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Quotes About Courage

There's plenty of intelligence in the world, but the courage to do things differently is in short supply.
~ Marilyn vos Savant
Scientific progress is measured in units of courage, not intelligence.
~ Paul Dirac
Dare to know! Have the courage to use your own intelligence!
~ Immanuel Kant
Given the same amount of intelligence, timidity will do a thousand times more damage than audacity
~ Carl von Clausewitz
Moral courage is more a rare commodity than bravery in a battle or great intelligence.
~ John F. Kennedy
Defense involves three things: courage, energy, intelligence.
~ Don Meyer
You can't come up against the world's most powerful intelligence agencies and not accept the risk.
~ Edward Snowden
I see fear as a sign of intelligence, of preservation.
~ Rickson Gracie
As long as we relate with our underlying primordial intelligence and as long as we push ourselves a little, by jumping into the middle of situations, then intelligence arises automatically.
~ Chogyam Trungpa
If a person is intelligent, then of course he is either an agnostic or an atheist. Just as he is a physical coward. They are automatic definitions of high intelligence.
~ John Fowles, The Magus
Intelligence is in constant process of forming, and its retention requires constant alertness in observing consequences, an open-minded will to learn, and courage in readjustment.
~ John Dewey
A CEO needs great intelligence and great courage. And I always found my courage was tested more.
~ Ben Horowitz
But perhaps he had enough animal strength and detached intelligence that he could make another start.
~ Ernest Hemingway
There is no lack of bravery in the ranks of our armed forces, but bureaucratic cowardice rules in our intelligence establishment (as well as at the higher levels of military command).
~ Ralph Peters
Behave like men, and not like witless sheep...
~ Dante Alighieri, Paradiso
I have only a second rate brain, but I think I have a capacity for action.
~ Theodore Roosevelt
You can't make the right decision, but you can always make the dicision right.
~ Thomas Murdock
Noble hearts are neither jealous nor afraid because jealousy spells doubt and fear spells pettiness.
~ Honore de Balzac
I wish to live without hate, whim, jealousy, envy, and fear. I wish to be simple, honest, frank, natural . . to face any obstacle and meet every difficulty unabashed and unafraid.
~ Elbert Hubbard
I think probably kindness is my number one attribute in a human being. I'll put it before any of the things like courage or bravery or generosity or anything else.
~ Roald Dahl
Goodness is about character - integrity, honesty, kindness, generosity, moral courage, and the like. More than anything else, it is about how we treat other people.
~ Dennis Prager
To me, the real marks of beauty in a woman are courage, character, kindness, and personality.
~ David Walker
Courage. Kindness. Friendship. Character. These are the qualities that define us as human beings, and propel us, on occasion, to greatness.
~ R.J. Palacio, Wonder
Don't let fear or insecurity stop you from trying new things. Believe in yourself. Do what you love. And most importantly, be kind to others, even if you don't like them.
~ Stacy London