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Quotes About Courage

The American's conviction that he must be able to look any man in the eye and tell him to go to hell is the very essence of the free man's way of life.
~ Walter Lippmann
Will the slave fight? If any man asks you, tell him No. But if anyone asks you will a Negro fight, tell him Yes!
~ Wendell Phillips
Difficulty attracts the characterful man, for it is by grasping it that he fulfils himself.
~ Charles de Gaulle
A man can well afford to be as bold as brass, my good fellow, when he gets gold in exchange!
~ Charles Dickens
What kind of man would live a life without daring? Is life so sweet that we should criticize men that seek adventure? Is there a better way to die?
~ Charles Lindbergh
Man is unconquerable because he can make even his helplessness so entertaining. His motto seems to be "Even though He slay me, yet will I make fun of Him!
~ Christopher Morley
I had grown tired of standing in the lean and lonely front line facing the greatest enemy that ever confronted man -- public opinion.
~ Clarence Darrow
They must be cool but determined...he threatened instant death to any man who showed cowardice.
~ David McCullough
We honor our heroic and patriotic dead by being true men, as true men by faithfully fighting the battles of our day as they fought the battles of their day.
~ David McMurtrie Gregg
A man who will not get scared on some occasions, lacks good sense.
~ E. W. Howe
When the world is storm-driven and bad things happen, then we need to know all the strong fortresses of the spirit which men have built through the ages.
~ Edith Hamilton
All I can hope to teach my son is to tell the truth and fear no man.
~ Edward R. Murrow
The man who knows it can't be done counts the risk, not the reward.
~ Elbert Hubbard
It is silly not to hope, besides I believe it is a sin." The Old Man and the Sea
~ Ernest Hemingway
The man who sticks it out against his fate shows spirit, but the spirit of a fool.
~ Euripides
The two basic stories of all times are Cinderella and Jack the Giant Killer-the charm of women and the courage of men.
~ F. Scott Fitzgerald
Vanity, shame, and above all disposition, often make men brave and women chaste.
~ Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Men are whipped oftenest who are whipped easiest.
~ Frederick Douglass
You're mine," she whispered. "Mine, as I'm yours. And if we die, we die. All men must die, Jon Snow. But first, we'll live.
~ George R. R. Martin
Many, who should know better, think that wars can be decided by soulless machines, rather than by the blood and anguish of brave men.
~ George S. Patton
Man is a fighting animal; his thoughts are his banners, and it is a failure of nerve in him if they are only thoughts.
~ George Santayana
Man must have just enough faith in himself to have adventures, and just enough doubt of himself to enjoy them.
~ Gilbert K. Chesterton
Real men don't dance to other people's tune, instead, they play for others to dance.
~ Michael Bassey Johnson
Free men are the strongest men.
~ Wendell Willkie