Quotes About Courage

There is a time to take counsel of your fears, and there is a time to never listen to any fear.

Americans play to win at all times. I wouldn't give a hoot and hell for a man who lost and laughed. That's why Americans have never lost nor ever lose a war.

Don't be a fool and die for your country. Let the other sonofabitch die for his.

Better to fight for something than live for nothing.

Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men. It is the spirit of men who follow and of the man who leads that gains the victory.

When in doubt, ATTACK!

Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash.

Remember that the enemy is just as frightened as you are and probably more so. They are not supermen

The time to take counsel of your fears is before you make an important battle decision. That's the time to listen to every fear you can imagine! When you have collected all the facts and fears and made your decision, turn off all your fears and go ahead!

There is one great thing that you men will all be able to say after this war is over and you are home once again. ... You can look him straight in the eye and say, "Son your Granddaddy rode with the Great Third Army and a Son of a Goddamned Bitch named Georgie Patton.

I do not fear failure. I only fear the "slowing up" of the engine inside of me which is pounding, saying, "Keep going, someone must be on top, why not you?

It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather, we should thank God that such men lived.

Lead me, follow me, or get the hell out of my way.

Do your duty as you see it, and damn the consequences.

Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.

A man must know his destiny… if he does not recognize it, then he is lost. By this I mean, once, twice, or at the very most, three times, fate will reach out and tap a man on the shoulder… if he has the imagination, he will turn around and fate will point out to him what fork in the road he should take, if he has the guts, he will take it.

Accept the challenges so that you can feel the exhilaration of victory.

I don't fear failure. I only fear the slowing up of the engine inside of me which is saying, 'Keep going, someone must be on top, why not you?

A real man will never let his fear of death overpower his honor, his sense of duty to his country, and his innate manhood.

I am a Soldier, I fight where I am told, and I win where I fight.

Moral courage is the most valuable and usually the most absent characteristic in men

Coward: someone who in a bad situation thinks with his feet

Take not counsel of your fears

If we take the generally accepted definition of bravery as a quality which knows no fear, I have never seen a brave man. All men are frightened. The more intelligent they are, the more they are frightened.