quotations about courage
Courage charms us, because it indicates that a man loves an idea better than all things in the world, that he is thinking neither of his bed, nor his dinner, nor his money, but will venture all to put in act the invisible thought of his mind.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON
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journal entry, 1859
The secret of happiness is freedom, the secret of freedom is courage.
CARRIE JONES
Need
Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.
ANAÏS NIN
The Diary of Anaïs Nin
You shout because it makes you brave or you want to announce your recklessness.
DON DELILLO
Underworld
Courage is the only asset
That will conquer in the fight
If you have the will to mass it
On the lines of truth and right.
JACK CRAWFORD
"The Harvest"
Courage is when you make a change,
And you keep on living anyway
You keep on moving anyway
You keep on giving anyway
ORIANTHI
"Courage", Believe (II)
Courage, like cowardice, is undoubtedly contagious, but some persons are not liable to catch it.
ARCHIBALD PRENTICE
Prenticeana
He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.
MUHAMMAD ALI
Woman's Day, Apr. 1, 2009
The more keenly we are awake to the perils of life, the higher and grander is the possibility of being truly brave.
HENRY VAN DYKE
"Courage,", Counsels by the Way
Once you have explored a fear, it becomes less terrifying. Part of courage comes from extending our knowledge.
BRIAN HERBERT & KEVEN J. ANDERSON
Dune: House Corrino
Courage is a terribly important value. It means you don't run away when things are tough. It means you don't turn away from a friend when he or she is in trouble. It means standing up against the majority opinion.... There's a lot of people who won't wear it on their sleeve, or display it through some heroic act. But courage is having the strength to do what's honorable and decent.
GEORGE H. W. BUSH
Academy of Achievement interview, Jun. 2, 1995
Our hearts must have the courage
To keep on marching on and on
THE ALARM
"Declaration"
The shortest route to courage is absolute ignorance.
DAN SIMMONS
Endymion
The only kind of courage that matters is the kind that gets you from one moment to the next.
MIGNON MCLAUGHLIN
The Second Neurotic's Notebook
It is easy to be brave at a safe distance.
AESOP
"The Wolf and the Kid,", Aesop's Fables
There is no living thing that is not afraid when it faces danger. The true courage is in facing danger when you are afraid.
L. FRANK BAUM
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
The difference between a mongrel and a thoroughbred, whether brute or man, is not in swiftness, beauty, or endurance, but in courage.
AUSTIN O'MALLEY
Keystones of Thought
Everyone became brave from excess of terror.
GUSTAVE FLAUBERT
Salammbo
The courage with which we have met past dangers is often our best security in the present.
MADAME SWETCHINE
"Airelles,", The Writings of Madame Swetchine
Courage is in the air in bracing whiffs
Better than all the stalemate an's and ifs.
ROBERT FROST
"For John F. Kennedy His Inauguration"