Courage is fear holding on a minute longer. 20 quotes from George S. Patton
Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point. 25 views from C. S. Lewis
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear. 98 wisdom & wit from Mark Twain
Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities... because it is the quality which guarantees all others. 74 more wisdom & wit 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 wisdom & wit 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 thoughts from Andre Gide
Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them. 11 quotes from Bruce Lee
Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts. 74 more sayings from Winston Churchill
The best protection any woman can have... is courage. 9 more thoughts from Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Those who lack the courage will always find a philosophy to justify it. 52 other quotes from Albert Camus
A man of courage flees forward, in the midst of new things. 4 more sayings from Jacques Maritain
But courage which goes against military expediency is stupidity, or, if it is insisted upon by a commander, irresponsibility. 2 other views 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 quotes from Marie Antoinette
Genius is talent set on fire by courage. 11 thoughts from Henry Van Dyke
Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others. 39 other views from Robert Louis Stevenson
Most of us have far more courage than we ever dreamed we possessed. 21 quotes 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 quotes from John Bunyan
Physical bravery is an animal instinct moral bravery is much higher and truer courage. 14 other sayings 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 other wisdom & wit from Benjamin Banneker
Real nobility is based on scorn, courage, and profound indifference. 52 other 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 quotes from George A. Sheehan
The weak in courage is strong in cunning. 32 other thoughts from William Blake
Untutored courage is useless in the face of educated bullets. 20 other views 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 views 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 quotes from James Allen
With enough courage, you can do without a reputation. 4 views from Margaret Mitchell
All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them. 23 wisdom & wit from Walt Disney
Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke. 75 quotes from Benjamin Disraeli
Courage and grace are a formidable mixture. The only place to see it is in the bullring. 10 sayings 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 quotes 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 more sayings from Delmore Schwartz
Religion in its humility restores man to his only dignity, the courage to live by grace. 46 views from George Santayana
The courage we desire and prize is not the courage to die decently, but to live manfully. 58 other quotes 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 other quotes 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 quotes from Benjamin Disraeli
Courage is found in unlikely places. 5 other quotes from J. R. R. Tolkien
How few there are who have courage enough to own their faults, or resolution enough to mend them. 96 more views from Benjamin Franklin
I'm grateful to God for His bountiful gifts... He gave me courage and faith in myself. 14 more quotes from Loretta Young
We must build dikes of courage to hold back the flood of fear. 41 other quotes from Martin Luther King, Jr.
Courage consists not in hazarding without fear but being resolutely minded in a just cause. 17 more sayings from Plutarch
Courage ought to have eyes as well as arms. 2 wisdom & wit from H. G. Bohn
Courage stands halfway between cowardice and rashness, one of which is a lack, the other an excess of courage. 17 thoughts from Plutarch
Despair gives courage to a coward. 45 other quotes from Thomas Fuller
Either life entails courage, or it ceases to be life. 26 views from E. M. Forster
Fashion should not be expected to serve in the stead of courage or character. 14 other views from Loretta Young
Freedom is a system based on courage. 4 quotes 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 sayings 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 views from Thomas Merton
Often the test of courage is not to die but to live. 3 quotes from Vittorio Alfieri
Ofttimes the test of courage becomes rather to live than to die. 3 wisdom & wit from Vittorio Alfieri
So the brother in black offers to these United States the source of courage that endures, and laughter. 12 quotes from Zora Neale Hurston
The more wit the less courage. 45 thoughts from Thomas Fuller
The principal act of courage is to endure and withstand dangers doggedly rather than to attack them. 20 other 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 quotes from Orison Swett Marden
There is in true beauty, as in courage, something which narrow souls cannot dare to admire. 10 more quotes 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 quotes from Thomas a Kempis
You cannot build character and courage by destroying men's initiative and independence. 4 other thoughts from William J. H. Boetcker
Courage - a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it. 20 wisdom & wit from William Tecumseh Sherman
Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage. 21 other 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 views from Erma Bombeck
Being gifted needs courage. 3 other quotes from Georg Brandes
Is he alone who has courage on his right hand and faith on his left hand? 6 quotes 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 other views from James A. Michener
Pugnacity is a form of courage, but a very bad form. 6 quotes from Sinclair Lewis
The man who has the courage of his platitudes is always a successful man. 2 thoughts from Van Wyck Brooks
The strangest, most generous, and proudest of all virtues is true courage. 32 wisdom & wit from Michel de Montaigne
True courage is not the brutal force of vulgar heroes, but the firm resolve of virtue and reason. 19 sayings from Alfred North Whitehead
Unless a reviewer has the courage to give you unqualified praise, I say ignore the bastard. 9 views from John Steinbeck
Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul. 32 other quotes from Michel de Montaigne
Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties. 16 quotes from Erich Fromm
One man with courage makes a majority. 9 more quotes from Andrew Jackson
What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything? 23 wisdom & wit from Vincent Van Gogh
