Tender handed stroke a nettle,
And it stings you for your pains;
Grasp it like a man read more

Tender handed stroke a nettle,
And it stings you for your pains;
Grasp it like a man of mettle,
And it soft as silk remains.

We must build dikes of courage to hold back the flood of fear.

We must build dikes of courage to hold back the flood of fear.

Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees all others. -Winston Churchill.

Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees all others. -Winston Churchill.

Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience.

Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience.

Courage, the highest gift, that scorns to bend
To mean devices for a sordid end.
Courage--an independent read more

Courage, the highest gift, that scorns to bend
To mean devices for a sordid end.
Courage--an independent spark from Heaven's bright throne,
By which the soul stands raised, triumphant high, alone.
Great in itself, not praises of the crowd,
Above all vice, it stoops not to be proud.
Courage, the mighty attribute of powers above,
By which those great in war, are great in love.
The spring of all brave acts is seated here,
As falsehoods draw their sordid birth from fear.

Faced with what is right, to leave it undone shows a lack of courage.

Faced with what is right, to leave it undone shows a lack of courage.

The soul, secured in her existence, smiles
At the drawn dagger, and defies its point.

The soul, secured in her existence, smiles
At the drawn dagger, and defies its point.

To me, there is no greater act of courage than being the one who kisses first.

To me, there is no greater act of courage than being the one who kisses first.

Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe
to do according to all the law, which read more

Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe
to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded
thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that
thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest.