Quotes About Courage

He had proved himself on land. He had demonstrated there beyond all doubt his ability to pit his matchless tenacity against the elements—and win. But the sea is a different sort of enemy. Unlike the land, where courage and the simple will to endure can often see a man through, the struggle against the sea is an act of physical combat, and there is no escape. It is a battle against a tireless enemy in which man never actually wins; the most that he can hope for is not to be defeated.

Unlike the land, where courage and the simple will to endure can often see a man through, the struggle against the sea is an act of physical combat, and there is no escape. It is a battle against a tireless enemy in which man never actually wins; the most that he can hope for is not to be defeated.

Of all their enemies -- the cold, the ice, the sea -- he feared none more than demoralization.

Fortitudine vincimus—"By endurance we conquer.

For scientific leadership give me Scott; for swift and efficient travel, Amundsen; but when you are in a hopeless situation, when there seems no way out, get down on your knees and pray for Shackleton.

He makes no friend who never made a foe.

O iron nerve to true occasion true,O fall'n at length, that tower of strengthWhich stood four-square to all the winds that blew.

Into the jaws of death,Into the mouth of hellRode the six hundred.

My strength has the strength of ten because my heart is pure.

Our hoard is little, but our hearts are great.

Half a league, half a league,Half a league onward,All in the valley of deathRode the six hundred.

Cannon to right of them,Cannon to left of them,Cannon in front of themVolley'd and thunder'd.

Many-tower'd Camelot.

My strength is as the strength of ten, Because my heart is pure.

True courage is not the brutal force of vulgar heroes, but the firm resolve of virtue and reason.

Without adventure, civilization is in full decay.

There has to be this pioneer, the individual who has the courage, the ambition to overcome the obstacles that always develop when one tries to do something worthwhile, especially when it is new and different.

Fainthearted animals move about in herds. The lion walks alone in the desert. Let the poet always walk thus.

Lima lo obligaba a uno a andarse inventando trucos y aventuras para ocultar tanto miedo.

The situation called for a courage and calmness of reasoning that neither of us could compass, and I have never before seen so clearly conscious of two persons in me-the one that explained everything, and the other that laughed at such foolish explanations, yet was horribly afraid.

Hope thou not much, and fear thou not at all.

The person who obeys the unique God, will not fear the anger of the creatures of God.

When you get ill do not get nervous about it and try as much as possible to be hopeful.

embrase imperfection