All you need is the plan, the road map, and the courage to press on to your destination. 6 quotes from Earl Nightingale
Courage consists not in blindly overlooking danger, but in seeing it, and conquering it. 18 quotes from Jean Paul
Courage is the ladder on which all the other virtues mount. 11 quotes 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 thoughts from Herbert Kaufman
Grave was the man in years, in looks, in word, his locks were grey, yet was his courage green. 4 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 thoughts 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
Courage is not the absence of despair it is, rather, the capacity to move ahead in spite of despair. 6 views from Rollo May
Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself. 11 other sayings 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 other views 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 other sayings from James Freeman Clarke
Courage is the capacity to confront what can be imagined. 6 more thoughts from Leo Rosten
Falsehood is cowardice, the truth courage. 8 other wisdom & wit 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 wisdom & wit from Nicholas M. Butler
Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and true progress. 4 thoughts from Nicholas M. Butler
Optimism is the foundation of courage. 4 wisdom & wit from Nicholas M. Butler
The courage of a soldier is found to be the cheapest and most common quality of human nature. 14 quotes from Edward Gibbon
The enchanting charms of this sublime science reveal only to those who have the courage to go deeply into it. 3 views 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 more quotes from William Hazlitt
A great part of courage is the courage of having done the thing before. 135 views 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 wisdom & wit from Harry S. Truman
Courage is being scared to death... and saddling up anyway. 4 wisdom & wit from John Wayne
Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction. 46 sayings 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 other wisdom & wit from Gilbert K. Chesterton
Every man has his own courage, and is betrayed because he seeks in himself the courage of other persons. 135 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 views from David Viscott
The courage of the poet is to keep ajar the door that leads into madness. 15 other sayings 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 other quotes from Gilbert K. Chesterton
Courage can't see around corners but goes around them anyway. 21 views from Mignon McLaughlin
Courage to continue comes from deeper sources than outward results. 4 other thoughts from Kenneth L. Pike
Courage: Great Russian word, fit for the songs of our children's children, pure on their tongues, and free. 2 other quotes from Anna Akhmatova
Every man of courage is a man of his word. 15 wisdom & wit 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 other wisdom & wit 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 wisdom & wit from Marilyn Monroe
If we survive danger it steels our courage more than anything else. 15 other thoughts from Reinhold Niebuhr
It takes a certain courage and a certain greatness to be truly base. 14 quotes 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 wisdom & wit from Thomas Hardy
The only courage that matters is the kind that gets you from one moment to the next. 21 sayings from Mignon McLaughlin
Until the day of his death, no man can be sure of his courage. 14 more quotes 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 more 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 wisdom & wit from William Butler Yeats
Courage is grace under pressure. 35 sayings from Ernest Hemingway
People with courage and character always seem sinister to the rest. 10 other quotes from Hermann Hesse
A man of great common sense and good taste - meaning thereby a man without originality or moral courage. 115 sayings from George Bernard Shaw
Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air. 7 thoughts 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 other quotes 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 sayings from George Bernard Shaw
Life is to be entered upon with courage. 19 quotes from Alexis de Tocqueville
It requires more courage to suffer than to die. 50 sayings from Napoleon Bonaparte
The courage to be is the courage to accept oneself, in spite of being unacceptable. 11 thoughts from Paul Tillich
The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud. 16 more views from Coco Chanel
Courage is like love it must have hope for nourishment. 50 other quotes from Napoleon Bonaparte
Decision is a risk rooted in the courage of being free. 11 more thoughts 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 quotes from Paul Tillich
The first virtue in a soldier is endurance of fatigue courage is only the second virtue. 50 views 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 quotes from Samuel Johnson
Courage is never to let your actions be influenced by your fears. 4 thoughts from Arthur Koestler
He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage. 63 wisdom & wit 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 views from Miguel de Cervantes
More firm and sure the hand of courage strikes, when it obeys the watchful eye of caution. 5 thoughts from James Thomson
Perfect courage is to do without witnesses what one would be capable of doing with the world looking on. 90 quotes from Francois de La Rochefoucauld
To live we must conquer incessantly, we must have the courage to be happy. 24 views from Henri Frederic Amiel
True courage is a result of reasoning. A brave mind is always impregnable. 4 more quotes from Jeremy Collier
It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are. 13 wisdom & wit 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 quotes from Eleanor Roosevelt
A man of courage never needs weapons, but he may need bail. 8 quotes 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 more thoughts from David Ben-Gurion
Courtesy is as much a mark of a gentleman as courage. 36 more views from Theodore Roosevelt
Hope lies in dreams, in imagination, and in the courage of those who dare to make dreams into reality. 4 wisdom & wit from Jonas Salk
I'll know how to die with courage that is easier than living. 6 views 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 thoughts 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 sayings from Jonas Salk
Whatever enlarges hope will also exalt courage. 4 other sayings from William Samuel Johnson