Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections. — Saint Francis de Sales

He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage. — Samuel Johnson
Who could refrain that had a heart to love and in that heart courage to make love known? — William Shakespeare
You will find as you grow older that courage is the rarest of all qualities to be found in public life. — Benjamin Disraeli
There are no galley-slaves in the royal vessel of divine love - every man works his oar voluntarily! — Saint Francis de Sales
When you encounter difficulties and contradictions, do not try to break them, but bend them with gentleness and time. — Saint Francis de Sales
A good discourse is that from which nothing can be retrenched without cutting into the quick. — Saint Francis de Sales