quotations about courage
Courage is in the air in bracing whiffs
Better than all the stalemate an's and ifs.
ROBERT FROST
"For John F. Kennedy His Inauguration"
Courage is the thing. All goes if courage goes.
J.M. BARRIE
speech, May 3, 1922
I hope you live a life you're proud of. If you find that you're not, I hope you have the courage to start all over again.
ERIC ROTH
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Until the day of his death, no man can be sure of his courage.
JEAN ANOUILH
Beckett
Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day that says I'll try again tomorrow.
MARY ANNE RADMACHER
Courage Doesn't Always Roar
Courage ... oh yes! If only one had that ... then life might be livable, in spite of everything.
HENRIK IBSEN
Hedda Gabbler
Courage is more exhilarating than fear, and in the long run it is easier. We do not have to become heroes overnight. Just a step at a time, meeting each thing that comes up, seeing it is not as dreadful as it appeared, discovering that we have the strength to stare it down.
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT
You Learn by Living
Courage is a moral quality; it is not a chance gift of nature like an aptitude for games. It is a cold choice between two alternatives, the fixed resolve not to quit; an act of renunciation which must be made not once but many times by the power of the will.
CHARLES WILSON
The Anatomy of Courage
I dare do all that may become a man;
Who dares do more is none.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Macbeth
A single feat of daring can alter the whole conception of what is possible.
GRAHAM GREENE
The Heart of the Matter
The brave man, if he be compared with the coward, seems foolhardy; and, if with the foolhardy man, seems a coward.
ARISTOTLE
Nicomachean Ethics
He who is brave is free.
SENECA
Ad Lucilium Epistulae Morales
Unless you have courage, a courage that keeps you going, always going, no matter what happens, there is no certainty of success. It is really an endurance race.
HENRY FORD
Theosophist Magazine, Feb. 1930
Walk on with courage and bravery. Go on working to improve humankind and establish the Path of Truth.
HAIDAKHAN BABAJI
The Teachings of Babaji
Courage is that virtue which champions the cause of right.
CICERO
De Officiis
To face life you must have great courage every day.
HAIDAKHAN BABAJI
The Teachings of Babaji
'Tis said that courage is common, but the immense esteem in which it is held proves it to be rare. Animal resistance, the instinct of the male animal when cornered, is no doubt common; but the pure article, courage with eyes, courage with conduct, self-possession at the cannon's mouth, cheerfulness in lonely adherence to the right, is the endowment of elevated characters.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON
Society and Solitude
It requires more courage to suffer than to die.
NAPOLEON BONAPARTE
The brave man is an inspiration to the weak, and compels them, as it were, to follow him.
SAMUEL SMILES
Character
Courage is finding the inner strength and bravery required when confronting danger, difficulty, or opposition. Courage is the energy current behind all great actions and the spark that ignites the initial baby steps of growth. It resides deep within each of us, ready to be accessed in those moments when you need to forge ahead or break through seemingly insurmountable barriers. It is the intangible force that propels you forward on your journey.
CHERIE CARTER-SCOTT
If Life Is a Game