Quotes About Courage

Men who have lived significant lives are men who never waited: not for money, security, ease, or women.

We're not descended from fearful men - not from men who feared to write, to speak, to associate, and to defend causes that were, for the moment, unpopular.

Roosevelt's magic lay in one facet of his personality: He knew how to take the risk. No other man in public life I knew could so readily take the challenge of the new.

There is no better way to die, than to die in the midst of a battle, fighting to the very end......like a man.

The reason men don't know the law of life is because they're afraid to look Eternity in the face.

The man who knows when not to act is wise. To my mind bravery if forethought.

The man who has ceased to fear has ceased to care.

The bravest sight in all this world is a man fighting against odds.

A brave man hazards life, but not his conscience.

We don't want to fight, but by jingo if we do, We've got the ships, we've got the men, we've got the money too.

A man falling into dark waters seeks a momentary footing even on sliding stones.

Nothing you can lose by dying is half as precious as the readiness to die, which is man's charter of nobility.

Women fear endangering men's approval so much, we don't even wait for them to say no. Or else we protect them, even if it means saying no to ourselves.

The men and women of Afghanistan are building a nation that is free, and proud, and fighting terror - and America is honored to be their friend.

I am an ordinary sort of fellow, not braver than other people, but I hate to see a good man downed, and that long knife would not be the end of Scudder if I could play the game in his place.

War is one of the scourges with which it has pleased God to afflict men.

Men have a psychological need to show off their courage and strength. When he sees you talking to another guy, that instinct kicks in and he jumps to protect you and prove he's worthy of your love.

There is nothing that fear and hope does not permit men to do.

In those days spirits were brave, the stakes were high, men were real men, women were real women and small furry creatures from Alpha Centauri were real small furry creatures from Alpha Centauri.

Our brave men and women are fighting around the world and they deserve relief.

I jumped out of perfectly good airplanes and it's a great thrill, and it allows me to share in the dangers that the great men - our great men and women in uniform share in on a regular basis.

Great times call for great men.

Great men undertake great things because they are great; fools, because they think them easy.

In tragedy great men are more truly great than in history. We see them only in the crises which unfold them.