Song 'Go The Distance' by Michael Bolton
from the movie 'Hercules':

I have often dreamed of a far off place
Where a hero's welcome would be waiting for me
Where the crowds will cheer when they see my face
And a voice keeps saying, this is where I'm meant to be

I'll be there someday, I can go the distance
I will find my way if I can be strong
I know every mile, will be worth my while
When I go the distance, I'll be right where I belong

Down an unknown road to embrace my fate
Though that road may wander, it will lead me to you
And a thousand years would be worth the wait
It might take a lifetime but somehow I'll see it through

And I won't look back, I can go the distance
And I'll stay on track, no, I won't accept defeat
It's an uphill slope but I won't lose hope
'Til I go the distance, and my journey is complete

But to look beyond the glory is the hardest part
For a hero's strength is measured by his heart

Like a shooting star, I will go the distance
I will search the world, I will face its harms
I don't care how far, I can go the distance
'Til I find my hero's welcome, waiting in your arms

I will search the world, I will face its harms
'Til I find my hero's welcome, waiting in your arms

https://youtu.be/Cu6ze1wmSxA

A brave, courageous warrior...Hercules

Movie: Hercules
https://youtu.be/thuFj74xJeM

"You have to face things that happen to you (face the music, don't be a coward)."
- Caribbean proverb

"A courageous foe is better than a cowardly friend."
- Chinese Proverb

"Courage is the father of success."
- Nigerian Proverb

"Behind every sweaty face of a cattle rustler is a story of determination and courage."
- African Proverb

"Despair gives courage to a coward."
- English Proverb

"Fortune lost, nothing lost; courage lost, much lost; honour lost, more lost; soul lost, all lost."
- Dutch Proverb

"A man of courage never wants weapons."
- English Proverb

"Great things are done more through courage than through wisdom."
- German Proverb

From the song 'Strength, Courage, Wisdom' by Indie Arie:

It's time to step out on faith, I've gotta show my faith,
It's been illusive for so long but freedom is mine today,
I've gotta step out on faith, it's time to show my faith,
Procrastination had me down but look what I have found, I found.

Strength, courage, and wisdom
And it's been inside of me all along,
Strength, courage, and wisdom
Inside of me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaoZy5Qe7cQ

"Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace. God is awake."
- Victor Hugo

"Courage is grace under pressure."
- Ernest Hemingway

Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.
- George Smith Patton

"Courage is fear that has said its prayers."
- Dorothy Bernard

Some people develop courage from their experiences.....

"Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear."
- Meg Cabot

"It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends."
- J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

"Healing takes courage, and we all have courage, even if you have to dig a little."
- Tori Amos

Some people have courage from the early years.....

"In fact, my courage and my bravery at a young age was the thing I was bullied for, a kind of 'Who do you think you are?'"
- Lady Gaga

From Gloria Estefan's song 'Words Get In The Way':

But the words get in the way,
There's so much I want to say,
But it's locked deep inside and if you look in my eyes,
We might fall in love again.
I won't even start to cry, and before we say goodbye,
I tried to say "I love you"
But the words got in the way.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvN9liGYfuc

"To live with fear and not be afraid is the final test of maturity." 
- Edward Weeks

Courage does not depend on size. The movie 'Twins' shows an excellent example this.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096320/

Movie 'It Takes Two':
The parents seemed to have less courage than the kids. Was it because of maturity?
https://youtu.be/6PKq7YSpO6c

Some people seem to have more courage (balls, guts) than others. Are you the courageous type?

Courage depends on context, culture......

"Courage is nine-tenths context. What is courageous in one setting can be foolhardy in another and even cowardly in a third." 
- Joseph Epstein

Story of courage and creating an opportunity without using evil devices:

"Despite my fears, I composed an email to Gerry Murphy (the CEO)....Deep breath time. I reread it again for those 20 seconds. Then I pressed the send button.
I didn't sleep that night.
A day later I received a reply....
The meeting went well and I immediately became part of the team compiling a board proposal....All because of one little email and 20 seconds of courage."
- Paul Drury, "Find Your “20 Seconds Of Insane Courage",
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/article/20140925130451-12088091-find-your-20-seconds-of-insane-courage?trk=tod-home-art-list-small_2

Sometimes it takes courage to say what you want or need to say....

From John Mayer's song: 'Say What You Need To Say':

Have no fear for givin' in,
Have no fear for givin' over,
You better know that in the end,
It's better to say too much
Than to never to say what you need to say.

Even if your hands are shakin',
And your faith is broken,
Even as the eyes are closin',
Do it with a heart wide open,
A wide heart,
Say what you need to say.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSS0wtjrm1U

"Courage doesn't always roar.  Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day that says I'll try again tomorrow."
- Mary Anne Radmacher

"Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point."
- C.S. Lewis

"Courage is reckoned the greatest of all virtues; because, unless a man has that virtue, he has no security for preserving any other."
- Samuel Johnson

"Courage: the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can't practice any other virtue consistently."
- Maya Angelou

"Sometimes even to live is an act of courage."
- Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Letters to Lucilius

Courage is important. You need courage every day.....

"Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising that tempt you to believe your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires some of the same courage that a soldier needs. Peace has its victories, but it takes brave men and women to win them."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

From the song 'Let Me Fall' by Josh Groban:

Let me fall,
Let me climb,
There’s a moment when fear
And dreams must collide.

Someone I am,
Is waiting for courage,
The one I want,
The one I will become
Will catch me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3VpTnQAxns

You just need 60 seconds of insane courage....
From the movie 'We Bought A Zoo'
https://youtu.be/Krh1koDU2uE

"I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear."
- Nelson Mandela

"Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear. Except a creature be part coward it is not a compliment to say it is brave."
- Mark Twain

"Courage is doing what you're afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you're scared."
- Edward Vernon Rickenbacker

"Courage is being afraid but going on anyhow."
- Dan Rather

"People are made of flesh and blood and a miracle fibre called courage."
- Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic's Notebook

Theme for the week 5/24 - 5/30: Courage, inspired by these quotes from previous weeks:

"To see what is right and not to do it is want of courage." - Confucius

"Believe that if you make courageous choices and bet on yourself and put yourself out there, that you will have an impact, as a result of what you do. And you don’t need to know now what that would be or how will it happen because no one ever does." - Dick Costolo

"Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy." - Dale Carnegie