Courage Quotes

Addison, Joseph

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.

Aesop

It is easy to be brave from a safe distance.

Akhenaton

As a rock on the seashore he standeth firm, and the dashing of the waves disturbeth him not. He raiseth his head like a tower on a hill, and the arrows of fortune drop at his feet. In the instant of danger, the courage of his heart sustaineth him; and the steadiness of his mind beareth him out.

Allen, James L.

You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor.

Aristotle

I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self.

Baillie, Joanna

The brave man is not he who feels nofear. For that were stupid and irrational. But he, whose noble soul its fears subdues, and bravely dares the danger nature shrinks from.

Blavatsky, H. P.

The more thou dost advance, the more thy feet pitfalls will meet. The Path that leadeth on is lighted by one fire- the light of daring burning in the heart. The more one dares, the more he shall obtain. The more he fears, the more that light shall pale - and that alone can guide.

Carroll, Lewis

"I'm very brave generally," he went on in a low voice: "only today I happen to have a headache."

Chesterton, G.K.

Brave men are all vertebrates; they have their softness on the surface and their toughness in the middle.

Chesterton, G.K.

Courage is almost a contradiction in terms: it means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to die.

Churchill, Winston

This is no time for ease and comfort. It is the time to dare and endure.

Corneille, Pierre

Every man of courage is a man of his word.

Deuteronomy

Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid...for the Lord thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

Half a man's wisdom goes with his courage.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

What a new face courage puts on everything!

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

Every man has his own courage, and is betrayed because he seeks in himself the courage of other persons.

English Proverb

Some have been thought brave because they were afraid to run away.

Euripides

This is courage in a man: to bear unflinchingly what heaven sends.

Hart, Oliver J.

Give us the fortitude to endure the things which cannot be changed, and the courage to change the things which should be changed, and the wisdom to know one from the other.

Hemingway, Ernest

Courage is grace under pressure.

Ibarruri, Dolores

It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.

Ingersoll, Robert G.

The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart.

Jackson, Andrew

One man with courage makes a majority.

Johnson, Lyndon Baines

I'd rather give my life than be afraid to give it.

Johnson, Samuel

Bravery has no place where it can avail nothing.

Kennedy, John F.

A nation which has forgotten the quality of courage which in the past has been brought to public life is not as likely to insis tupon or regard that quality in its chosen leaders today--and in fact we have forgotten.

La Rochefoucauld, François

Perfect valour consists in doing without witnesses that which we would be capable of doing before everyone.

MacArthur, Douglas

Last, but by no means least, courage-moral courage, the courage of one's convictions, the courage to see things through. The world is in a constant conspiracy against the brave. It's the age-old struggle-the roar of the crowd on one side and the voice of your conscience on the other.

Napolean

Courage is like love; it must have hope for nourishment.

Ovid

Courage conquers all things: it even gives strength to the body.

Ovid

Fortune and love favor the brave.

Paine, Thomas

I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and row brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death.

Petit-Senn, John

True courage is like a kite; a contrary wind raises it higher.

Pollock, Channing

No man in the world has more courage than the man who can stop after eating one peanut.

Roosevelt, Theodore

Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the grey twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.

Sandburg, Carl

Valor is a gift. Those having it never know for sure whether they have it till the test comes. And those having it in one test never know for sure if they will have it when the next test comes.

Seneca

Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.

Sockman, Ralph W.

The test of courage comes when we are in the minority. The test of tolerance comes when we are in the majority.

Twain, Mark

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

Young, Owen D.

It takes vision and courage to create-it takes faith and courage to prove.