Eric Hoffer, American philosopher.

The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings.

John F. Kennedy

As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Gratitude is the fairest blossom that springs from the soul.

Cicero

Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others

C.S. Lewis

Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.

President-Elect Barack Obama

As Americans, we can take enormous pride in the fact that courage has been inspired by our own struggle for freedom, by the tradition of democratic law secured by our forefathers and enshrined in our Constitution. It is a tradition that says all men are created equal under the law and that no one is above it.

President Harry Truman

America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination, and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Take the first step in faith. You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.

Abraham Lincoln

It often requires more courage to dare to do right than to fear to do wrong

Martin Luther King, Jr.

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.

Andrew Jackson

One man with courage makes a majority

German Adage

Fear makes the wolf bigger than he is