Perfect courage is todo without witnesses what one would be capable of doing before all the world.
LA ROCHEFOUCAULD

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.
Roosevelt, Eleanor

The fact is, that to do anything in the world worth doing, we must not stand back shivering and thinking of the cold and danger, but jump in and scramble through as well as we can.
Robert Cushing

In order to discover new lands, one must be willing to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.
Anonymous

He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.
Muhammad Ali

You can’t test courage cautiously.
Anne Dillard