Quotes about courage
courage art doors
The courage of the poet is to keep ajar the door that leads into madness. Christopher Morley
courage flower rose
But he that dares not grasp the thorn Should never crave the rose. Anne Bronte
courage children may
If the children acquiesce, they may learn to suppress their anger to avoid retribution. But the rage remains inside, often just below the surface.
courage children earthquakes
It is in the small things we see it. The child's first step, as awesome as an earthquake. The first time you rode a bike, wallowing up the sidewalk. Anne Sexton
courage lying inspiration
As for courage and will - we cannot measure how much of each lies within us, we can only trust there will be sufficient to carry through trials which may lie ahead. Andre Norton
courage long uphill-climbs
It isn't for the moment you are struck that you need courage, but for that long uphill climb back to sanity and faith and security. Anne Morrow Lindbergh
courage distance army
It is easy to be brave from a safe distance. Aesop
courage men thinking
A brave man thinks no one his superior who does him an injury, for he has it then in his power to make himself superior to the other by forgiving it. Alexander Pope
courage literature be-courageous
Either life entails courage, or it ceases to be life. E. M. Forster
courage brave world
The world is in a constant conspiracy against the brave. Douglas MacArthur
courage brave want
You shout because it makes you brave or you want to announce your recklessness. Don DeLillo
courage enemy troops
Troops would never be deficient in courage, if they could only know how deficient in it their enemies were. Duke of Wellington
courage pain world
An act of love, a voluntary taking on oneself of some of the pain of the world, increases the courage and love and hope of all. Dorothy Day
courage horse practice
They put me in a harness, like a horse, to learn the back somersault. It was weird up there when I put on that harness for the first time. The courage came with practice. Donald O'Connor
courage heart compassion
There are no greater treasures than the highest human qualities such as compassion, courage and hope. Not even tragic accident or disaster can destroy such treasures of the heart. Daisaku Ikeda
courage truth justice
A good argument diluted to avoid criticism is not nearly as good as the undiluted argument, because we best arrive at truth through a process of honest and vigorous debate. Arguments should not sneak around in disguise, as if dissent were somehow sinister... For it is bravery that is required to secure freedom. Clarence Thomas
courage steps
Courage is one step ahead of fear. Coleman Young
courage towers tempest
Sta come torre ferma, che non crolla Giammai la cima per soffiar de' venti. Be steadfast as a tower that doth not bend its stately summit to the tempest's shock. Dante Alighieri
courage enough ifs
Do you have the courage for it? Do you have the love? If you have enough of one, you will develop the other. Dan Millman
courage sleep warrior
Don't wait until you die to learn the warrior's way. Do it now, each night, just before you drift off to sleep. As you review your day, consider these two questions of courage and love. Learn from each day, so that each day you can show a little more courage and a little more love. Then, as incidents occur, you may rise to the occasion and look back at the end of your life and feel good about the way you lived.
courage fear laughter
Moderation? It's mediocrity, fear, and confusion in disguise. It's the devil's dilemma. It's neither doing nor not doing. It's the wobbling compromise that makes no one happy. Moderation is for the bland, the apologetic, for the fence-sitters of the world afraid to take a stand. It's for those afraid to laugh or cry, for those afraid to live or die. Moderation...is lukewarm tea, the devil's own brew.
courage wall conquer
Your fears are not walls, but hurdles. Courage is not the absence of fear, but the conquering of it.
courage morning betrayal
Long before morning I knew that what I was seeking to discover was a thing I'd always known. That all courage was a form of constancy. That it is always himself that the coward abandoned first. After this all other betrayals come easily. Cormac McCarthy
courage two steps
Do not be afraid of taking a big step-you cannot cross a chasm in two steps. David Lloyd George
courage men justice
The gentleman holds justice to be of highest importance. If a gentleman has courage but neglects justice, he becomes insurgent. If an inferior man has courage but neglects justice, he becomes a thief. Confucius
courage real believe
There's only one requirement of any of us, and that is to be courageous. Because courage, as you might know, defines all other human behavior. And, I believe - because I've done a little of this myself - pretending to be courageous is just as good as the real thing. David Letterman
courage hero one-day
If we could be heroes, if just for one day. David Bowie
courage bravery-and-fear ought
Courage is... the knowledge of how to fear what ought to be feared and how not to fear what ought not to be feared. David Ben-Gurion
courage heart character
Acts of bravery don't always take place on battlefields. They can take place in your heart, when you have the courage to honor your character, your intellect, your inclinations, and yes, your soul by listening to its clean, clear voice of direction instead of following the muddied messages of a timid world. Anna Quindlen
courage majority-and-minority majority
Desperate courage makes One a majority. Andrew Jackson
courage business men
One man with courage makes a majority.
courage men thinking
If men knew all that women think, they would be twenty times more audacious. Alphonse Karr
courageous men
I was always a courageous woman, capable of confronting governments but not men. Jane Fonda