Courage quotes

I have reached the conclusion that those who have physical courage also have moral courage. Physical courage is a great test.

What I've always said is that I'm opposed to institutional racism, and I would've, had I've been alive at the time, I think, had the courage to march with Martin Luther King to overturn institutional racism, and I see no place in our society for institutional racism.

With enough courage, you can do without a reputation.

The enchanting charms of this sublime science reveal only to those who have the courage to go deeply into it.

Courage is always rewarded.

What is more mortifying than to feel that you have missed the plum for want of courage to shake the tree?

A member must say that he is a member of the Unification Church and that he is the follower of Sun Myung Moon. If he doesn't have the courage to say it, he is not worthy of me.

Lying at the root of the social agreements of 1980 are the courage, sense of responsibility, and the solidarity of the working people. Both sides have then recognized that an accord must be reached if bloodshed is to be prevented.

Nothing gives us courage more readily than the desire to avoid looking like a damn fool.

There are no greater treasures than the highest human qualities such as compassion, courage and hope. Not even tragic accident or disaster can destroy such treasures of the heart.

If you could get up the courage to begin, you have the courage to succeed.

We learned to be patient observers like the owl. We learned cleverness from the crow, and courage from the jay, who will attack an owl ten times its size to drive it off its territory. But above all of them ranked the chickadee because of its indomitable spirit.

We are biological creatures. We are born, we live, we die. There is no transcendent purpose to existence. At best we are creatures of reason, and by using reason we can cure ourselves of emotional excess. Purged of both hope and fear, we find courage in the face of helplessness, insignificance and uncertainty.

You cannot build character and courage by destroying men's initiative and independence.

I always disliked dogs, those protectors of cowards who lack the courage to fight an assailant themselves.

Conscience is the root of all true courage if a man would be brave let him obey his conscience.

Discouragement is not the absence of adequacy but the absence of courage.

The courage to imagine the otherwise is our greatest resource, adding color and suspense to all our life.

Honest conviction is my courage the Constitution is my guide.

Never undertake anything for which you wouldn't have the courage to ask the blessings of heaven.