Quotes about Courage

“It was actually a women's writing group I belonged to in graduate school that gave me the courage to move from poetry to fiction.”

“Know what's important and what isn't. Have the wisdom to know the right thing to do, the integrity to do it, the character to stand up to those who don't, and the courage to stop those who won't.”

“He is a man of courage who does not run away, but remains at his post and fights against the enemy.”

“These rules may seem simple enough, but it will require great morale and physical courage to adhere to them. But if carried out in the strict sense of the word it will surely lead to a greater success than could otherwise be attained.”

“I don't understand why people say that I am full of courage. I feel terribly nervous.”

“Unless a reviewer has the courage to give you unqualified praise, I say ignore the bastard.”

“Confronting and undermining the narratives and ideas of extremism must therefore be one of our key tasks. To do this, we must retain the courage of our convictions in the face of extremism.”

“A mode of conduct, a standard of courage, discipline, fortitude and integrity can do a great deal to make a woman beautiful.”

“Men have a psychological need to show off their courage and strength. When he sees you talking to another guy, that instinct kicks in and he jumps to protect you and prove he's worthy of your love.”

“The amount of eccentricity in a society has generally been proportional to the amount of genius, mental vigor, and moral courage it contained. That so few now dare to be eccentric marks the chief danger of the time.”

“Courage: Great Russian word, fit for the songs of our children's children, pure on their tongues, and free.”

“Courtesy is as much a mark of a gentleman as courage.”

“If human beings had genuine courage, they'd wear their costumes every day of the year, not just on Halloween.”

“When everything goes wrong, what a joy to test your soul and see if it has endurance and courage. An invisible and all-powerful enemy - some call him God, others the Devil, seem to rush upon us to destroy us; but we are not destroyed.”

“Remember that the good angels do what they can to preserve men from sin and obtain God's honor. But they do not lose courage when men fail.”

“The courage of very ordinary people is all that stands between us and the dark.”

“I don't - you know, I'm very disillusioned with our political system. If we don't wake up in America and realize that we have to vote out of our courage and integrity for candidates who reflect our own beatitudes, and not the beatitudes of the war machine and the corporations, we are - we're doomed.”

“But after this natural burst of indignation, no man of sense, courage, or prudence will waste his time or his strength in retrospective reproaches or repinings.”

“Men was formed for society, and is neither capable of living alone, nor has the courage to do it.”

“Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others.”

“In the military, you learn the essence of people. You see so many examples of self-sacrifice and moral courage. In the rest of life, you don't get that many opportunities to be sure of your friends.”