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Quotes About Courage

One man with courage makes a majority.
~ Andrew Jackson
Many women miss their greatest chance of happiness through a want of courage in a decisive moment.
~ Winifred Gordon
We must have the courage to be happy.
~ Henri Frederic Amiel
We must have courage to bet on our ideas, on the calculated risk, and to act. Everyday living requires courage if life is to be effective and bring happiness.
~ Maxwell Maltz
Faint heart never won fair lady.
~ Miguel de Cervantes
None but the brave deserve the fair.
~ John Dryden
The bravest are the tenderest. The loving are the daring.
~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The weapon of the brave is in his heart.
~ Anonymous
A bold heart is half the battle.
~ Anonymous
A man of courage never wants weapons.
~ Anonymous
A brave arm makes a short sword long.
~ Anonymous
Courage which goes against military expediency is stupidity, or, if it is insisted upon by a commander, irresponsibility.
~ Field Marshal Erwin Rommel
Where life is more terrible than death, it is the truest valor to dare to live.
~ Sir Thomas Browne
He who has the courage to laugh is almost as much the master of the world as he who is ready to die.
~ Giacomo Leopardi
Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.
~ Marcus Annaeus Seneca
No great thing conies to any man unless he has courage.
~ Cardinal James Gibbons
There are a lot of fellas with all the ability it takes to play in the major leagues, but... they always get stuck in the minor leagues because they haven't got the guts to make the climb.
~ Cookie Lavagetto
Everyone has a talent. What is rare is the courage to follow that talent to the dark place where it leads.
~ Erica Jong
The world is not perishing for the want of clever or talented or well-meaning men. It is perishing for the want of men of courage and resolution.
~ Robert J. McCracken
You can surmount the obstacles in your path if you are determined, courageous and hardworking. ... Do not fear to pioneer, to venture down new paths of endeavor.
~ Ralph J. Bunche
Prudence which degenerates into timidity is very seldom the path to safety.
~ Viscount Cecil
When you're my size in the pros, fear is a sign that you're not stupid.
~ Jerry Levias
Courage leads starward, fear toward death.
~ Marcus Annaeus Seneca
Courage is the ability to solve problems realistically in the presence of fear.
~ Stuart Walker