Perfect courage is to do without witnesses what one would be capable of doing with the world looking on.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
I have a lot of courage. I'm a realist.
Elisabeth Rohm
But courage which goes against military expediency is stupidity, or, if it is insisted upon by a commander, irresponsibility.
Erwin Rommel
You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself... →
Eleanor Roosevelt
You have to accept whatever comes and the only important thing is that you meet it with courage and with the best that you have to give.
It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to better things.
Theodore Roosevelt
Courtesy is as much a mark of a gentleman as courage.
If you see a person who's insecure and covers it up, it can be quite a problem. But the person who is insecure and shows you is quite appealing.... →
Isabella Rossellini
You live with the fear people might find out. Then you actually have the courage to tell people and they go, I don't think you are gay. It's... →
Portia de Rossi
The most important thing for me was to never, ever, ever deny it. But I didn't really have the courage to talk about it. I was thinking, The... →