“Courage is not simply one of the virtues but the form of every virtue at the testing point.” – C.S. Lewis

“The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause; who at best, if he wins, knows the thrills of high achievement, and, if he fails, at least fails daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.” – Theodore Roosevelt

“A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way.” – Mark Twain

“If the creator had a purpose in equipping us with a neck, he surely meant us to stick it out.” – Arthur Koestler

“It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.” – Dolores Ibarrui

“Life is a fatal adventure.  It can only have one end. So why not make it as far-ranging and free as possible?” – Alexander Eliot

As found in Men’s Health, 2005