„If a grasshopper tries to fight a lawnmower, one may admire his courage but not his judgement.“

— Robert A. Heinlein

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„Vanity and narcissism — the compulsive need to be admired and praised — undermine one's courage, for one then fights on someone else's conviction rather than one's own.“
— Rollo May
„One may dislike Hitler's system and yet admire his patriotic achievement. If our country were defeated, I hope we should find a champion as indomitable to restore our courage and lead us back to our place among the nations.“
— Winston S. Churchill
„Value of a man depends upon his courage; his veracity depends upon his self-respect and his chastity depends upon his sense of honor.“
— Ali