Courage Quotes

Courage makes a man more than himself; for he is then himself plus his valor.

Fear not, Cesario, take thy fortunes up. Be that thou know'st thou art and then thou art as great as that thou fear'st.

Where I could not be honest, I never yet was valiant.

It is held that valor is the chiefest virtue, and most dignifies the haver.

You must not think That we are made of stuff so fat and dull That we can let our beard be shook with danger And think it pastime.

The thing of courage As rous'd with rage doth sympathise, And, with an accent tun'd in self-same key, Retorts to chiding fortune.

Courage and comfort, all shall yet go well

I admire King Hussein his courage in leading his country for a long time.

Most courage comes from being too tired and hungry to be afraid anymore.

What we do with the information now is up to us, but certainly I have a lot of respect for the courage and integrity that was required for [Edard Snowden] to take that action.

I believe that You Reap What You Sow. I believe that we don't meet people by accident; everything happens for a reason.

...Who could refrain, That had a heart to love, and in that heart Courage to make love known?

I was bold in the pursuit of knowledge, never fearing to follow truth and reason to whatever results they led.

Lincoln grew immeasurably as he came to think of himself as an “instrument of God’s will.

Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of man.

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Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can't practice any other virtue consistently.

The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter usfrom the support of a cause we believe to be just.

The potential of the average person is like a huge ocean unsailed, anew continent unexplored, a world of possibilities waiting to bereleased and channeled toward some great good.

My mother's gifts of courage to me were both large and small. The latter are woven so subtly into the fabric of my psyche that I can hardly distinguish where she stops and I begin.

No God, no messiah, no prophet can grant your wishes – it is only through your own efforts that you can make your wishes come true – it is only you who can grant your own wishes.

Stop being the sheep and become the lion my friend!

Courage is knowing what not to fear.

Therefore, when we neglect to fear such a brittle monstrosity, we render it powerless.

Each time we face our fear, we gain strength, courage, and confidence in the doing.

I have no expectation that any man will read history aright who thinks that what was done in a remote age, by men whose names have resounded far, has any deeper sense than what he is doing today.

We have to show these men and women freedom by enslaving them, and show them courage by frightening them.

Every revolution was first a thought in one man's mind, and when the same thought occurs to another man, it is the key to that era.

It was not only that he was a great man, but, oh, there was such fun in being led by him.

Everyone appears to be courageous until bad weathers arrive, and then we know the true leaders.

Leaders face battles. They don’t run away from troubles.

Courage is the most important spiritual quality.

A lion may die of an ass's kick.

Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear.

Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.

the courage it took to get out of bed eachmorningto face the same thingsover and overwasenormous.

All of us have moments in out lives that test our courage. Taking children into a house with a white carpet is one of them.

You might, from your appearance, be the wife of Lucifer, ” said Miss Pross, in her breathing. “Nevertheless, you shall not get the better of me. I am an Englishwoman.

My life has been long, and believing that life loves the liver of it, I have dared to try many things, sometimes trembling, but daring, still.

Courage is a sort of insistence on the value of life and the worth of transient things.

Macbeth:If we should fail?Lady Macbeth:We fail?But screw your courage to the sticking place, And we'll not fail.

I'll show then that Anne Frank wasn't born yesterday

...[S]ome of the opinions which people entertain should be respected, and others should not.

In order to defeat the darkness, you must bring it into the light.

You cannot defeat darkness by running from it.

[L]ife is more than just steering a course around pain.

A man is a hero, not because he is braver than anyone else, but because he is brave for ten minutes longer.

A man whose strength gives out collapses along the course. In your case you set the limits beforehand.

Better light a candle than curse the darkness.

The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances."— Aristotle