Courage Quotes

It is remarkable that this people, though unarmed, dares attack an armed foe; the infantry defy the cavalry, and by their activity and courage generally prove victors.

There can be a fundamental gulf of gracelessness in a human heart which neither our love nor our courage can bridge.

This soul, or life within us, by no means agrees with the life outside us. If one has the courage to ask her what she thinks, she is always saying the very opposite to what other people say.

Freedom. And Justice. If you have those two, it covers everything. You must stick to those principles and have the courage of your convictions.

The trials on the road to world harmony are no greater than the courage of those who accept the challenge.

Conscience is the root of all true courage; if a man would be brave let him obey his conscience.

Killing yourself is a major commitment, it takes a kind of courage. Most people just lead lives of cowardly desperation. It's kinda half suicide where you just dull yourself with substances.

A leader must have the courage to act against an expert's advice.

Courage is like love; it must have hope for nourishment.

Soldiers, when committed to a task, can't compromise. It's unrelenting devotion to the standards of duty and courage, absolute loyalty to others, not letting the task go until it's been done.

Limit to courage? There is no limit to courage.

Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men.

I wish we lived in a society that made it safe and provided the courage for everyone to come out.

As a gay Jewish white South African, I belong to quite a lot of minority groups. You constantly have to question who you are, what you are and whether you have the courage to be who you are.

Courage, not compromise, brings the smile of God's approval.

One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.

Courage enlarges, cowardice diminishes resources. In desperate straits the fears of the timid aggravate the dangers that imperil the brave.

The secret to happiness is freedom... And the secret to freedom is courage.

Well, number one I like dancing. Number two I knew it would be challenging because I had never done this type of dance before. I always wanted to and I happened to have the courage to go out there and give it my best shot.

The courage of the poet is to keep ajar the door that leads into madness.

Courage can't see around corners but goes around them anyway.

I've been through it all, baby, I'm mother courage.

With enough courage, you can do without a reputation.

And I love that even in the toughest moments, when we're all sweating it - when we're worried that the bill won't pass, and it seems like all is lost - Barack never lets himself get distracted by the chatter and the noise. Just like his grandmother, he just keeps getting up and moving forward... with patience and wisdom, and courage and grace.

Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities... because it is the quality which guarantees all others.

There are no easy answers' but there are simple answers. We must have the courage to do what we know is morally right.

He's a man of great common sense and good taste - meaning thereby a man without originality or moral courage.

Real courage is when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.

Those who won our independence... valued liberty as an end and as a means. They believed liberty to be the secret of happiness and courage to be the secret of liberty.

To persevere, trusting in what hopes he has, is courage in a man.