Physical Courage Quotes

Physical Courage Quote of the day

It is a tragedy that we live in a world where physical courage is so common, and moral courage is so rare.

It takes a good deal of physical courage to ride a horse. This, however, I have. I get it at about forty cents a flask, and take it as required.

Moral courage, to me, is much more demanding than physical courage.

Physical courage, which despises all danger, will make a man brave in one way; and moral courage, which despises all opinion, will make a man brave in another.

Why is it that, among men, physical courage is a trait so plenteous yet moral courage is a trait so rare?

If a western is a good western, it gives you a sense of that world and some of the qualities those men had - their comradeship, loyalty, and physical courage.

Courage was America's watchword, but a courage of the body rather than of the soul - physical courage, not moral.

Someone once told me the one thread that runs through them all is a premium on personal courage - not intellectual courage, but just plain physical courage.

It seemed incredible to me, that physical courage should be so commonplace and revered, while moral courage . . . is so rare and despised.

It takes physical courage to indulge in wickedness. The "good" are too cowardly to do it.

[Intellectual courage is] the quality that allows one to believe in one's judgement in the face of disappointment and widespread skepticism. Intellectual courage is even rarer than physical courage.

It is my conviction that physical courage at crucial moments comes from the sum of intellectual courage and integrity that you muster at that moment.

Physical courage is a great test.

Physical courage in whatever scene ... seems to hinge on whether the individual can feel he is fighting for others as well as himself.