might have saved the world.”
“Imagine smiling after a slap in the face. Then think of doing it twenty-four hours a day.”
“We need a psychology of everyday heroism.”
“Heroes are ordinary people who do extraordinary moral deeds in defiance of situational pressures.”
“When the whole world is silent, even one voice becomes powerful.”
“Even if one’s head were to be suddenly cut off, he should still be able to do one more action.”
“All would be transformed if we had the courage to be what we are.”
“As to what happened next, it is possible to maintain that the hand of heaven was involved, and also possible to say that when men are desperate no one can stand up to them.”
“What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?”
“Tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito.”
“Possunt quia posse videntur.”
“Fortis fortuna adiuvat.”
“The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.”
“Let me not pray to be sheltered from dangers, but to be fearless in facing them.”
“You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.”
“Courage is found in unlikely places.”
“Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.”
“To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.”
“What saves a man is to take a step. Then another step.”