Edward R. Murrow

"We will not walk in fear, one of another. We will not be driven into an age of unreason if we dig deep into our history and remember we are not descended from fearful men."

- Edward R. Murrow, journalist

Ralph Waldo Emerson

"A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes longer."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson, essayist, philosopher, poet

Victor Hugo

"Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace. God is awake."

- Victor Hugo, poet, playwright, novelist, statesman, human rights activist

Charlie Chaplin

"Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself."

- Charlie Chaplin, actor, director, composer

Steve Jobs

“Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of other's opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.”

- Steve Jobs, inventor and entrepreneur (co-founder of Apple Inc.)

John Gay

"Cowards are cruel, but the brave
Love mercy, and delight to save."

- John Gay, poet and playwright

eastmountainsouth

"Tell your stories in all your sorrow, take the stage like there was no tomorrow."

- eastmountainsouth, 'All The Stars'

Tecumseh

"When your time comes to die, be not like those whose hearts are filled with fear of death, so that when their time comes they weep and pray for a little more time to live their lives over again in a different way. Sing your death song, and die like a hero going home."

- Tecumseh, Native American leader

Ralph W. Sockman

"The test of courage comes when we are in the minority. The test of tolerance comes when we are in the majority."

- Ralph W. Sockman, pastor and author

Aristotle

"I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who overcomes his enemies."

- Aristotle, philosopher

Dwight D. Eisenhower

“What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's the size of the fight in the dog.”

- Dwight D. Eisenhower, former president of the USA

Winston Churchill

“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”

- Winston Churchill, former Primer Minister of Britain

Tom Krause

“Courage is the discovery that you may not win, and trying when you know you can lose.”

– Tom Krause, motivational speaker, teacher and coach

Harold Wilson

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

- Harold Wilson, politician, former Prime Minister of Britain

Corra Harris

"The bravest thing you can do when you are not brave is to profess courage and act accordingly."

- Corra Harris, author

Bertrand Russell

"Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric."

- Bertrand Russell, philosopher, mathematician, historian

Eddie Rickenbacker

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

- Eddie Rickenbacker, US WWI aviator & businessman

Aesop

"It is easy to be brave from a safe distance."

- Aesop, Greek slave and fable author

Fritz Künkel

"To be mature means to face, and not evade, every fresh crisis that comes."

- Fritz Künkel, psychiatrist and psychologist

Anais Nin

“Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.”

- Anais Nin, author