Quotes About Courage

I really wish I was less of a thinking man and more of a fool not afraid of rejection.

Great occasions do not make heroes or cowards; they simply unveil them to the eyes of men.

Why is it that, among men, physical courage is a trait so plenteous yet moral courage is a trait so rare?

Even in the inevitable moments when all seems hopeless, men know that without hope they cannot really live, and in agonizing desperation they cry for the bread of hope.

Liberty, as well as honor, man ought to preserve at the hazard of his life, for without it life is insupportable

Since the dawn of time man understands that suffering, faced with no fear, is his passport to freedom.

Brave men are brave from the very first. [Fr., Les hommes valeureux le sont au premier coup.]

To do an evil action is base; to do a good action without incurring danger is common enough; but it is the part of a good man to do great and noble deeds, though he risks every thing.

One man by delaying saved the state for us.

but the bravest man among us is afraid of himself

The whole earth is the brave man's country. [Lat., Omne solum forti patria est.]

Daring is not safe against daring men.

Like you do about Nelson Mandela, you can't help feeling the guy's a good man.

A hero is a man who is afraid to run away.

Defeat doesn't finish a man, quit does.

Do whatever you do intensely. The artist is the man who leaves the crowd and goes pioneering. With him there is an idea which is his life.

Being a president is like riding a tiger. A man has to keep on riding or he is swallowed.

How those holy men of old could storm the battlements above! When there was no way to look but up, they lifted up their eyes to God who made the hills, with unshakable confidence.

No man or woman born, coward or brave, can shun his destiny.

England expects every man to do his duty

No matter how brilliant a man may be, he will never engender confidence in his subordinates and associates if he lacks simple honesty and moral courage.

Rose: But now you know there was a man named Jack Dawson and that he saved me... in every way that a person can be saved

The Old Man ain't afraid of hell

There have been other tracks that separated the men from the boys. This is the track that will separate the brave from the weak after the boys are gone.