November 2008

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.

October 2008

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.

September 2008

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.

August 2008

Abraham Lincoln

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

July 2008

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.

June 2008

Andrew Jackson

One man with courage makes a majority

May 2008

German Adage

Fear makes the wolf bigger than he is

April 2008

Robert Frost

The best way out is always through.

March 2008

Robert Louis Stevenson

Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others

February 2008

Eleanor Roosevelt

You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience where you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing which you think you cannot do.

January 2008

Vincent Van Gogh

What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?

December 2007

Helen Keller

No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new doorway for the human spirit.