Famous Quotes & Sayings

James Freeman Clarke

The bravest of individuals is the one who obeys his or her conscience.

James Freeman Clarke

Conscience is the root of all true courage.

James Freeman Clarke

This is the way to cultivate courage: First, by standing firm on some conscientious principle, some law of duty. Next, by being faithful to truth and right on small occasions and common events. Third, by trusting in God for help and power.

J. R. R. Tolkien

The rule of no realm is mine. But all worthy things that are in peril as the world now stands, those are my care. And for my part, I shall not wholly fail in my task if anything that passes through this night can still grow fairer or bear fruit and flower again in days to come. For I too am a steward. Did you not know?

J. R. R. Tolkien

So comes snow after fire, and even dragons have their endings.

J. R. R. Tolkien

Courage is found in unlikely places.

Immanuel Kant

Prudence reproaches; conscience accuses.

Immanuel Kant

Do the right thing because it is right.

Immanuel Kant

Enlightenment is man's emergence from his self-imposed nonage. Nonage is the inability to use one's own understanding without another's guidance. This nonage is self-imposed if its cause lies not in lack of understanding but in indecision and lack of courage to use one's own mind without another's guidance. Dare to know!

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

There is no thing we cannot overcome Say not thy evil instinct is inherited, Or that some trait inborn makes thy whole life forlorn, And calls down punishment that is not merited...

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

We can never be certain of our courage until we have faced danger....

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Love of fame, fear of disgrace, schemes for advancement, desire to make life comfortable and pleasant, and the urge to humiliate others are often at the root of the valour men hold in such high esteem.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

True bravery is shown by performing without witness what one might be capable of doing before all the world.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Perfect Valor is to do, without a witness, all that we could do before the whole world.

George Weinberg

The world will step aside for nearly anyone who has the courage of his of her opinions.

George S. Patton

Sir, I am not a brave man...The truth is, I am an utter craven coward. I have never been within the sound of gunshot or in sight of battle in my whole life that I wasn't so scared that I had sweat in the palms of my hands.

George S. Patton

I learned very early in my life never to take counsel in my fears.

George S. Patton

There is a time to take counsel of your fears, and there is a time to never listen to any fear.

George S. Patton

Untutored courage is useless in the face of educated bullets.

George S. Patton

Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.

Jean-Claude Killy

To win, you have to risk loss.

Jean Paul

Courage consists not in blindly overlooking danger, but in seeing it, and conquering it.

Jim Hightower

The opposite for courage is not cowardice, it is conformity. Even a dead fish can go with the flow.

Gary Zukav

The journey to wholeness requires that you look honestly, openly, and with courage into yourself, into the dynamics that lie behind what you feel, what you perceive, what you value, and how you act. It is a journey through your defenses and beyond, so that you can experience consciously the nature of your personality, face what it has produced in your life, and choose to change that. Words lead to deeds. They prepare the soul, make it ready, and move it to tenderness.

Francois Rabelais

Such is the nature and make-up of the French that they are only good at the start. Then they are worse than devils, but, given time, they're less than women.

Christopher Hitchens

Beware the irrational, however seductive. Shun the 'transcendent' and all who invite you to subordinate or annihilate yourself. Distrust compassion; prefer dignity for yourself and others. Don't be afraid to be thought arrogant or selfish. Picture all experts as if they were mammals. Never be a spectator of unfairness or stupidity. Seek out argument and disputation for their own sake; the grave will supply plenty of time for silence. Suspect your own motives, and all excuses. Do not live for others any more than you would expect others to live for you.

Chris Gardner

You have to be bold because there will be folks who will say, "You can't" or "You shouldn't" or "Why?" There is a certain boldness to saying, "Well, I really don't want to be a high-powered corporate lawyer. I'm really passionate about painting.

Chris Hadfield

People tend to think astronauts have the courage of a superhero - or maybe the emotional range of a robot. But in order to stay calm in a high-stress, high-stakes situation, all you really need is knowledge. Sure, you might still feel a little nervous or stressed or hyper-alert. But what you won't feel is terrified.

Frances Wright

If we bring not the good courage of minds covetous of truth, and truth only, prepared to hear all things, and decide upon all things, according to evidence, we should do more wisely to sit down contented in ignorance, than to bestir ourselves only to reap disappointment.

George Orwell

To see what is in front of one’s nose needs a constant struggle.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Even the pluckiest among us has but seldom the courage of what he really knows.

Friedrich Nietzsche

A heart full of courage and cheerfulness needs a little danger from time to time, or the world gets unbearable.

Franz Grillparzer

Let no one say that taking action is hard. Action is aided by courage, by the moment, by impulse, and the hardest thing in the world is making a decision.