The criteria for serving one's country should be competence, courage and willingness to serve. When we deny people the chance to serve because of their sexual orientation, we deprive them of their rights of citizenship, and we deprive our armed forces the service of willing and capable Americans.

I have reached the conclusion that those who have physical courage also have moral courage. Physical courage is a great test.

Keep courage. Whatever you do, do not feel sorry for yourself. You will win in a great age of opportunity.

Every man has his own courage, and is betrayed because he seeks in himself the courage of other persons.

A great part of courage is the courage of having done the thing before.

There are two types of courage involved with what I did. When it comes to picking up a rifle, millions of people are capable of doing that, as we see in Iraq or Vietnam. But when it comes to risking their careers, or risking being invited to lunch by the establishment, it turns out that's remarkably rare.

I think laughter may be a form of courage. As humans we sometimes stand tall and look into the sun and laugh, and I think we are never more brave than when we do that.

Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction.

Nothing gives a fearful man more courage than another's fear.

Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace.

Courage, my friends; 'tis not too late to build a better world.

With his trademark courage and conviction, President Reagan led us out of the Cold War, spreading his vision of freedom, resulting in the release of millions of people from the yoke of communism.

Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.

You will find as you grow older that courage is the rarest of all qualities to be found in public life.

All your dreams can come true if you have the courage to pursue them.