Quotes About Courage

America is too great for small dreams.

To sit back hoping that someday, someway, someone will make things right is to go on feeding the crocodile, hoping he will eat you last - but eat you he will.

Above all, we must realize that no arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women.

If we lose freedom here, there is no place to escape to. This is the last stand on earth.

Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!

Since I came to the White House, I've gotten two hearing aids, had a colon operation, a prostate operation, skin cancer, and I've been shot...damn thing is, I've never felt better.

These young Americans sent a message to terrorists everywhere. . . . You can run but you can't hide.

Freedom is not free

The crew of the space shuttle Challenger honored us by the manner in which they lived their lives. We will never forget them, nor the last time we saw them, this morning, as they prepared for their journey and waved good-bye and 'slipped the surly bonds of earth' to 'touch the face of God.

You and I know and do not believe that life is so dear and peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery.

Above all, we must realize that no arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of our world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women. It is a weapon our adversaries in today's world do not have.

Evil is powerless if the good are unafraid.

They had that special grace, that special spirit that says, 'Give me a challenge and I'll meet it with joy. on Challenger disaster

Together, let us make this a new beginning. Let us make a commitment to care for the needy, to teach our children the values and the virtues handed down to us by our families, to have the courage to defend those values and the willingness to sacrifice for them. Accepting Republican nomination, Detroit, July 17, 1980

History is made by men and women of vision and courage. Tonight freedom is on the march.

America was founded by people who believe that God was their rock of safety.

I hope when you are my age, you'll be able to say - as I have been able to say: We lived in freedom. Our lives were a statement, not an apology.

The future doesn't belong to the light-hearted. It belongs to the brave.

Ir en contra de la corriente general es algo sumamente incómodo. Puede que la mayoría de las miserias morales e intelectuales se cometan por eso: por no contradecir las ideas de tus patronos, de tus vecinos, de tus amigos. Un pensamiento independiente es un lugar solitario y ventoso.

Ao ler o livro, podes ter a fraqueza de pensar que aquilo que lês acontecerá de modo irremediável, e com isso, sem te dares conta, tu o estás transformando em realidade. Mas a verdade é que, afora a morte, não existe nada irremediável, exceto a própria covardia. Os homens costumam chamar de destino aquilo que lhes acontece quando perdem as forças para lutar.

Entonces la loca de la casa, harta de tus desprecios de viejo bobo, se marcha con el tío Celerino a buscar cerebros más elásticos.

Cuando uno se libera del espejismo de la propia importancia, todo da menos miedo.

Quero dizer que nunca ninguém ganhou uma luta defendendo-se. Para vencer, é preciso atacar.

You must accept that you might fail; then, if you do your best and still don't win, at least you can be satisfied that you've tried.