Courage quotes

There can be no great courage where there is no confidence or assurance, and half the battle is in the conviction that we can do what we undertake.

Just as courage imperils life, fear protects it.

The paradox of courage is that a man must be a little careless of his life even in order to keep it.

Just remaining quietly in the presence of God, listening to Him, being attentive to Him, requires a lot of courage and know-how.

The courage we desire and prize is not the courage to die decently, but to live manfully.

No matter what you think about the Iraq war, there is one thing we can all agree on for the next days - we have to salute the courage and bravery of those who are risking their lives to vote and those brave Iraqi and American soldiers fighting to protect their right to vote.

Courage and grace are a formidable mixture. The only place to see it is in the bullring.

I have seen in the Halls of Congress more idealism, more humanness, more compassion, more profiles of courage than in any other institution that I have ever known.

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

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

Goodness is about character - integrity, honesty, kindness, generosity, moral courage, and the like. More than anything else, it is about how we treat other people.

Healing takes courage, and we all have courage, even if we have to dig a little to find it.

Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.

Many a man will have the courage to die gallantly, but will not have the courage to say, or even to think, that the cause for which he is asked to die is an unworthy one.

Two qualities are indispensable: first, an intellect that, even in the darkest hour, retains some glimmerings of the inner light which leads to truth and second, the courage to follow this faint light wherever it may lead.

There can be no failure to a man who has not lost his courage, his character, his self respect, or his self-confidence. He is still a King.

The first virtue in a soldier is endurance of fatigue courage is only the second virtue.

Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to die.

Untutored courage is useless in the face of educated bullets.

We need to find the courage to say no to the things and people that are not serving us if we want to rediscover ourselves and live our lives with authenticity.