Courage is not the absence of despair it is, rather, the capacity to move ahead in spite of despair. 6 wisdom & wit from Rollo May
Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself. 11 more wisdom & wit from Charlie Chaplin
It is only necessary to have courage, for strength without self-confidence is useless. 4 sayings from Giacomo Casanova
One man with courage is a majority. 70 wisdom & wit from Thomas Jefferson
Who could refrain that had a heart to love and in that heart courage to make love known? 81 sayings from William Shakespeare
Conscience is the root of all true courage if a man would be brave let him obey his conscience. 4 more quotes from James Freeman Clarke
Courage is the capacity to confront what can be imagined. 6 sayings from Leo Rosten
Falsehood is cowardice, the truth courage. 8 quotes from Hosea Ballou
Just as courage imperils life, fear protects it. 27 wisdom & wit from Leonardo da Vinci
Necessity does the work of courage. 4 more quotes from Nicholas M. Butler
Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and true progress. 4 sayings from Nicholas M. Butler
Optimism is the foundation of courage. 4 other quotes from Nicholas M. Butler
The courage of a soldier is found to be the cheapest and most common quality of human nature. 14 more sayings from Edward Gibbon
The enchanting charms of this sublime science reveal only to those who have the courage to go deeply into it. 3 quotes from Carl Friedrich Gauss
The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice, it is conformity. 6 quotes from Rollo May
We are very much what others think of us. The reception our observations meet with gives us courage to proceed, or damps our efforts. 38 wisdom & wit from William Hazlitt
A great part of courage is the courage of having done the thing before. 135 quotes from Ralph Waldo Emerson
America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand. 26 quotes from Harry S. Truman
Courage is being scared to death... and saddling up anyway. 4 views from John Wayne
Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction. 46 quotes from John F. Kennedy
Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to die. 52 thoughts from Gilbert K. Chesterton
Every man has his own courage, and is betrayed because he seeks in himself the courage of other persons. 135 more quotes from Ralph Waldo Emerson
I beg you take courage the brave soul can mend even disaster. 6 quotes from Catherine the Great
If you could get up the courage to begin, you have the courage to succeed. 2 thoughts from David Viscott
The courage of the poet is to keep ajar the door that leads into madness. 15 more wisdom & wit from Christopher Morley
The paradox of courage is that a man must be a little careless of his life even in order to keep it. 52 quotes from Gilbert K. Chesterton
Courage can't see around corners but goes around them anyway. 21 wisdom & wit from Mignon McLaughlin
Courage to continue comes from deeper sources than outward results. 4 quotes from Kenneth L. Pike
Courage: Great Russian word, fit for the songs of our children's children, pure on their tongues, and free. 2 views from Anna Akhmatova
Every man of courage is a man of his word. 15 views from Pierre Corneille
Have the courage to be ignorant of a great number of things, in order to avoid the calamity of being ignorant of everything. 7 more sayings from Sydney Smith
I want to grow old without facelifts. I want to have the courage to be loyal to the face I have made. 53 sayings from Marilyn Monroe
If we survive danger it steels our courage more than anything else. 15 views from Reinhold Niebuhr
It takes a certain courage and a certain greatness to be truly base. 14 wisdom & wit from Jean Anouilh
Men create real miracles when they use their God-given courage and intelligence. 14 quotes from Jean Anouilh
Patience, that blending of moral courage with physical timidity. 14 thoughts from Thomas Hardy
The only courage that matters is the kind that gets you from one moment to the next. 21 other quotes from Mignon McLaughlin
Until the day of his death, no man can be sure of his courage. 14 views from Jean Anouilh
We had no more courage than Harriet Tubman or Marcus Garvey had in their times. We just had a more vulnerable enemy. 8 quotes from Stokely Carmichael
Why should we honour those that die upon the field of battle? A man may show as reckless a courage in entering into the abyss of himself. 28 sayings from William Butler Yeats
Courage is grace under pressure. 35 more quotes from Ernest Hemingway
People with courage and character always seem sinister to the rest. 10 thoughts from Hermann Hesse
A man of great common sense and good taste - meaning thereby a man without originality or moral courage. 115 more wisdom & wit from George Bernard Shaw
Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air. 7 more views from John Quincy Adams
He's a man of great common sense and good taste - meaning thereby a man without originality or moral courage. 115 more sayings from George Bernard Shaw
I never thought much of the courage of a lion tamer. Inside the cage he is at least safe from people. 115 other wisdom & wit from George Bernard Shaw
Life is to be entered upon with courage. 19 other wisdom & wit from Alexis de Tocqueville
It requires more courage to suffer than to die. 50 other sayings from Napoleon Bonaparte
The courage to be is the courage to accept oneself, in spite of being unacceptable. 11 other quotes from Paul Tillich
The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud. 16 other quotes from Coco Chanel
Courage is like love it must have hope for nourishment. 50 views from Napoleon Bonaparte
Decision is a risk rooted in the courage of being free. 11 quotes from Paul Tillich
The courage to be is rooted in the God who appears when God has disappeared in the anxiety of doubt. 11 more thoughts from Paul Tillich
The first virtue in a soldier is endurance of fatigue courage is only the second virtue. 50 quotes from Napoleon Bonaparte
Courage is the greatest of all virtues, because if you haven't courage, you may not have an opportunity to use any of the others. 63 thoughts from Samuel Johnson
Courage is never to let your actions be influenced by your fears. 4 quotes from Arthur Koestler
He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage. 63 other quotes from Samuel Johnson
He who loses wealth loses much he who loses a friend loses more but he that loses his courage loses all. 21 more sayings from Miguel de Cervantes
