Character Quote by William Barr

If we survive danger it steels our courage more than anything else.

— Reinhold Niebuhr

“Fear,” said Lobsang. “An instinct that prevents many people from taking actions that they know, deep down inside, would liberate them. Like a bird…

— David Michie

“The way I see it, our natural human instinct is to fight or flee that which we perceive to be dangerous. Although this mechanism…

— Charles F. Glassman

The principal act of courage is to endure and withstand dangers doggedly rather than to attack them.

— Thomas Aquinas

There is danger in courage. Cowardice is a power for good. We hardly know what it prevents.

— Ivy Compton-Burnett

When the danger is great, one must not run away.

— Pope Benedict XVI

People traverse the dangerous journey to the US because of deep fear. They are often escaping brutality, even life-or-death situations.

— Zephyr Teachout

Danger alone acquaints us with our own resources, our virtues, our armor and weapons, our spirit, and forces us to be strong.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

To run away from trouble is a form of cowardice and, while it is true that the suicide braves death, he does it not…

— Aristotle

Cowards falter, but danger is often overcome by those who nobly dare.

— Anonymous

When we are afraid we ought not to occupy ourselves with endeavoring to prove that there is no danger, but in strengthening ourselves to…

— Anonymous

Courage enlarges, cowardice diminishes resources. In desperate straits the fears of the timid aggravate the dangers that imperil the brave.

— Christian Nestell Bovee