Familiarity with any great thing removes our awe of it.

I think the world is like a great mirror, and reflects our lives just as we ourselves look upon it.

No, indeed; I don't know anything. You see, I am stuffed, so I have no brains at all.

Courage~ What makes the flag on the mast to wave? What makes the elephant charge his tusk in the misty mist, or the dusky dusk? What makes the muskrat guard his musk? Courage! What makes the sphinx the seventh wonder? Courage! What makes the dawn come up like thunder? Courage! What makes the Hottentot so hot? What puts the "ape" in apricot?~Cowardly Lion from the Wizard of Oz

True courage is in facing danger when you are afraid.

The Tin Woodman knew very well he had no heart, and therefore he took great care never to be cruel or unkind to anything.

The Scarecrow watched the Woodman while he worked and said to him "I cannot think why this wall is here nor what it is made of." "Rest you brains and do not worry about the wall," replied the Woodman, "when we have climbed over it we shall know what is on the other side.