Quotes about courage
courage peace sacrifice
The law of sacrifice is uniform throughout the world. To be effective it demands the sacrifice of the bravest and the most spotless. Mahatma Gandhi
courage peace believe
I believe that a man is the strongest soldier for daring to die unarmed.
courage peace men
Non-violence is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind. It is mightier than the mightiest weapon of destruction devised by the ingenuity of man.
courage real believe
Real courage is doing the right thing when nobody's looking. Doing the unpopular thing because it's what you believe, and the heck with everybody. Justin Cronin
courage men sight
As a rule, what is out of sight disturbs men's minds more seriously than what they see. Julius Caesar
courage betrayal kissing
Yet each man kills the thing he loves By each let this be heard Some do it with a bitter look Some with a flattering word The coward does it with a kiss The brave man with a sword Oscar Wilde
courage anxiety doubt
The courage to be is rooted in the God who appears when God has disappeared in the anxiety of doubt. Paul Tillich
courage soul triumph
Courage of soul is necessary for the triumphs of genius. Madame de Stael
courage brave excess
Everyone became brave from excess of terror. Gustave Flaubert
courage men tablets
There should be a burnished tablet let into the ground on the spot where some courageous man first ate Stilton cheese, and survived. Gilbert K. Chesterton
courage school boys
I would rather a boy learnt in the roughest school the courage to hit a politician, or gained in the hardest school the learning to refute him - rather than that he should gain in the most enlightened school the cunning to copy him.
courage morning flower
There is not really any courage at all in attacking hoary or antiquated things, any more than in offering to fight one's grandmother. The really courageous man is he who defies tyrannies young as the morning and superstitions fresh as the first flowers. The only true free-thinker is he whose intellect is as much free from the future as from the past.
courage school law
It is the first law of practical courage. To be in the weakest camp is to be in the strongest school.
courage community soldier
The professional soldier gains more and more power as the general courage of a community declines.
courage art real
The new school of art and thought does indeed wear an air of audacity, and breaks out everywhere into blasphemies, as if it required any courage to say a blasphemy. There is only one thing that it requires real courage to say, and that is a truism.
courage inches get-away
Courage is getting away from death by continually coming within an inch of it.
courage men order
The paradox of courage is that a man must be a little careless of his life even in order to keep it.
courage men bravery
It is easy enough to praise men for the courage of their conviction. I wish I could teach the sad young of this mealy generation the courage of their convictions. John Ciardi
courage doe deeds
The intent and not the deed Is in our power; and, therefore, who dares greatly Does greatly. John Brown
courage bravery matter
It's not the magnitude of the task that matters, it's the magnitude of our courage. Matthieu Ricard
courage remember-you remembers-you
Without courage you can't practice any other virtue consistently. Maya Angelou
courage practice aries
You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage.
courageous born
One isn't born with courage. One develops it by doing small courageous things.
courage thinking generosity
I think we all have empathy. We may not have enough courage to display it.
courage loneliness sight
We, unaccustomed to courage exiles from delight live coiled in shells of loneliness until love leaves its high holy temple and comes into our sight to liberate us into life.
courage world plenty
There's plenty of intelligence in the world, but the courage to do things differently is in short supply. Marilyn vos Savant
courage knowledge soldier
The courage of the soldier is heightened by the knowledge of his profession.
courage effort happiness joy labor life men power springs strive whose women work
The men and women who have the right ideals... are those who have the courage to strive for the happiness which comes only with labor and effort and self-sacrifice, and those whose joy in life springs in part from power of work and sense of duty. Theodore Roosevelt
courage exercise men
The true democracy, living and growing and inspiring, puts its faith in the people - faith that the people will not simply elect men who will represent their views ably and faithfully, but will also elect men who will exercise their conscientious judgment - faith that the people will not condemn those whose devotion to principle leads them to unpopular courses, but will reward courage, respect honor, and ultimately recognize right. John F. Kennedy
courage responsibility government
For in a democracy, every citizen, regardless of his interest in politics, "hold office"; every one of us is in a position of responsibility; and, in the final analysis, the kind of government we get depends upon how we fulfill those responsibilities. We, the people, are the boss, and we will get the kind of political leadership, be it good or bad, that we demand and deserve.
courage hunger-and-poverty lunch
I do get scared about the physical danger from drug dealers. But it's not in the same league as the danger I feel eating an $80 lunch with my privileged friends to discuss hunger and poverty. That's when my soul feels imperiled. Jonathan Kozol
courage cutting men
To age with dignity and with courage cuts close to what it is to be a man. Roger Kahn
courage fear men
Nothing gives a fearful man more courage than another's fear. Umberto Eco