Quotes About Courage

The way to procure insults is to submit to them. A man meets with no more respect than he exacts.

You will never face an evil you have not the strength to master.

Fear is a numbing thing when there is no recourse to hope or escape...

Captain Hale, alone, without sympathy or support, save that from above, on the near approach of death asked for a clergyman to attend him. It was refused. He then requested a Bible that too was refused by his inhuman jailer.

Heroes to me are guys that sit in libraries. They absorb knowledge and then the risks they take are calculated on the basis of the courage it took to become replete with knowledge.

Who would be a more suitable leader of a city or more worthy to rule over people than a philosopher? It is appropriate for him (if he really is a philosopher) to be wise, self-controlled, magnanimous, a judge of just and proper things, able to accomplish what he sets out to do, and able to endure pain. In addition to these things, he should be bold, fearless, able to face things that seem terrible, and also a benefactor, honest, and humane.

Alice's message for today—in Wonderland and the world at large—is that young women can do anything they like.

John Stuart Mill, the British philosopher, said, "War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. A man who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself.

American soldiers were dying in frigid Korea. One of our greatest generals told us that the president and his team were not trying to win. And some strident voices were saying that that was because they didn't want to win

Simply put, war restores in man the belief that there are some things worth fighting and dying for; things like love, liberty, and faith.

Tis a lesson you should heed, Try, try again; If at first you don't succeed, Try, try again; Then your courage should appear, For, if you will persevere, You will conquer, never fear; Try, try again.

War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. A man who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself.

the best fishing is done in the most stormy waters.

Royal Adventurers into Africa

There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured with what is right in America.

That you may retain your self-respect, it is better to displease the people by doing what you know is right, than to temporarily please them by doing what you know is wrong.

You cannot build character and courage by destroying men's initiative and independence.

To change one's life: Start immediately. Do it flamboyantly. No exceptions.

To change ones life: Start immediately. Do it flamboyantly.

It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live at all. And often enough our faith beforehand in an uncertified result is the only thing that makes the result come true.

Great emergencies and crises show us how much greater our vital resources are than we had supposed.

To change one's life: 1. Start immediately. 2. Do it flamboyantly. 3. No exceptions.

Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact.

The way to develop self-confidence is to do the thing you fear.