99 Quotes on Courage

1.  The valor and courage of our young women and men in the armed services are a shining example to all of the world, and we owe them and their families our deepest respect. Bill Frist
2. Give us grace and strength to forbear and to persevere. Give us courage and gaiety and the quiet mind, spare to us our friends, soften to us our enemies. Robert Louis Stevenson
3. The opposite for courage is not cowardice, it is conformity. Even a dead fish can go with the flow. Jim Hightower
4. If we can't have the courage to tell our constituents, hey, we've got to cut back, then if we can point to something and say, I would like to vote for more benefits for you, but this balanced budget amendment or statutory spending cap or whatever the device is, is preventing me from doing it. Jeff Flake
5. There are always a few who stand up in times of communal madness and have the courage to say that what unites us is greater than what divides us. Geraldine Brooks
6. He's a man of great common sense and good taste - meaning thereby a man without originality or moral courage. George Bernard Shaw
7. The courage of a soldier is found to be the cheapest and most common quality of human nature. Edward Gibbon
8. One man scorned and covered with scars still strove with his last ounce of courage to reach the unreachable stars and the world will be better for this. Miguel de Cervantes
9. Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen. Winston Churchill
10. Paul persuaded me to join the band. I would never have had the courage otherwise. It was fun at the beginning. We were playing just for fun, with Paul's group. Linda McCartney
11. You will find as you grow older that courage is the rarest of all qualities to be found in public life. Benjamin Disraeli
12. A man of great common sense and good taste - meaning thereby a man without originality or moral courage. George Bernard Shaw
13. I've decided to run for the U.S. Senate because I believe Wisconsin families need a senator who will work hard to deliver results for the middle class - a leader with the courage to do what's right, no matter how tough the odds or how powerful the special interests we have to fight. Tammy Baldwin
14. One man with courage makes a majority. Jackson, Andrew
15. He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life. Muhammad Ali
16. Courage, not compromise, brings the smile of God's approval. Thomas S. Monson
17. Yes, you must have the courage of being free. Jose Carreras
18. A lot of people do not muster the courage to live their dreams because they are afraid to die. Les Brown
19. I want to find the candidates who understand the principles of American exceptionalism and have the character, the courage, and the confidence to actually lead the greatest nation in the world. Jim DeMint
20. No, I am not a homosexual. If I were a homosexual, I would hope I would have the courage to say so. What's cruel is that you are forcing me to say I am not a homosexual. This means you are putting homosexuals down. I don't want to do that. Ed Koch
21. I went through a long period where I was afraid of doing things I wanted to do, and you get your courage back, which is what's important. George Michael
22. Such decisions will be far reaching and difficult. But you never lacked courage in the past. Your courage is now needed for the future. Gerry Adams
23. War alone brings up to their highest tension all human energies and imposes the stamp of nobility upon the peoples who have the courage to make it. Benito Mussolini
24. The quality that defines us as Americans is the courage to respond to being hit. The courage to root out and destroy the killers. And, most importantly, the courage to hold on to our values and protect our hard-won freedoms while doing it. Nick Clooney
25. The criteria for serving one's country should be competence, courage and willingness to serve. When we deny people the chance to serve because of their sexual orientation, we deprive them of their rights of citizenship, and we deprive our armed forces the service of willing and capable Americans. Dianne Feinstein
26. Courage is a kind of salvation. Plato
27. He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage. Samuel Johnson
28. Freedom is the sure possession of those alone who have the courage to defend it. Pericles
29. I'm a big fan of small business ownership. I think it's the backbone of American innovation. But to be successful, you first have to have the courage to go for it. Bill Rancic
30. I love Joan Collins. She's a wonderful lady. She has such courage. She's such a good actress. Robert Wagner
31. Every man of courage is a man of his word. Corneille, Pierre
