Anyone can give up, it's the easiest thing in the world to do. But to hold it together when everyone else would understand if you fell apart, that's true strength.

Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death! -Earl Wilson.

Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death.

Confront the dark parts of yourself, and work to banish them with illumination and forgiveness. Your willingness to wrestle with your demons will cause your angels to sing. Use the pain as fuel, as a reminder of your strength.

[Former Gov. Pete Wilson, a political mentor to Schwarzenegger, watched returns with the governor at the Hilton.] It took courage to do it, ... Why run for office if you're not going to do anything with it?

Courage changes things for the better . . . [With courage you can] stay with something long enough to succeed at it, realizing that it usually takes two, three or four times as long to succeed as you thought or hoped.