Quotes About Courage

(Courage) a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger and a mental willingness to endure it.

The paradox of courage is that a man must be a little careless of his life in order to keep it.

All men are afraid in battle. The coward is the one who lets his fear overcome his sense of duty. Duty is the essence of manhood.

Courage does not consist in calculation but in fighting against chances.

Whenever I see John Lewis, I invariably say, 'Thank you.' And I will never stop. I don't know how he's still standing, because what he endured took courage and strength that I don't know that I have.

At the bottom of a good deal of the bravery that appears in the world there lurks a miserable cowardice. Men will face powder and steel because they cannot face public opinion.

Courage is the lovely virtue-the rib of Himself that God sent down to His children.

Courage is the integrating strength that causes one to overcome tragedy.

Courage is the virtue which champions the cause of right.

Courage is generosity of the highest order for the brave are prodigal of the most precious things.

Courage is the ladder on which all other virtues mount.

Courage is the basic virtue for everyone so long as he continues to grow to move ahead.

I think there's a great strength in having the courage and also having the support to do what you want to do when you're an artist in any way, shape or form.

Wealth lost-something lost Honor lost-much lost Courage lost-all lost.

Why not go out on a limb? Isn't that where the fruit is?

In politics guts is all.

In difficult situations when hope seems feeble the boldest plans are safest.

He who finds Fortune on his side should go briskly ahead for she is wont to favor the bold.

That's what being young is all about. You have the courage and the daring to think that you can make a difference.

If we have the courage and tenacity of our forebears who stood firmly like a rock against the lash of slavery we shall find a way to do for our day what they did for theirs.

If you are brave too often people will come to expect it of you.

Valor is a gift. Those having it never know for sure if 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.

In the Confederate Army, an officer was judged by stark courage alone, and this made it possible for the Confederacy to live four years.

Nobody has yet proven that taking a chance and doing something unique that an audience isn't used to is a bad idea. What the theater lacks is that kind of courage.