Children are curious and are risk takers. They have lots of courage. They venture out into a world that is immense and dangerous. A child initially trusts life and the processes of life.--John Bradshaw

"Come to the edge," He said. They said, "We are afraid." "Come to the edge," He said. They came. He pushed them...and they flew.--Guillaume Apollinaire

Common experience shows how much rarer is moral courage than physical bravery. A thousand men will march to the mouth of the cannon where won man will dare espouse an unpopular cause.--Clarence Darrow

Confront your fears, list them, get to know them, and only then will you be able to put them aside and move ahead.--Jerry Gillies

Considering how dangerous everything is, nothing is really very frightening.--Gertrude Stein

Courage can't see around corners, but goes around them anyway.--Mignon McLaughlin (The Neurotic's Notebook)

Courage, contrary to popular belief, is not the absence of fear. Courage is the wisdom to act in spite of fear.--John-Roger and Peter McWilliams (Do It! Let's Get Off our Buts)