Without courage we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.
Maya Angelou, as quoted in USA Today (5 March 1988)
It befits a soldier to be rough, not adorned with gold but relying on his courage and his sword.
Inscription at Landsberg, Michel de Montaigne, Travel Journal, trans. Donald M. Frame
I've got the guts to die. What I want to know is, have you got the guts to live?
Tennessee Williams, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Everyone has talent. What's rare is the courage to follow it to the dark places where it leads.
attr. Erica Jong
It is better to arm and strengthen your hero, than to disarm and enfeeble your foe.
Anne Brontë, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
It's a strange courage
you give me ancient star:
Shine alone in the sunrise
toward which you lend no part!
William Carlos Williams
If you allow yourself to feel the way you really feel, maybe you won't be afraid of that feeling anymore.
Neil Gaiman, Sandman: Book of Dreams
Fear of a name increases fear of the thing itself.
Albus Dumbledore, J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
With enough courage, you can do without a reputation.
Rhett Butler, "Gone With the Wind" (film)