I would rather give my life than be afraid to give it.

President Lyndon B. Johnson

 

 

Courage is the greatest of all the virtues, because if you haven't courage, you may not have the opportunity to use any of the others.

Samuel Johnson, essayist, critic, lexicographer

 

 

If the creator had a purpose in equipping us with a neck, he surely meant for us to stick it out.

Arthur Koestler, writer

 

Courage is not a virtue or value among other personal values like love or fidelity. It is the foundation that underlies and gives reality to all other virtues and personal values.

Rollo May,  psychoanalyst

 

 

Courage is the most important of all virtues, because without it we can't practice any other virtue with consistency.

Maya Angelou, poet

 

 

A bold heart is half the battle.

Dwight and 34th U.S. president

 

 

Without courage, all other virtues lose their meaning.

Winston Churchill, British prime minister

 

 

Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.

John Quincy Adams, 6th U.S. president

 

 

The greatest test of courage is to bear defeat without losing heart.

Robert G. Ingersoll, orator