Do one thing that's heroic for you today - big or small - and fear won't define you anymore.

You must mind and not lower the Church in people's eyes by seeming to be frightened about it for such a little thing.

The fear of doing right is the grand treason in times of danger.

A nation which has forgotten the quality of courage which in the past has been brought to public life is not as likely to insist upon or regard that quality in its chosen leaders today - and in fact we have forgotten.

Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result.

True nobility is exempt from fear.

When we stop fearing failure, we start being artists.

All men have their FEARS. But those who face their fears with FAITH have COURAGE as well.

Courage is the willingness to act in spite of fear.

History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid.

I would rather die on my feet than live on my knees.

You just do it. You force yourself to get up. You force yourself to put one foot before the other, and goddamn it, you refuse to let it get to you. You fight. You cry. You curse. Then you go about your business of living. That's how I've done it. There's no other way