Quotes About Courage

Jesus promised His disciples three things—that they would be completely fearless, absurdly happy and in constant trouble.

Give me a hundred men who fear nothing but God, and who hate nothing but sin, and who know nothing but Jesus Christ and him crucified, and I will shake the world.

No course was open to me save to leap, with eyes self-bound, into the yawning abyss of the future.

Persecution produced its ordinary effect. The people courted martyrdom. They came from all parts to deride Zouloulou, whom nothing disconcerted - and to get their heads cut off. ("The Story of Prince Alasi and the Princess Firouzkah")

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Walking was her only hope. A slender hope, but all she had. So she put one foot in front of the other. And walked.

You cannot build character and courage by taking away a man's initiative and independence.

An adventure differs from a mere feat in that it is tied to the externally unattainable. Only one end of the rope is in the hand, the other is not visible, and neither prayers, nor daring, nor reason can shake it free.

Adventure must start with running away from home.

He (Cicero) made Catiline and his conspiracy actually simple; the man himself had the courage to sit in front of him and listen, and at the end, it seemed as if he had exposed Catiline even to himself.

Yet, feeling his way, starting by the passive opposition of small thefts, stealing sausage ends and crusts of bread when Signora Squeers was asleep, he (Casanova) progressed until he arrived at the thought " that it was ridiculous to be oppressed

They knew they were pilgrims.

All great and honorable actions are accompanied with great difficulties, and both must be enterprised and overcome with answerable courage.

Yet beginnings are also scary, for they require a new commitment.

fear of heights,

Send love to your fears

Any fool can fight a winning battle, but it needs character to fight a losing one, and that should inspire us; which reminds me that I dreamed the other night that I was being hanged, but was the life and soul of the party.

It takes more courage to examine the dark corners of your own soul than it does for a soldier to fight on a battlefield

William C. Davis

Christian faith is not (not always? not usually?) a call to caution and moderation.

They enter the new world naked,cold, uncertain of allsave that they enter.

It's a strange courage you give me ancient star: Shine alone in the sunrise toward which you lend no part!

Hold back the edges of your gown, Ladies, we are going through hell.

Wherin they shalle fynde many Ioyous and playsaunt hystoryes / and noble & renomed actes of humanyte / gentylnesse and chyualryes / For herein may be seen noble chyualrye / Curtosye / Humanyte / frendlynesse / hardynesse / loue / frendshyp / Cowardyse / Murdre / hate / vertue / and synne / Doo after the good and leue the euyl / and it shal brynge you to good fame and renommee / And for to passe the tyme thys boook shal be plesaunte to rede in /