Quotes about courage
courage brave-person bravery
Except a person be part coward, it is not a compliment to say he is brave. Mark Twain
courage fear cancer
Courage is not the absence of fear, but the mastery of it.
courage believe bravery
To believe yourself brave is to be brave; it is the one only essential thing.
courage acting spite
Courage is not the lack of fear. It is acting in spite of it.
courage tyrants virtue
But courage without conduct is the virtue of a robber, or a tyrant. Mary Renault
courage men coward
It is only in his head that man is heroic; in the pit of his stomach he is always a coward. Mary Roberts Rinehart
courage conquer all-things
Courage conquers all things. Ovid
courage light fit
Leve fit quod bene fertur onus. The burden which is well borne becomes light.
courage opposites done
From the very beginning, we bucked tradition. When the experts said that something was "always done" in a certain way, we'd do it our way, which was sometimes the very opposite. Paul Newman
courage character men
The same energy of character which renders a man a daring villain would have rendered him useful in society, had that society been well organized. Mary Wollstonecraft
courage navy virtue
The strangest, most generous, and proudest of all virtues is true courage. Michel de Montaigne
courage ignorance brave
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear-not absence of fear. Except a creature be part coward it is not a compliment to say it is brave; it is merely a loose application of the word. Consider the flea! - incomparably the bravest of all the creatures of God, if ignorance of fear were courage.
courage courageous danger
It isn't courageous to go forth when you don't know the dangers. But it's very courageous to go forth when you do. Marianne Williamson
courage pain discovery
It takes courage...to endure the sharp pains of self discovery rather than choose to take the dull pain of unconsciousness that would last the rest of our lives.
courage war devil
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. Francois Rabelais
courage selfish science
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. Christopher Hitchens
courage passionate want
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 Gardner
courage stress emotional
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. Chris Hadfield
courage danger-in-life bravery
However well organized the foundations of life may be, life must always be full of risks. Havelock Ellis
courage truth struggle
To see what is in front of one’s nose needs a constant struggle. George Orwell
courage knows
Even the pluckiest among us has but seldom the courage of what he really knows. Friedrich Nietzsche
courage heart needs
A heart full of courage and cheerfulness needs a little danger from time to time, or the world gets unbearable.
courage fear brave-face
Do not look upon this world with fear and loathing. Bravely face whatever the gods offer. Morihei Ueshiba
courage law coincidence-in-life
Without realizing it, the individual composes his life according to the laws of beauty even in times of greatest distress. Milan Kundera
courage character secret
The characters in my novels are my own unrealized possibilities. That is why I am equally fond of them all and equally horrified by them. Each one has crossed a border that I myself have circumvented. It is that crossed border (the border beyond which my own "I" ends) which attracts me most. For beyond that border begins the secret the novel asks about. This novel is not the author's confession; it is an investigation of human life in the trap the world has become.
courage hero men
Unbounded courage and compassion join'd, Tempering each other in the victor's mind, Alternately proclaim him good and great, And make the hero and the man complete. Joseph Addison
courage ifs
Courage is the thing. All goes if courage goes.
courage soul daggers
The soul, secured in her existence, smiles At the drawn dagger, and defies its point.
courage justice fortitude
True fortitude is seen in great exploits That justice warrants, and that wisdom guides; And all else is tow'ring phrenzy and distraction.
courage men bravery
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.
courage moving growth
He who moves not forward, goes backward. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
courage accepting unafraid
To accept whatever comes, regardless of the consequences, is to be unafraid. John Cage
courage culture youth
Insolent youth rides, now, in the whirlwind. For those modern iconoclasts who are without culture possess, apparently, all the courage. Ellen Glasgow