Famous Quotes & Sayings

Javier Solana

I want to congratulate the Iraqi people who have shown courage and determination in voting today,

Eric Bogle

I wanted to write an antiwar song but didn't want to denigrate the courage of the soldier, ... There was too much of that 'baby killer' stuff going on.

It tells me he has a lot of courage. It was more important to him that he worked. He couldn't have hurt it any worse.

It takes a lot of courage to get out there with a 1,200-pound steer if you weigh 90 pounds. Even a lamb can step on your foot.

It will be a supreme test of courage and seamanship,

Bob Hill

It was huge. He's got a lot of courage.

It's going to get hot and heavy. You're going to have to have courage.

Nigel Worthington

It's frustrating but Darren had the courage to take it,

Rafer Alston

It shows how much he cares, how much pride and courage he has. A lot of guys would say, 'I have a cracked rib,' and pack it in. He keeps going out there.

Its themes are about family, about not giving up on your dreams, courage.

Logan Pearsall Smith

What is more mortifying than to feel that you have missed the plum for want of courage to shake the tree?

Mao Zedong

Capture of Nanking Rain and a windstorm rage blue and yellow over Chung the bell mountain as a million peerless troops cross the Great River. The peak is a coiled dragon, the city a crouching tiger more dazzling than before. The sky is spinning and the earth upside down. We are elated yet we must use our courage to chase the hopeless enemy. We must not stoop to fame like the overlord Hsiang Yu. If heaven has feeling it will grow old and watch our seas turn into mulberry fields.

Madeleine L'Engle

Stories make us more alive, more human, more courageous, more loving.

Madeleine L'Engle

We have to be braver than we think we can be, because God is constantly calling us to be more than we are.

John F. Kennedy

Any danger spot is tenable if men, brave men, will make it so.

John F. Kennedy

For without belittling the courage with which men have died, we should not forget those acts of courage with which men have lived.

John F. Kennedy

Moral courage is more a rare commodity than bravery in a battle or great intelligence.

John F. Kennedy

In whatever area in life one may meet the challenges of courage, whatever may be the sacrifices he faces if he follows his conscience - the loss of his friends, his fortune, his contentment, even the esteem of his fellow men - each man must decide for himself the course he will follow. The stories of past courage can define that ingredient - they can teach, they can offer hope, they can provide inspiration. But they cannot supply courage itself. For this each man must look into his own soul.

John F. Kennedy

What really counts is not the immediate act of courage or of valor, but those who bear the struggle day in and day out - not the sunshine patriots but those who are willing to stand for a long period of time.

John F. Kennedy

And when at some future date the high court of history sits in judgment on each of us, recording whether in our brief span of service we fulfilled our responsibilities to the state, our success or failure, in whatever office we hold, will be measured by the answers to four questions: First, were we truly men of courage... Second, were we truly men of judgment... Third, were we truly men of integrity... Finally, were we truly men of dedication?-

John F. Kennedy

To be courageous requires no exceptional qualifications, no magic formula, no special combination of time, place, and circumstance. It is an opportunity that sooner or later is presented to us all.

John F. Kennedy

The true democracy, living and growing and inspiring, puts its faith in the people - faith that the people will not simply elect men who will represent their views ably and faithfully, but will also elect men who will exercise their conscientious judgment - faith that the people will not condemn those whose devotion to principle leads them to unpopular courses, but will reward courage, respect honor, and ultimately recognize right.

John F. Kennedy

For in a democracy, every citizen, regardless of his interest in politics, "hold office"; every one of us is in a position of responsibility; and, in the final analysis, the kind of government we get depends upon how we fulfill those responsibilities. We, the people, are the boss, and we will get the kind of political leadership, be it good or bad, that we demand and deserve.

Jonathan Kozol

I do get scared about the physical danger from drug dealers. But it's not in the same league as the danger I feel eating an $80 lunch with my privileged friends to discuss hunger and poverty. That's when my soul feels imperiled.

Owen D. Young

It takes visions and courage to create. It takes faith and courage to prove.

Ovid

Happy the man who ventures boldly to defend what he holds dear.

Oscar Hammerstein II

For when I fool the people I fear, I fool myself as well.

Oscar Hammerstein II

Walk on, walk on with hope in your heart.

Paul Valery

We need to wake up from a thought that lasts too long.

Mary McLeod Bethune

If we have the courage and tenacity of our forebears, who stood firmly like a rock against the lash of slavery, we shall find a way to do for our day what they did for theirs.

Mary McLeod Bethune

We have a powerful potential in our youth, and we must have the courage to change old ideas and practices so that we may direct their power toward good ends.

Mary Pipher

Courage has become Raiders of the Lost Ark, or riding in spaceships, killing people, taking enormous physical risks. To me, the kind of courage that's really interesting is someone whose spouse has Alzheimer's and yet manages to wake up every morning and be cheerful with that person and respectful of that person and find things to enjoy even though their day is very, very difficult. That kind of courage is really undervalued in our culture.

Mary Daly

You become courageous by doing courageous acts...Courage is a habit.