Nelson Mandela: "I learned that courage..."

"I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear."

—Nelson Mandela

Albert Einstein: "The world will not..."

"The world will not be destroyed by those who do evil, but by those who watch them without doing anything."

—Albert Einstein

Anouk Markovits: "One day, courage might..."

"... one day, courage might call for a bigger self, not for making oneself smaller."

–Anouk Markovits, I Am Forbidden 

Ayn Rand: "The question isn't who..."

"The question isn't who is going to let me, it's who is going to stop me."

—Ayn Rand

George Eliot: "Any coward can fight..."

"Any coward can fight a battle when he's sure of winning, but give me the man who has pluck to fight when he's sure of losing. That's my way, sir; and there are many victories worse than a defeat."

—George Eliot

Geraldine Brooks: "...the force within a woman..."

"[Mother Courage] - the force within a woman that will drive her to do that for her babe that she would not dream was within her power to do..."

—Geraldine Brooks, Year of Wonders

Rudolf Dreikurs: "...'failure' indicates only a..."

"...'failure' indicates only a lack of skill and in no way affects the value of the person. Courage is found in one who can make a mistake a fail without feeling lowered in his self-esteem. This "courage to be imperfect" is equally needed by children and adults. Without it, discouragement is inevitable."

—Rudolf Dreikurs, Children: The Challenge (p38)