You cannot be a hero without being a coward.

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.

Fear stifles our thinking and actions. It creates indecisiveness that results in stagnation. I have known talented people who procrastinate indefinitely rather than risk failure. Lost opportunities cause erosion of confidence, and the downward spiral begins.

When facing a difficult task, act as though it is impossible to fail. If you are going after Moby Dick, take along the tartar sauce.

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

To dare is to lose one's footing momentarily. To not dare is to lose oneself.

It's time you realized that you have something in you more powerful and miraculous than the things that affect you and make you dance like a puppet

A man of faith is also full of courage

If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life. With confidence, you have won even before you have started.

I am not a saint or a cripple, I am not a wound; now I will see whether I am a coward.

You need a certain amount of nerve to be a writer.

There are some women who seem to be born without fear, just as there are people who are born without the ability to feel pain...Providence appears to protect such women, maybe out of astonishment.