32. In this work I have received the opposition of a number of men who only advocate the unobtainable because the immediately possible is beyond their moral courage, administrative ability, and their political prescience. John Burns
33. A man of courage flees forward, in the midst of new things. Jacques Maritain
34. For this equilibrium now in sight, let us trust that mankind, as it has occurred in the greatest periods of its past, will find for itself a new code of ethics, common to all, made of tolerance, of courage, and of faith in the Spirit of men. Albert Claude
35. I think there's a difference between ditzy and dumb. Dumb is just not knowing. Ditzy is having the courage to ask! Jessica Simpson
36. If we are to survive, we must have ideas, vision, and courage. These things are rarely produced by committees. Everything that matters in our intellectual and moral life begins with an individual confronting his own mind and conscience in a room by himself. Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
37. But steel bars have never yet kept out a mob it takes something a good deal stronger: human courage backed up by the consciousness of being right. Ray Stannard Baker
38. True courage is not the brutal force of vulgar heroes, but the firm resolve of virtue and reason. Alfred North Whitehead
39. 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. Karl Von Clausewitz
40. Earth teach me to forget myself as melted snow forgets its life. Earth teach me resignation as the leaves which die in the fall. Earth teach me courage as the tree which stands all alone. Earth teach me regeneration as the seed which rises in the spring. William Alexander
41. Every day begins with an act of courage and hope: getting out of bed. Mason Cooley
42. That's what acting is - it's about... having the courage to allow your audience into the private moments of your characters' lives. Kerry Washington
43. You live with the fear people might find out. Then you actually have the courage to tell people and they go, I don't think you are gay. It's enough to drive you crazy. Portia de Rossi
44. Give us the fortitude to endure the things which cannot be changed, and the courage to change the things which should be changed, and the wisdom to know one from the other. Hart, Oliver J.
45. It takes as much courage to have tried and failed as it does to have tried and succeeded. Anne Morrow Lindbergh
46. Intellectuals try to keep going. But their situation is very difficult. Those who have had the courage to voice their opposition have often paid a very high price. Tahar Ben Jelloun
47. For as long as this nation has known war, we have embraced the heroes it has produced. Americans have rightfully noted the honor and nobility of courage under hostile fire and thanked those who perished in their defense. James T. Walsh
48. All you need is the plan, the road map, and the courage to press on to your destination. Earl Nightingale
49. 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
50. Let me start with Yahoo. As we meet today, a Chinese citizen who had the courage to speak his mind on the Internet is in prison because Yahoo chose to share his name and address with the Chinese Government. Tom Lantos
51. You can't test courage cautiously. Annie Dillard
52. How few there are who have courage enough to own their faults, or resolution enough to mend them. Benjamin Franklin
53. Have the courage to be ignorant of a great number of things, in order to avoid the calamity of being ignorant of everything. Sydney Smith
54. Failure is only postponed success as long as courage 'coaches' ambition. The habit of persistence is the habit of victory. Herbert Kaufman
55. 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. John Stuart Mill
56. Why should we honour those that die upon the field of battle? A man may show as reckless a courage in entering into the abyss of himself. William Butler Yeats
57. The strangest, most generous, and proudest of all virtues is true courage. Michel de Montaigne
58. I'm grateful to God for His bountiful gifts... He gave me courage and faith in myself. Loretta Young
59. It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare. Mark Twain
60. Part of courage is simple consistency. Peggy Noonan
61. September 11, 2001, revealed heroism in ordinary people who might have gone through their lives never called upon to demonstrate the extent of their courage. Geraldine Brooks
62. The last thing a woman will consent to discover in a man whom she loves, or on whom she simply depends, is want of courage. Joseph Conrad
63. The 'Bird's Nest' National Stadium, which I helped to conceive, is designed to embody the Olympic spirit of 'fair competition.' It tells people that freedom is possible but needs fairness, courage and strength. Ai Weiwei
64. A mode of conduct, a standard of courage, discipline, fortitude and integrity can do a great deal to make a woman beautiful. Jacqueline Bisset
