Quotes About Courage

If I profess with the loudest voice and clearest exposition every portion of the truth of God except precisely that little point which the world and the devil are at that moment attacking, I am not confessing Christ, however boldly I may be professing him. Where the battle rages, there the loyalty of the soldier is proved, and to be steady on all the battlefield besides is mere flight and disgrace if he flinches at that point.

Because I was educated in the idea that fear or anxiety was something you didn't share with those nearest and dearest to you. As my dad used to tell me: Never let anyone know if you're about to shit in your pants.

I could hear him swallowing hard, trying not to cry. Why is it that we always try to be brave at moments when bravery is futile?

The soldier, above all other people, prays for peace, for he must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war.

In the central place of every heart there is a recording chamber. So long as it receives a message of beauty, hope, cheer, and courage — so long are you young. When the wires are all down and our heart is covered with the snow of pessimism and the ice of cynicism, then, and only then, are you grown old.

I see that the old flagpole still stands. Have your troops hoist the colors to its peak, and let no enemy ever haul them down.

I've looked that old scoundrel death in the eye many times but this time I think he has me on the ropes.

Last, but by no means least, courage -- moral courage, the courage of one's convictions, the courage to see things through. The world is in a constant conspiracy against the brave. It's the age-old struggle -- the roar of the crowd on one side and the voice of your conscience on the other.

Part of the American dream is to live long and die young. Only those Americans who are willing to die for their country are fit to live.

It is fatal to enter an war without the will to win it.

Give me ten thousand Filipino soldiers and I will conquer the world.

We are not retreating - we are advancing in another Direction

Build me a son, O Lord, who will be strong enough to know when he is weak, and brave enough to face himself when he is afraid, one who will be proud and unbending in honest defeat, and humble and gentle in victory.

Last, but by no means least, courage of one's convictions, the courage to see things through. The world is in a constant conspiracy against the brave. It's the age-old struggle_ the roar of the crowd on one side and the voice of your conscience on the other.

Douglas MacArthur

Americans never quit.

Douglas MacArthur

Courage is to feel the daily daggers of relentless steel and keep on living.

A true leader has the confidence to stand alone, the courage to make tough decisions, and the compassion to listen to the needs of others. He does not set out to be a leader, but becomes one by the equality of his actions and the integrity of his intent.

Bret Weinstein

Being guided by your own thoughts and abilities, living out there on the high wire and being rewarded for it: That was the Chicago way. Nothing else counted. If it were sensational enough, whether a scientific breakthrough, a rousing new style of music, or an underworld murder, it would be celebrated.

Our God is able to deliver us, but even if He does not, be it known, o king, that we will not consent to applaud the use of a man as though he were a woman.

Chesterton knew that loving and fighting go together. Loving something while being unwilling to fight for it would be better categorized as lust. And at the same time, a man who sees the world in wisdom knows that loving the world means that he must be willing to fight the world. Loving the world means fighting for the world, and loving the world also means fighting the world.

You were born of a woman, and so you come from a race of dragon-slayers. This does not mean you will succeed. It just means the thing is possible.