Quotes About Courage

Poetry takes courage because you have to face things and you try to articulate how you feel.

Poetry gives us courage and sets us straight with the world. Poems are great companions and friends.

A nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master, and deserves one.

Always stand on principle even if you stand alone.

Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost.

What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's the size of the fight in the dog.

In the beginning of a change the patriot is a scarce man, and brave, and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot.

It is not power that corrupts but fear.

In times of crisis, it is of utmost importance to keep one's head.

The ones that you're calling wild are going to be the leaders in a little while.

Rosa Parks sat so Martin Luther King could walk. Martin Luther King walked so Obama could run. Obama's running so we all can fly.

Victory will never be found by taking the path of least resistance.

The flag still stands for freedom and they can't take that away.

Liberty is never safer than when politicans are terrified.

Faith reminds us that change is always possible.

When I'm out of politics I'm going to run a business, it'll be called rent-a-spine

POW 369, I should salute you from this heart of mine. And thank you for placing your life on the line.

America is a nation with many flaws, but hopes so vast that only the cowardly would refuse to acknowledge them.

History is changed by martyrs who tell the truth.

Hope is the fuel of progress and fear is the prison in which you put yourself.

I've seen many politicians paralyzed in the legs as myself, but I've seen more of them who were paralyzed in the head.

If I cry, it's about the personal loss of a friend or something like that. But when it comes to politics - no, I don't cry.

Crime, once exposed, has no refuge but in audacity.

In politics, one can learn some things from cycling, such as how to have character and courage. Sometimes in politics there isn't enough of those things.