65. Do you really think it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that there are terrible temptations which it requires strength, strength and courage to yield to. Oscar Wilde
66. I'd rather give my life than be afraid to give it.  Johnson, Lyndon Baines
67. Rather like Batman, I embody the themes of the movie which are the values of family, courage and compassion and a sense of right and wrong, good and bad and justice. Gary Oldman
68. 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. Mary Gordon
69. True courage is a result of reasoning. A brave mind is always impregnable. Jeremy Collier
70. Those who are rooted in the depths that are eternal and unchangeable and who rely on unshakeable principles, face change full of courage, courage based on faith. Emily Greene Balch
71. Every man has his own courage, and is betrayed because he seeks in himself the courage of other persons. Emerson, Ralph Waldo
72. TV is so different from the movies. It takes a lot of stamina because you work such long hours. It is really challenging. You are learning the next day's lines while you are shooting today's scenes. I found courage I never realised I had. I hope to do more. Sharon Stone
73. Courage to continue comes from deeper sources than outward results. Kenneth L. Pike
74. War paralyzes your courage and deadens the spirit of true manhood. Alexander Berkman
75. Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction. E. F. Schumacher
76. The older people that one admires seem to be fearless. They go right out into the world. It's astounding. Maybe they can't see or they can't hear, but they walk out into the street and take life as it comes. They're models of courage, in a strange way. James Hillman
77. Success is never final, failure is never fatal. It's courage that counts. John Wooden
78. I have the courage of my convictions. Brigitte Bardot
79. Perfect valour consists in doing without witnesses that which we would be capable of doing before everyone.  La Rochefoucauld, Fran?ois
80. Never undertake anything for which you wouldn't have the courage to ask the blessings of heaven. Georg C. Lichtenberg
81. This is no time for ease and comfort. It is the time to dare and endure.  Churchill, Winston
82. The courage in journalism is sticking up for the unpopular, not the popular. Geraldo Rivera
83. Heroes to me are guys that sit in libraries. They absorb knowledge and then the risks they take are calculated on the basis of the courage it took to become replete with knowledge. William Hurt
84. A nation which has forgotten the quality of courage which in the past has been brought to public life is not as likely to insist upon or regard that quality in its chosen leaders today - and in fact we have forgotten. John F. Kennedy
85. Our situation today shows that beauty demands for itself at least as much courage and decision as do truth and goodness, and she will not allow herself to be separated and banned from her two sisters without taking them along with herself in an act of mysterious vengeance. Hans Urs von Balthasar
86. Women's courage is rather different from men's. The fact that women have to bring up children and look after husbands makes them braver at facing long-term issues, such as illness. Men are more immediately courageous. Lots of people are brave in battle. Mary Wesley
87. 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. Bertrand Russell
88. There are pretenders to piety as well as to courage. Moliere
89. Healing takes courage, and we all have courage, even if we have to dig a little to find it. Tori Amos
90. Courage is... the knowledge of how to fear what ought to be feared and how not to fear what ought not to be feared. David Ben-Gurion
91. Courage is a special kind of knowledge: the knowledge of how to fear what ought to be feared and how not to fear what ought not to be feared. David Ben-Gurion
92. Freedom. And Justice. If you have those two, it covers everything. You must stick to those principles and have the courage of your convictions. Ian Smith
93. Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them. Bruce Lee
94. To dare to live alone is the rarest courage since there are many who had rather meet their bitterest enemy in the field, than their own hearts in their closet. Charles Caleb Colton
95. The courage to be is the courage to accept oneself, in spite of being unacceptable. Paul Tillich
96. With honesty of purpose, balance, a respect for tradition, courage, and, above all, a philosophy of life, any young person who embraces the historical profession will find it rich in rewards and durable in satisfaction. Samuel E. Morison
97. Bravery has no place where it can avail nothing.  Johnson, Samuel