To die in order to avoid the pains of poverty, love, or anything that is disagreeable, is not the part of a brave man, but of a coward.

The reality is we live in a world that's filled with stuff, but quitting is not an option.

One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.

You cannot be a hero without being a coward.

The principal act of courage is to endure and withstand dangers doggedly rather than to attack them.

Whether you be man or woman you will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor.

Physical strength in a woman - that's what I am.

There are no 'strong women.' And men, don't say, 'Real men don't try to bully women.' If a woman attacks you, you fight back.

You have to develop a very thick skin.

Courage is like a muscle. We strengthen it with use.

If unwilling to rise in the morning, say to thyself, 'I awake to do the work of a man.

Concentrate every minute like a Roman—like a man—on doing what's in front of you with precise and genuine seriousness, tenderly, willingly, with justice. And on freeing yourself from all other distractions. Yes, you can—if you do everything as if it were the last thing you were doing in your life, and stop being aimless, stop letting your emotions override what your mind tells you, stop being hypocritical, self-centered, irritable.