Courage Quotes
Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.Clive Staples Lewis
The only service a friend can really render is to keep up your courage by holding up to you a mirror in which you can see a noble image of yourself.George Bernard Shaw
Often the test of courage is not to die but to live.Conte Vittorio Alfieri
Flatter me, and I may not believe you. Criticize me, and I may not like you. Ignore me, and I may not forgive you. Encourage me, and I may not forget you.Sir William Arthu
Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak Courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.Carl Hermann Voss
The future does not belong to those who are content with today, apathetic toward common problems and their fellow man alike, timid and fearful in the face of bold projects and new ideas. Rather, it will belong to those who can blend passion, reason and courage in a personal commitment to the ideals of American society.Robert Francis Kennedy
Few men are willing to brave the disapproval of their fellows, the censure of their colleagues, the wrath of their society. Moral courage is a rarer commodity than bravery in battle or great intelligence. Yet it is the one essential, vital quality for those who seek to change a world which yields most painfully to change.Robert F. Kennedy, 1966 speech
People with courage and character always seem sinister to the rest.Hermann Hesse
Our government sprang from and was made for the people - - Not the people for the government. To them it owes an allegiance from them it must derive its courage, strength, and wisdom.Andrew Johnson
Courage consists of the power of self - Recovery.Julie Arabi
Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.Baltasar Gracian
Most of us, swimming against the tides of trouble the world knows nothing about, need only a bit of praise or encouragement - And we will make the goal.Jerome P. Fleishman
Courage is the price that Life exacts for granting peace.Amelia Earhart, Courage, 1927
The test of courage comes when we are in the minority the test of tolerance comes when we are in the majority.Ralph W. Sockman
Some people think only intellect counts knowing how to solve problems, knowing how to get by, knowing how to identify an advantage and seize it. But the functions of intellect are insufficient without courage, love, friendship, compassion and empathy.Dean Koontz
What makes the difference between a Nation that is truly great and one that is merely rich and powerful It is the simple things that make the difference. Honesty, knowing right from wrong, openness, self - Respect, and the courage of conviction.David L Boren
Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are stiffened.William Franklin Billy Graham
Children need encouragement. So if a kid gets an answer right, tell him it was a lucky guess. That way, he develops a good, lucky feeling.Jack Handey Deep Thoughts
What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything.Vincent Van Gogh
When one has nothing left to lose one becomes courageous. We are timid only when we have something left to cling to.Don Juan Matus, The Second Ring Of Power by Carlos Castaneda
True courage is not the brutal force of vulgar heroes, but the firm resolve of virtue and reason.Whitheead
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.Judith Rossne
Should we feel at times disheartened and discouraged, a confiding thought, a simple movement of heart towards God will renew our powers. Whatever He may demand of us, He will give us at the moment the strength and the courage that we need.Franois de Salignac de la Mothe Fenelon
Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage.William Ellery Channing
Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads.Erica Jong
A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person afterward.Jean Paul Richte
Courage is the thing. All goes if courage goes.Joseph Addison
Our achievements speak for themselves. What we have to keep track of are our failures, discouragements and doubts. We tend to forget the past difficulties, the many false starts, and the painful groping. We see our past achievements as the end results of a clean forward thrust, and our present difficulties as signs of decline and decay.Eric Hoffe
Hope, like faith, is nothing if it is not courageous it is nothing if it is not ridiculous.Thornton
Great spirits have always encountered opposition from mediocre minds. The mediocre mind is incapable of understanding the man who refuses to bow blindly to conventional prejudices and chooses instead to express his opinions courageously and honestly.Albert Einstein, quoted in New York Times, March 13, 1940
Democracy encourages the majority to decide things about which the majority is ignorant.John Simon
Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.Dale Carnegie
Success is not final, failure is not fatal it is the courage to continue that counts.Sir Winston Leonard Spenser Churchill
The scars you acquire by exercising courage, Will never make you feel inferior.D. A. Battista
Courage is knowing what not to fear.Plato
To see what is right and not to do it, is want of courage.Confucius Analects
I believe that I shall see the bounty of the Lord in the land of the living. Wait for the Lord with courage be stouthearted, and wait for the Lord.Psalm 27 13 - 14 Bible
