Quotes About Courage

John R. Erickson

The surest way to prevent war is not to fear it.

"Dead upon the field of glory," Hero fit for song and story.

Dead upon the field of glory, Hero fit for song and story.

Once we love, we are vulnerable: there is no such things as loving while being ready to consider whether to love, just like that. And the loves that may hurt the least are not the best loves. When we love we accept the dangers of injury and loss.

Why are you so nervous, aint you been with a cocksucker before?—thats what I am, pal and I aint ashamed of it.

And the first thing I did, why, I bought myself a flaming-red dress and higheeled sequined shoes and everyone thought I was Real, and Miss Thing said, 'Hurray, honey! youve done it—stick to it

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning, We will remember them. "Ode of Remembrance" Lawrence Binyon

Toral sucked down his last cigarette—a Faro, the slim-jim cheapos that were then the smoke of choice—and faced the firing squad still hollering "¡Viva Cristo Rey!" The term chupando Faros has since become Chilango slang for giving up the ghost.

If Fastnet 79 teaches us anything universal, it is that the best storm tactic often is unrelenting human resourcefulness, courage, and spirit.

All great and beautiful work has come of first gazing without shrinking into the darkness.

He who has truth at his heart need never fear the want of persuasion on his tongue.

She stood a little straighter, closed her eyes, and raised her arms in embrace of her final act. The she took a deep breath and dove, headfirst--face-first--into oblivion

We have spawned 'leadership' that does not lead, that panders to our whims rather than telling us the truth, that follows the crowd rather than challenging us, that weakens us rather than strengthening us," he wrote. "It is easy to go downhill, and we are now following that easy path. Pandering is not illegal, but it is immoral. It is doing the convenient when the right course demands inconvenience and courage.

Rosa Parks was a woman of strength, conviction, and morality. Her action on December 1 1955, to defy the law made her a leading figure in our nation's civil rights history.

I think the moments that are difficult for anybody are when you see what your life could be, if only you had the courage to take the steps needed.

My men, yonder are the Hessians. They were bought for seven pounds and ten pence a man. Are you worth more? Prove it. Tonight, the American flag floats from yonder hill or Molly Stark sleeps a widow!

An unbelieved truth can hurt a man much more than a lie. It takes great courage to back truth unacceptable to our times. There's a punishment for it, and it's usually crucifixion.

Why can't they have gay people in the army? Personally, I think they are just afraid of a thousand guys with M16s going, "Who'd you call a faggot?"

Patrick Henry did not say, 'Give me absolutely safety or give me death.' America is supposed to be about freedom.

The one thing I've learned is that stuttering in public is never as bad as I fear it will be.

In this age, the man who dares to think for himself and to act independently does a service to his race

War is an ugly thing but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. A man who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing he cares about more than his personal safety; is a miserable creature who has no chance of being free, unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself.

Life has a certain flavor for those who have fought and risked all that the sheltered and protected can never experience.