What Is Courage Quotes

Brave people may be persuaded to an action by representing it as being more dangerous than it really is.

The courage of all one really knows comes but late in life.

He who has always spared himself much will in the end become sickly of so much consideration. Praised be what hardens!

I admire the courage and wisdom of Socrates in everything he did, said--and did not say.

What's old collapses, times change, And new life blossoms in the ruins.

Courage, ne'er by sorrow broken! Aid where tears of virtue flow; Faith to keep each promise spoken! Truth alike to friend and foe!

All requires courage.

She sensed it, saw my eyes wet with tears, and only then must have discovered I was no longer the man I had been, and I endured her glance with a courage I never thought I had.

I don't have enough information, and enough courage, to come up with a definite version of events. And I think it is too dangerous for me to do so.

The courage of children and beasts is a function of innocence.

[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.

O, merry is the Optimist, With the troops of courage leaguing. But a dour trend In any friend Is somehow less fatiguing.

with courage a human being is safe enough. And without it - he is never for one instant safe!

The shallow is easy to embrace, but the profound is difficult. To discard the shallow and seek the profound is the way of a person of courage.

Fear is far more painful to cowardice than death to true courage.

Fortify courage with the true rampart of patience.

Nothing belongs more fully to an artist than his creation - even if you give him your youth, your money, your love, your courage, nothing belongs to you.

What is fear but courage's shadow?

When your views are truly contrarian, they are inevitably uncomfortable. Courage and the ability to withstand pain are required.

One of the greatest acts of courage is having to face every day of life feeling unloved.

Leaders need the courage to acknowledge when something isn't working.

I am deeply inspired by the courage and achievements of young people who didn't have the safety nets I had growing up.

Courage doesn't mean we're not afraid. Courage means we refuse to be mastered by fear.

The gods, the immortals, were the inventors of death and corruption; yet with one or two notable exceptions they have lacked the courage to try their invention out on themselves.

Courage is the decision to fly straight into the flame while knowing the consequences.

If you set as your goal to roll back the size of government, you have an obligation to answer the tough questions and show real courage, not just appeal to ideology. Treat the voters like adults.

There was never any question about his (Enos Slaughter) courage. He proved it by getting married four times.

I think exactly the same qualities as men [women role model needs], exactly the same, which is kindness, courage and intelligence.

Question the bravery. Say it's not courage. Call it a passion.

Take courage, Mortal... Death cannot banish you from the Universe.

He gets his courage from the can, it makes him feel like a man.

With each investment you make, you should have the courage and the conviction to place at least ten per cent of your net worth in that stock

Unbounded courage and compassion join'd, Tempering each other in the victor's mind, Alternately proclaim him good and great, And make the hero and the man complete.

We need energy, commitment, and courage not to run from our life nor to cover it over with any philosophy—material or spiritual.

The first level of practice is illuminated by the qualities of courage and renunciation.

Fear not, Cesario, take thy fortunes up. Be that thou know'st thou art and then thou art as great as that thou fear'st.

Authenticity is also about the courage and the vulnerability to say, "Yeah, I'll try it. I feel pretty uncomfortable and I feel a little vulnerable, but I'll try it!"

I find that complete trust and subsequent courage galvanizing and inspiring.

Courage comes through achievement, but also through the attempt.

Courage is not a matter of gender.

The high courage of a single man is an army all by itself!

Cynicism is a form of cowardice, a failure of courage to hope.

There is a destiny in war, to which a brave man knows how to submit with the same courage that he faces his foes.

Rohan, if being a hero is having the courage to resist using power arbitrarily, then you are a hero, beloved.

You don't walk with your feet; you walk with your courage! No courage, no walking!

Many people think passion is a fuzzy feeling that makes taking action effortless. In fact, it's the gritty courage and tenacity to forge onward.

Courage is a value. My faith is the organizing principle in my life and what underpins my faith is courage and love, and so I have to be in the arena if I'm going to live in alignment with my values.

Courage refuses frontiers!

The conscience is eternal and never dies. Peace if possible, but truth at any rate.

The depth of our belief in the Resurrection and the Atonement of the Savior will, I believe, determine the measure of courage and purpose with which we meet life's challenges.