I believe that my worth is not measured by what I do, by the honors that are bestowed upon me, or by material wealth that I might obtain. Instead, I am measured by the courage I show while standing for my beliefs, by the dedication I exhibit to ensure my word is good, and the resolve I undertake to establish my actions and deeds as honorable.

Competing at the highest level is not about winning. It's about preparation, courage, understanding and nurturing your people, and heart. Winning is the result.

Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can't practice any other virtue consistently. You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage.

Fate loves the fearless.

He who has courage and faith will never perish in misery!

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.

Curiosity, rationalization, and laziness are no match against courage, self-control, and mental toughness.

He who knows no hardships will know no hardihood. He who faces no calamity will need no courage. Mysterious though it is, the characteristics in human nature which we love best grow in a soil with a strong mixture of troubles.

Honest conviction is my courage; the Constitution is my guide.

Soldiers, when committed to a task, can't compromise. It's unrelenting devotion to the standards of duty and courage, absolute loyalty to others, not letting the task go until it's been done.

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

The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.

We have to confront ourselves. Do we like what we see in the mirror? And, according to our light, according to our understanding, according to our courage, we will have to say yea or nay - and rise!

There are no easy answers, but there are simple answers. We must have the courage to do what we know is morally right.

The best protection any woman can have... is courage.

Faced with what is right, to leave it undone shows a lack of courage.

Amongst the qualities a hero should have, I would include determination, loyalty, courage, perseverance, patience, focus, intrepidity and selflessness.

Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction.

The courage of life is often a less dramatic spectacle than the courage of a final moment; but it is no less a magnificent mixture of triumph and tragedy.

You must study to be frank with the world: Frankness is the child of honesty and courage.

Untutored courage is useless in the face of educated bullets.

We need the compassion and the courage to change the conditions that support our suffering. Those conditions are things like ignorance, bitterness, negligence, clinging, and holding on.

Real nobility is based on scorn, courage, and profound indifference.

Believers, look up - take courage. The angels are nearer than you think.

Courage - a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it.

Bravery is being the only one who knows you're afraid.

Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections.

September 11, 2001, revealed heroism in ordinary people who might have gone through their lives never called upon to demonstrate the extent of their courage.

We want deeper sincerity of motive, a greater courage in speech and earnestness in action.

Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul.

If you want to lose 40 pounds, you order salad instead of fries. If you want to be a better friend, you take the phone call instead of screening it. If you want to write a novel, you sit down and write a single paragraph. It's scary to make major changes, but we usually have enough courage to take the next right step.

The weak in courage is strong in cunning.

We learned to be patient observers like the owl. We learned cleverness from the crow, and courage from the jay, who will attack an owl ten times its size to drive it off its territory. But above all of them ranked the chickadee because of its indomitable spirit.

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

There has to be this pioneer, the individual who has the courage, the ambition to overcome the obstacles that always develop when one tries to do something worthwhile, especially when it is new and different.

To have courage for whatever comes in life - everything lies in that.

He who is brave is free.

The courage in journalism is sticking up for the unpopular, not the popular.

Optimism is the foundation of courage.

It is a wise man who knows where courage ends and stupidity begins.

Virtues, like viruses, have their seasons of contagion. When catastrophe strikes, generosity spikes like a fever. Courage spreads in the face of tyranny.

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

I feel quite fearless protecting the people I love.

Courage is managing fear to accomplish what you want to accomplish. And it's a great demonstration of love. It's really what love is. It's finding areas in which other people are more important than you.

Morality may consist solely in the courage of making a choice.

To see what is right and not to do it is want of courage, or of principle.

Who could refrain that had a heart to love and in that heart courage to make love known?

You will always be fond of me. I represent to you all the sins you have never had the courage to commit.

How few there are who have courage enough to own their faults, or resolution enough to mend them.

I think my mother... made it clear that you have to live life by your own terms and you have to not worry about what other people think and you have to have the courage to do the unexpected.