"Nothing gives us courage more readily than the desire to avoid looking like a damn fool." ― Dean Koontz Topic(s): Courage More From Dean Koontz "I think it’s perfectly just to refuse service to anyone based on behavior, but not based on race or religion." "Somebody asked me about the current choice we’re being given in the presidential election. I said, Well, it’s like two of the scariest movies I can imagine." "What we do as a society is seek simple answers." More In Courage "One isn’t necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can’t be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest."― Maya Angelou "Courage that grows from constitution often forsakes a man when he has occasion for it; courage which arises from a sense of duty acts; in a uniform manner."― Joseph Addison "It is so often true that whether a person carries with him an atmosphere of gloom and depression or one of confidence and courage depends on his individual outlook."― James Keller