Quotes About Courage

Resolution is our inherent character, and courage hath never yet forsaken us. Wherefore, what is it that we want? Why is it that we hesitate?

Thomas Paine

love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection.

Arms they had none, nor scarcely any who knew the use of them: but desperate resolution, when every hope is at stake, supplies, for a while, the want of arms. Near where the Prince de Lambesc was drawn up, were large piles of stones collected for building the new bridge, and with these the people attacked the cavalry. A party of the French guards, upon hearing the firing, rushed from their quarters and joined the people; and the night coming on, the cavalry retreated.

it be told to the future world, that in the depth of winter, when nothing but hope and virtue could survive, that the city and the country, alarmed at one common danger, came forth to meet and to repulse it. Say not that thousands are gone, turn out your tens of thousands; throw not the burden of the day upon Providence, but "show your faith by your works," that God may bless you.

These are the times that try men's souls: the summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country, but he that stands if now deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.

It is not in the power of Britain or of Europe to conquer America, if she do not conquer herself by DELAY and TIMIDITY.

The sun never shined on a cause of greater worth

Dukhoborcheskaya

though he may be cruel, never can be brave. But

The women sang the Ohgiwe and danced together as the grandmothers had, for the brave, and the unselfish, for the protectors.

he said. But he also

Voler est un acte de conquête où l'on défie les forces les plus puissantes et les plus fondamentales de la nature.

The real way to live a long life is not by being a frightened and cautious victim but by living boldly and accepting the idea of taking reasonable risks.

a guy called Vasili Arkhipov saved the world

The principles of living greatly include the capacity to face trouble with courage, disappointment with cheerfulness, and trial with humility.

Courage, not compromise, brings the smile of God's approval.

It took the madmen of yesterday for us to be able to act with extreme clarity today. I want to be one of those madmen. We must dare to invent the future.

You cannot carry out fundamental change without a certain amount of madness. In this case, it comes from nonconformity, the courage to turn your back on the old formulas, the courage to invent the future. Besides, it took the madmen of yesterday for us to be able to act with extreme clarity today. I want to be one of those madmen.

We must dare to invent the future.

Per ottenere un cambiamento radicale bisogna avere il coraggio d'inventare l'avvenire. Noi dobbiamo osare inventare l'avvenire.

Wir schwören, Leben, Ehre und Gerechtigkeit furchtlos zu verteidigen

It's amazing how much panic one honest man can spread among a multitude of hypocrites.

The proverb warns that, 'You should not bite the hand that feeds you.' But maybe you should, if it prevents you from feeding yourself.