Quotes About Courage

He who loses wealth loses much; he who loses a friend loses more; but he who loses his courage loses all.

True miracles are created by men when they use the courage and intelligence that God gave them.

Tender-handed stroke a nettle, and it stings you for your pains; Grasp it like a man of mettle, and it soft as silk remains.

Be content to stand in the light, and let the shadow fall where it will.

If one is willing to do a thing he is afraid to do, he does not have to ... face a situation fearlessly, and [if] there is no situation to face; it falls away of its own weight.

He who is afraid of every nettle should not piss in the grass.

Life is a battle in which we fall from wounds we receive in running away.

Whatever you are trying to avoid won't go away until you confront it.

Soldiers, strike the foe in the face!

Courage is a quietness, not martial music made Born of facing up to life, even when afraid.

It takes more courage to reveal insecurities than to hide them, more strength to relate to people than to dominate them, more "manhood" to abide by thought-out principles rather than blind reflex. Toughness is in the soul and spirit, not in muscles and an immature mind.

I have often though morality may perhaps consist solely in the courage of making a choice.

It isn't for the moment you are stuck that you need courage, but for the long uphill climb back to sanity and faith and security.

True courage is not the brutal force of vulgar heroes, but the firm resolve of virtue and reason.

Greatness, in the last analysis, is largely bravery-courage in escaping from old ideas and old standards.

The highest courage is not to be found in the instinctive acts of men who risk their lives to save a friend or slay a foe; the physical fearlessness of a moment or an hour is not to be compared with immolation of months or years for the sake of wisdom or art.

I have met brave women who are exploring the outer edge of human possibility, with no history to guide them, and with a courage to make themselves vulnerable that I find moving beyond words.

Valour is nobleness of the mind.

This is the art of courage: to see things as they are and still believe that the victory lies not with those who avoid the bad, but those who taste, in living awareness, every drop of the good.

Physical courage, which despises all danger, will make a man brave in one way; and moral courage, which despises all opinion, will make a man brave in another. The former would seem most necessary for the camp; the latter for the council; but to constitute a great man, both are necessary.

One of man's finest qualities is described by the simple word "guts"-the ability to take it. If you have the discipline to stand fast when your body wants to run, if you can control your temper and remain cheerful in the face of monotony or disappointment, you have "guts" in the soldiering sense.

Courage is more than standing for a firm conviction. It includes the risk of questioning that conviction.

The hallmark of courage in our age of conformity is the capacity to stand on one's convictions-not obstinately or defiantly (these are gestures of defensiveness, not courage) nor as a gesture of retaliation, but simply because these are what one believes.

The test of courage comes when we are in the minority.