More firm and sure the hand of courage strikes, when it obeys the watchful eye of caution. 5 sayings from James Thomson
Perfect courage is to do without witnesses what one would be capable of doing with the world looking on. 90 more sayings from Francois de La Rochefoucauld
To live we must conquer incessantly, we must have the courage to be happy. 24 sayings from Henri Frederic Amiel
True courage is a result of reasoning. A brave mind is always impregnable. 4 quotes from Jeremy Collier
It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are. 13 views from e. e. cummings
You have to accept whatever comes and the only important thing is that you meet it with courage and with the best that you have to give. 30 thoughts from Eleanor Roosevelt
A man of courage never needs weapons, but he may need bail. 8 views from Lewis Mumford
Courage is a special kind of knowledge: the knowledge of how to fear what ought to be feared and how not to fear what ought not to be feared. 2 quotes from David Ben-Gurion
Courage is... the knowledge of how to fear what ought to be feared and how not to fear what ought not to be feared. 2 other quotes from David Ben-Gurion
Courtesy is as much a mark of a gentleman as courage. 36 other wisdom & wit from Theodore Roosevelt
Hope lies in dreams, in imagination, and in the courage of those who dare to make dreams into reality. 4 quotes from Jonas Salk
I'll know how to die with courage that is easier than living. 6 quotes from Georg Buchner
It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to better things. 36 quotes from Theodore Roosevelt
There is hope in dreams, imagination, and in the courage of those who wish to make those dreams a reality. 4 other quotes from Jonas Salk
Whatever enlarges hope will also exalt courage. 4 wisdom & wit from William Samuel Johnson
Courage is fear holding on a minute longer. 20 other views from George S. Patton
Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point. 25 quotes from C. S. Lewis
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear. 98 quotes from Mark Twain
Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities... because it is the quality which guarantees all others. 74 more quotes from Winston Churchill
Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen. 74 thoughts from Winston Churchill
It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare. 98 views from Mark Twain
Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore. 22 more views from Andre Gide
Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them. 11 other sayings from Bruce Lee
Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts. 74 more thoughts from Winston Churchill
The best protection any woman can have... is courage. 9 more sayings from Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Those who lack the courage will always find a philosophy to justify it. 52 more quotes from Albert Camus
A man of courage flees forward, in the midst of new things. 4 wisdom & wit from Jacques Maritain
But courage which goes against military expediency is stupidity, or, if it is insisted upon by a commander, irresponsibility. 2 quotes from Erwin Rommel
Courage! I have shown it for years think you I shall lose it at the moment when my sufferings are to end? 2 sayings from Marie Antoinette
Genius is talent set on fire by courage. 11 sayings from Henry Van Dyke
Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others. 39 quotes from Robert Louis Stevenson
Most of us have far more courage than we ever dreamed we possessed. 21 other thoughts from Dale Carnegie
My sword I give to him that shall succeed me in my pilgrimage, and my courage and skill to him that can get it. 2 other quotes from John Bunyan
Physical bravery is an animal instinct moral bravery is much higher and truer courage. 14 thoughts from Wendell Phillips
Presumption should never make us neglect that which appears easy to us, nor despair make us lose courage at the sight of difficulties. 3 quotes from Benjamin Banneker
Real nobility is based on scorn, courage, and profound indifference. 52 more wisdom & wit from Albert Camus
Success means having the courage, the determination, and the will to become the person you believe you were meant to be. 3 more thoughts from George A. Sheehan
The weak in courage is strong in cunning. 32 sayings from William Blake
Untutored courage is useless in the face of educated bullets. 20 more wisdom & wit from George S. Patton
Whether you be man or woman you will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor. 12 more quotes from James Allen
Whether you be man or woman you will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor. 12 other views from James Allen
With enough courage, you can do without a reputation. 4 other sayings from Margaret Mitchell
All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them. 23 more views from Walt Disney
Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke. 75 more sayings from Benjamin Disraeli
Courage and grace are a formidable mixture. The only place to see it is in the bullring. 10 quotes from Marlene Dietrich
Creativity takes courage. 7 other thoughts from Henri Matisse
Honest conviction is my courage the Constitution is my guide. 2 quotes from Andrew Johnson
In the Soviet army it takes more courage to retreat than advance. 11 views from Joseph Stalin
Love is the most difficult and dangerous form of courage. Courage is the most desperate, admirable and noble kind of love. 2 thoughts from Delmore Schwartz
Religion in its humility restores man to his only dignity, the courage to live by grace. 46 quotes from George Santayana
The courage we desire and prize is not the courage to die decently, but to live manfully. 58 thoughts from Thomas Carlyle
The last thing a woman will consent to discover in a man whom she loves, or on whom she simply depends, is want of courage. 14 more sayings from Joseph Conrad
You will find as you grow older that courage is the rarest of all qualities to be found in public life. 75 other thoughts from Benjamin Disraeli
Courage is found in unlikely places. 5 views from J. R. R. Tolkien
How few there are who have courage enough to own their faults, or resolution enough to mend them. 96 quotes from Benjamin Franklin
I'm grateful to God for His bountiful gifts... He gave me courage and faith in myself. 14 wisdom & wit from Loretta Young
We must build dikes of courage to hold back the flood of fear. 41 other views from Martin Luther King, Jr.
