Quotes About Courage

If we still advise we shall never do.

Wisdom, prudence, forethought, these are essential. But not second to these that noble courage which adventures the right, and leaves the consequences to God.

He was bolder in the daylight-most men are.

Beware of those who would use violence, too often it is violence they want and neither truth nor freedom.

In action a great heart is the chief qualification. In work, a great head.

Courage is more important than to be deceived by shallow victory waiting for a delayed defeat.

When in doubt, choose to live.

The hardest thing over the years has been having the courage to go against the dominant wisdom of the time, to have a view that is at variance with the present consensus and bet that view.

And I honor the man who is willing to sink half his present repute for the freedom to think, and, when he has thought, be his cause strong or weak, Will risk t' other half for the freedom to speak.

He who fears he will suffer, already suffers from his fear.

What the individual can do is to give a fine example, and to have the courage to uphold ethical values .. in a society of cynics.

It is courage the world needs, not infallibility...courage is always the surest wisdom.

Don't duck the most difficult problems. That just ensures that the hardest part will be left when you are most tired. Get the big one done - it's downhill from then on.

Even when you have doubts, take that step. Take chances. Mistakes are never a failure - they can be turned into wisdom.

Peace is a fragile thing. It takes courage to secure it. It takes wisdom to maintain it.

Half a man's wisdom goes with his courage.

The heart is the path to wisdom because it dares to be vulnerable in the presence of power

A man can't ride your back unless it's bent.

The elderly have weathered enough squalls to know that this one, too, shall pass. They own the courage to be original; they've learned to hold their own values above the conventional wisdom.

He who runs away from a fearful calamity, a foreign invasion, a terrible famine, and the companionship of wicked men is safe.

May God give you - and me- the courage, the wisdom, the strength always to hold the kingdom of God as the number one priority of our lives. To do so is to live in simplicity.

There was a point that I stopped crying. It's not just because I didn't feel pain anymore, not because I didn't feel sorrow. It was just to keep going. I mean, it just was to survive, to live.

Generosity, pleasing address, courage and propriety of conduct are not acquired, but are inbred qualities.

You'd be surprised how easy some things can be, things you never thought you'd do, when you take self-respect out of the equation.