courageous individuals Quotes

We're not descended from fearful men - not from men who feared to write, to speak, to associate, and to defend causes that were, for the moment, unpopular.

People with courage and character always seem sinister to the rest. It was a scandal that a breed of fearless and sinister people ran around freely, so they attached a nickname and a myth to these people to get even with them, to make up for the many times they had felt afraid.

Courage, Alexander..... Courage, Tatiana

Oh my brethren, Bold hearted men are always called mean-spirited by cowards!

From reading of the people I admired - ranging from the soldiers of Valley Forge and Morgan's riflemen to my Southern forefathers and kinfolk - I felt a great admiration for men who were fearless and who could hold their own in the world. And I had a great desire to be like them.

Courage, of all national qualities, is the most precarious; because it is exerted only at intervals, and by a few in every nation; whereas industry, knowledge, civility, may be of constant and universal use, and for several ages, may become habitual to the whole people.

What we need now is heroes - millions of them. Sentiment without action is the ruin of the soul.

People who know the truth have no business to allow the powers of darkness to silence them on any point that matters.

If Hero means sincere man, why may not every one of us be a Hero?

You cannot oppress the people who are not afraid anymore.

You need people with the courage to stand up and voice their opposition without being labeled unpatriotic.

Heroes are people who face down their fears. It is that simple.

We need loyal people in this country. We need fighters in this country. We don't need weak people. We have enough of them.

I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand.

I shall never again admire a merely brave man.

New Mexico is full of brave men and women who have dedicated their lives to service.

... stop trying to get me to write about 'decent courageous people' -- read the Ladies' Home Journal for those! ... I believe in going through and facing the worst, not hiding from it.

The brave find a home in every land.

Very few people really care about freedom, about liberty, about the truth, very few. Very few people have guts, the kind of guts on which a real democracy has to depend. Without people with that sort of guts a free society dies or cannot be born.

Tough women who don't take sh*t are also put in positions that are really scary for them. It's important that they feel supported, but it's also important that we allow people to come to things on their own time. It's a very scary thing when you're a woman who's been assaulted or harassed to come forward. And it takes a lot of courage.

My priority will remain supporting those courageous individuals and organizations, among both Israelis and Palestinians, committed to bringing peaceful coexistence to the region.

Ordinary people who are just kind of just going about their lives are transformed into heroes because they have the courage to put their voices out there. And I think that's a powerful message in this time of political strife.

God give us men. The time demands strong minds, great hearts, true faith and willing hands.

If there's anyone who can appear before Aslan without their knees knocking, they're either braver than most, or else just silly.

Heroes aren't athletes who set new sports records, or Hollywood actors who make 'daring' films or politicians who make bold promises. Heroes are people who place themselves at risk for the benefit of others.