Quotes about courage

"It is in great dangers that we see great courage."

Regnard, Jean Francois on courage   

"Courage consists not in blindly overlooking danger, but in seeing it, and conquering it."

Richter, Jean Paul on courage   

"A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person afterwards."

Richter, Jean Paul on courage   

"Woman and men of retiring timidity are cowardly only in dangers which affect themselves, but the first to rescue when others are in danger."

Richter, Jean Paul on courage   

"Courage is doing what you're afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you're scared."

Rickenbacker, Edward Vernon on courage
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"Courage is sometimes frail as hope is frail: a fragile shoot between two stones that grows brave toward the sun though warmth and brightness fail, striving and faith the only strength it knows."

Rodman, Frances on courage
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"Don't foul, don't flinch. Hit the line hard."

Roosevelt, Theodore on courage
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"It takes far less courage to kill yourself than it takes to make yourself wake up one more time. It is harder to stay where you are than to get out."

Rossner, Judith on courage
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"Courage is the capacity to confirm what can be imagined."

Rosten, Leo on courage   

"The brave person thinks of themselves last of all."

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von on courage
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"It takes guts to get out of the ruts."

Schuller, Robert H. on courage   

"Courage is spelled I-N-T-E-G-R-I-T-Y."

Schuller, Robert H. on courage   

"The will to do, the soul to dare."

Scott, Sir Walter on courage
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"Courage and conviction are powerful weapons against an enemy who depends only on fists or guns. Animals know when you are afraid; a coward knows when you are not."

Seabury, David on courage
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"Courage leads to heaven; fear leads to death."

Seneca on courage   

"Let us train our minds to desire what the situation demands."

Seneca on courage   

"It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that they are difficult."

Seneca on courage
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"Fortune can take away riches, but not courage."

Seneca on courage
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"The pressure of adversity does not affect the mind of the brave man. It is more powerful than external circumstances."

Seneca on courage   

"There is nothing in the world so much admired as a man who knows how to bear unhappiness with courage."

Seneca on courage
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"True courage is cool and calm. The bravest of men have the least of a brutal, bullying insolence, and in the very time of danger are found the most serene and free."

Shaftesbury, Lord on courage   

"But screw your courage to the sticking-place and we'll not fail."

Shakespeare, William on courage   

"That's a valiant flea that dares eat his breakfast on the lip of a lion."

Shakespeare, William on courage   

"I dare to do all that may become a man: who dares do more is none."

Shakespeare, William on courage   

"I never thought much of the courage of a lion tamer. Inside the cage he is at least safe from people."

Shaw, George Bernard on courage
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"Courage -- a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it."

Sherman, William T. on courage   

"I would define true courage to be a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it."

Sherman, William T. on courage   

"Anybody with a little guts and the desire to apply himself can make it, he can make anything he wants to make of himself."

Shoemaker, Willie on courage   

"A true knight is fuller of bravery in the midst, than in the beginning of danger."

Sidney, Sir Philip on courage   

"Screw up your courage, you screwed up everything else."

Smith, Donald on courage   

"A great deal of talent is lost in the world for want of courage."

Smith, Sydney on courage   

"I think of those who were truly great. The names of those who in their lives fought for life, Who wore at their hearts the fire's center."

Spender, Stephen on courage   

"The test of tolerance comes when we are in a majority; the test of courage comes when we are in a minority."

Stockman, Ralph W. on courage   

"No matter how carefully you plan your goals they will never be more than pipe dreams unless you pursue them with gusto."

Stone, W. Clement on courage   

"Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is right. These are the magic keys to living your life with integrity."

Stone, W. Clement on courage
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"Bravery and stupidity go hand in hand."

Summers, David on courage   

"Courage is not the towering oak that sees storms come and go; it is the fragile blossom that opens in the snow."

Swaim, Alice Mackenzie on courage
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"No one reaches a high position without daring."

Syrus, Publilius on courage   

"The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair though fear alone."

Tacitus, Publius Cornelius on courage   

"If we must fall, we should boldly meet the danger."

Tacitus, Publius Cornelius on courage