One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.

You don't develop courage by being happy in your relationships everyday. You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity.

Above all, we must realize that no arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women. It is a weapon our adversaries in today's world do not have.

It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.

Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men.