Heroes represent the best of ourselves, respecting that we are human beings. A hero can be anyone from Gandhi to your classroom teacher, anyone who can show courage when faced with a problem. A hero is someone who is willing to help others in his or her best capacity.
America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand.
Goodness is about character - integrity, honesty, kindness, generosity, moral courage, and the like. More than anything else, it is about how we treat other people.
Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.
The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart.
We don't develop courage by being happy every day. We develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity.
Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.
I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.
The preservation of peace and the guaranteeing of man's basic freedoms and rights require courage and eternal vigilance: courage to speak and act - and if necessary, to suffer and die - for truth and justice; eternal vigilance, that the least transgression of international morality shall not go undetected and unremedied.
He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.