You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor. 75 quotes from Aristotle
Courage consists not in hazarding without fear but being resolutely minded in a just cause. 17 wisdom & wit from Plutarch
Courage is a mean with regard to fear and confidence. 75 quotes from Aristotle
Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others. 75 quotes from Aristotle
Courage ought to have eyes as well as arms. 2 sayings from H. G. Bohn
Courage stands halfway between cowardice and rashness, one of which is a lack, the other an excess of courage. 17 views from Plutarch
Despair gives courage to a coward. 45 more wisdom & wit from Thomas Fuller
Either life entails courage, or it ceases to be life. 26 other views from E. M. Forster
Fashion should not be expected to serve in the stead of courage or character. 14 other wisdom & wit from Loretta Young
Freedom is a system based on courage. 4 other sayings from Charles Peguy
I always disliked dogs, those protectors of cowards who lack the courage to fight an assailant themselves. 3 more quotes from August Strindberg
I would kiss you, had I the courage. 3 other quotes from Edouard Manet
Just remaining quietly in the presence of God, listening to Him, being attentive to Him, requires a lot of courage and know-how. 12 quotes from Thomas Merton
Often the test of courage is not to die but to live. 3 thoughts from Vittorio Alfieri
Ofttimes the test of courage becomes rather to live than to die. 3 more thoughts from Vittorio Alfieri
So the brother in black offers to these United States the source of courage that endures, and laughter. 12 wisdom & wit from Zora Neale Hurston
The more wit the less courage. 45 quotes from Thomas Fuller
The principal act of courage is to endure and withstand dangers doggedly rather than to attack them. 20 quotes from Thomas Aquinas
There are pretenders to piety as well as to courage. 15 quotes from Moliere
There can be no failure to a man who has not lost his courage, his character, his self respect, or his self-confidence. He is still a King. 25 views from Orison Swett Marden
There is in true beauty, as in courage, something which narrow souls cannot dare to admire. 10 wisdom & wit from William Congreve
Wait for the Lord. Behave yourself manfully, and be of good courage. Do not be faithless, but stay in your place and do not turn back. 12 sayings from Thomas a Kempis
You cannot build character and courage by destroying men's initiative and independence. 4 sayings from William J. H. Boetcker
Courage - a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it. 20 more sayings from William Tecumseh Sherman
Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage. 21 quotes from Anais Nin
All of us have moments in our lives that test our courage. Taking children into a house with a white carpet is one of them. 33 thoughts from Erma Bombeck
Being gifted needs courage. 3 other sayings from Georg Brandes
Is he alone who has courage on his right hand and faith on his left hand? 6 wisdom & wit from Charles Lindbergh
It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else. 33 quotes from Erma Bombeck
It takes courage to know when you ought to be afraid. 4 quotes from James A. Michener
Pugnacity is a form of courage, but a very bad form. 6 thoughts from Sinclair Lewis
The man who has the courage of his platitudes is always a successful man. 2 sayings from Van Wyck Brooks
The strangest, most generous, and proudest of all virtues is true courage. 32 other quotes from Michel de Montaigne
True courage is not the brutal force of vulgar heroes, but the firm resolve of virtue and reason. 19 quotes from Alfred North Whitehead
Unless a reviewer has the courage to give you unqualified praise, I say ignore the bastard. 9 quotes from John Steinbeck
Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul. 32 wisdom & wit from Michel de Montaigne
Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties. 16 more wisdom & wit from Erich Fromm
One man with courage makes a majority. 9 views from Andrew Jackson
What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything? 23 quotes from Vincent Van Gogh
All you need is the plan, the road map, and the courage to press on to your destination. 6 more sayings from Earl Nightingale
Courage consists not in blindly overlooking danger, but in seeing it, and conquering it. 18 sayings from Jean Paul
Courage is the ladder on which all the other virtues mount. 11 sayings from Clare Boothe Luce
Failure is only postponed success as long as courage 'coaches' ambition. The habit of persistence is the habit of victory. 3 more wisdom & wit from Herbert Kaufman
Grave was the man in years, in looks, in word, his locks were grey, yet was his courage green. 4 other quotes from Torquato Tasso
Keep courage. Whatever you do, do not feel sorry for yourself. You will win in a great age of opportunity. 3 other quotes from Richard L. Evans
No man in the world has more courage than the man who can stop after eating one peanut. 4 quotes from Channing Pollock