True courage is like a kite; a contrary wind raises it higher.

True courage is like a kite; a contrary wind raises it higher.

Courage is doing what you're afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you're scared.

Courage is doing what you're afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you're scared.

Tender handed stroke a nettle,
And it stings you for your pains;
Grasp it like a man read more

Tender handed stroke a nettle,
And it stings you for your pains;
Grasp it like a man of mettle,
And it soft as silk remains.

God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, read more

God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.

Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience.

Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience.

We gain strength, and courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the read more

We gain strength, and courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the face... we must do that which we think we cannot.

It takes vision and courage to create--it takes faith and courage to prove.

It takes vision and courage to create--it takes faith and courage to prove.

Often the test of courage is not to die but to live.

Often the test of courage is not to die but to live.

If we have the courage and tenacity of our forebears, who stood firmly like a rock against the lash of read more

If we have the courage and tenacity of our forebears, who stood firmly like a rock against the lash of slavery, we shall find a way to do for our day what they did for theirs.