Quotes About Courage

To move into the lead means making an act requiring fierceness and confidence," Roger Bannister once noted. "But fear must play some part … no relaxation is possible, and all discretion is thrown to the wind.

That kind of freewheeling self-invention is where big breakthroughs come from, as Vigil knew (and Columbus, the Beatles, and Bill Gates would happily agree).

Mike Hickman disappeared. In his place arose Micah True, a name inspired by "the courageous and fearless spirit" of the Old Testament prophet Micah and the loyalty of an old mutt called True Dog.

Heroes care. True heroism, as the ancients understood, isn't about strength, or boldness, or even courage. It's about compassion.

Until now, we would say that the Greeks fight like heroes. From now on, we will say that heroes fight like Greeks. —WINSTON CHURCHILL, 1941

Heroism isn't some mysterious inner virtue, the Greeks believed; it's a collection of skills that every man and woman can master so that in a pinch, they can become a Protector.

Well I believe in God, and the only thing that scares me is Keyser Söze.

The right response to the non-problem of global warming is to have the courage to do nothing.

Man is unconquerable because he can make even his helplessness so entertaining. His motto seems to be "Even though He slay me, yet will I make fun of Him!

The courage of the poet is to keep ajar the door that leads into madness.

How can you move faster than possible, fight longer than possible without the most powerful impulse of the spirit: the fear of death.

Keep in mind that many people have died for their beliefs; it's actually quite common. The real courage is in living and suffering for what you believe.

Ah, pay no heed if your enemies laugh. They'll not be able to once you lop off their heads.

I always say, better ask forgiveness than permission.

It's better to ask forgiveness than permission. - Brom

Into the sky to win or die.

There comes a time when you're losing a fight that it just doesn't make sense to keep on fighting. It's not that you're being a quitter, it's just that you've got the sense to know when enough is enough.

Having a little pee in your pants had to be better than being dinner for some redneck.

Just like when there's a time that a smart person knows enough is enough, there's a time when you know you've got to fight.

Christopher Paul Curtis

Where there is fear, there is power." When we look at what we are afraid of, we can unlock great resources of strength.

Bravery raises the moral and social conscience of a society.

Putnam argued that the concept of psychological bravery has not been properly recognized in ethics and asserted that the psychological bravery involved in facing fears generated by our own habits is essential to well-being.

True courage, in the face of almost certain death, is the rarest quality on earth.