Quotes About Courage

Full bravely hast thou flesh'dThy maiden sword.

William Shakespeare

We ready are to try our fortunesTo the last man.

Who wears his wit in his belly, and his guts in his head.

For honor travels in a strait so narrowWhere one but goes abreast.

We that are in the vaward of our youth.

Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more;Or close the wall up with our English dead!In peace there's nothing so becomes a manAs modest stillness and humility:But when the blast of war blows in our ears,Then imitate the action of the tiger;Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood,Disguise fair nature with hard-favor'd rage;Then lend the eye a terrible aspect.

I know the disciplines of wars.

Be not afraid of greatness some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.

Cowards die a thousand deaths. The valiant taste of death but once.

For he today that sheds his blood with me shall be my brother tomorrow.

Lay on, Macduff, And damn'd be him that first cries, Hold, enough

Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more, Or close the wall up with our English dead In peace there's nothing so becomes a man As modest stillness and humility But when the blast of war blows in our ears, Then imitate the action of the tiger Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood.

Be not afraid of greatness. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and others have greatness thrust upon them.

Cowards die many times before their deaths; The valiant never taste of death but once. Of all the wonders that I yet have heard, It seems to me most strange that men should fear; Seeing that death, a necessary end, Will come when it will come.

What part of me was born with the courage to stand in front of strangers and risk rejection?

We'd thought we were making a TV show; instead, we had flown boldly into legend.

Don't be afraid of taking chances, of striking out along paths that are untrod. Don't be afraid of failing. Don't be afraid of making an ass of yourself. I do it all the time—and look what I got.

A ship in harbour is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.

Moral courage is higher and a rarer virtue than physical courage.

I love the recklessness of faith. First you leap, and then you grow wings.

The world is too dangerous for anything but truth and too small for anything but love.

It is terribly important to realize that the leap of faith is not so much a leap of thought as of action. For while in many matters it is first we must see then we will act; in matters of faith it is first we must do then we will know, first we will be and then we will see. One must, in short, dare to act wholeheartedly without absolute certainty.

i'm not always optimistic but i am always hopeful.