Courage Quotes

Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.

Perfect courage is to do without witnesses what one would be capable of doing with the world looking on.

Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are often stiffened.

Character contributes to beauty. It fortifies a woman as her youth fades. A mode of conduct, a standard of courage, discipline, fortitude, and integrity can do a great deal to make a woman beautiful.

Give us grace and strength to forbear and to persevere. Give us courage and gaiety and the quiet mind, spare to us our friends, soften to us our enemies.

Necessity does the work of courage.

Success is that old ABC - ability, breaks, and courage.

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

I took my courage in both hands and went to the Laundromat to do my washing. I had to use three machines.

When we read stories of heroes, we identify with them. We take the journey with them. We see how the obstacles almost overcome them. We see how they grow as human beings or gain qualities or show great qualities of strength and courage and with them, we grow in some small way.

The President regards the Japanese as a brave people; but courage, though useful in time of war, is subordinate to knowledge of arts; hence, courage without such knowledge is not to be highly esteemed.

Maybe you will be afraid and maybe you will fail, but the courage to take risks in any part of your life is, I feel, a very worthwhile way to live.

It takes a lot of courage to face up to things you can't do because we feed ourselves so much denial.

Our situation today shows that beauty demands for itself at least as much courage and decision as do truth and goodness, and she will not allow herself to be separated and banned from her two sisters without taking them along with herself in an act of mysterious vengeance.

But courage which goes against military expediency is stupidity, or, if it is insisted upon by a commander, irresponsibility.

Courtesy is as much a mark of a gentleman as courage.

Failure is only postponed success as long as courage 'coaches' ambition. The habit of persistence is the habit of victory.

President Obama and our all-of-the-above energy strategy is the real deal. We are proud of the fact that we are importing less oil than at any time in modern history, and it has been because of the president's vision and courage.

We've begun to raise daughters more like sons... but few have the courage to raise our sons more like our daughters.

A mode of conduct, a standard of courage, discipline, fortitude and integrity can do a great deal to make a woman beautiful.

The man who has the courage of his platitudes is always a successful man.

Courage is action, not talk.

Hope lies in dreams, in imagination, and in the courage of those who dare to make dreams into reality.

Courage is just fear, plus prayers, plus understanding.

Courage is the capacity to confront what can be imagined.

Our young people have come to look upon war as a kind of beneficent deity, which not only adds to the national honor but uplifts a nation and develops patriotism and courage.

Let who will boast their courage in the field, I find but little safety from my shield, Nature's, not honour's law we must obey: This made me cast my useless shield away.

Above all, we must realize that no arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women. It is a weapon our adversaries in today's world do not have.

At the same time, I would add that the American people have a lot of courage.

Courage - a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it.