“Among the men who fought on Iwo Jima, uncommon valor was a common virtue.”
"The battle of Iwo Island [Jima] has been won. The United States Marines, by their individual and collective courage, have conquered a base which is as necessary to us in our continuing forward movement toward final victory as it was vital to the enemy in staving off ultimate defeat.... Among the Americans who served on Iwo Island, uncommon valor was a common virtue."
- Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz
Courage
""The battle of Iwo Island [Jima] has been won. The United States Marines, by their individual and collective courage, have conquered a base which is as necessary to us in our continuing forward movement toward final victory as it was vital to the enemy in staving off ultimate defeat.... Among the Americans who served on Iwo Island, uncommon valor was a common virtue.""
- Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz
Courage
"The greatest strength lies in vulnerability."
- Beauty and the Beast
Courage
"Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear."
- Mark Twain
Courage
"I am learning every day to allow the space between where I am and where I want to be to inspire me and not terrify me."
- Tracee Ellis Ross
Courage
"If your dreams don’t scare you, they’re not big enough."
- Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Courage
"Courage, dear heart."
- C.S. Lewis
Courage