Quotes about courage
courage awareness awareness-of-death
An awareness of death encourages us to live more intensely. Paulo Coelho
courage hurt fall
A fall from the third floor hurts as much as a fall from the hundredth. If I have to fall, may it be from a high place.
courage hurt husband
Playing the part of a charitable soul was only for those who were afraid of taking a stand in life. It is always far easier to have faith in your own goodness than to confront others and fight for your rights. It is always easier to hear an insult and not retaliate than have the courage to fight back against someone stronger than yourself; we can always say we're not hurt by the stones others throw at us, and it's only at night - when we're alone and our wife or our husband or our school friend is asleep - that we can silently grieve over our own cowardice.
courage people woods
...in all the woods and forests, God did not create a single leaf the same as any other... People go against nature because they lack the courage to be different.
courage inspiration adventure
Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience.
courage men dignity
There are few men who know how to go to their deaths with dignity, and often they are not those whom one would expect. Primo Levi
courage grief adversity
Grief has limits, whereas apprehension has none. For we grieve only for what we know has happened, but we fear all that possibly may happen. Pliny the Elder
courage men class
The agricultural population, says Cato, produces the bravest men, the most valiant soldiers, and a class of citizens the least given of all too evil designs.
courage men evil
To do an evil action is base; to do a good action without incurring danger is common enough; but it is the part of a good man to do great and noble deeds, though he risks every thing. Plutarch
courage challenges enemy
Distressed valor challenges great respect, even from an enemy.
courage causes
Courage consists not in hazarding without fear; but being resolutely minded in a just cause.
courage art famous-artist
One must from time to time attempt things that are beyond one's capacity. Pierre-Auguste Renoir
courage giving-up fighting
Only yield when you must, never "give up the ship," but fight on to the last "with a stiff upper lip! Phoebe Cary
courage independent independence
Be courageous. Be independent. Only remember where the true courage and independence come from. Phillips Brooks
courage trying stronger
It's not that I've suddenly become stronger or that something has changed. I'm still shaking. But... We don't have to let those fears stop us. What's most important is that we try to rise above our weakness. Natsuki Takaya
courage anxiety doubt
The courage to be is rooted in the God who appears when God has disappeared in the anxiety of doubt. Paul Tillich
courage vision prove
It takes visions and courage to create. It takes faith and courage to prove. Owen D. Young
courage men venture
Happy the man who ventures boldly to defend what he holds dear. Ovid
courage people fool
For when I fool the people I fear, I fool myself as well. Oscar Hammerstein II
courage heart walking-alone
Walk on, walk on with hope in your heart.
courage long wake-up
We need to wake up from a thought that lasts too long. Paul Valery
courage rocks slavery
If we have the courage and tenacity of our forebears, who stood firmly like a rock against the lash of slavery, we shall find a way to do for our day what they did for theirs. Mary McLeod Bethune
courage powerful unlimited-potential
We have a powerful potential in our youth, and we must have the courage to change old ideas and practices so that we may direct their power toward good ends.
courage morning alzheimers
Courage has become Raiders of the Lost Ark, or riding in spaceships, killing people, taking enormous physical risks. To me, the kind of courage that's really interesting is someone whose spouse has Alzheimer's and yet manages to wake up every morning and be cheerful with that person and respectful of that person and find things to enjoy even though their day is very, very difficult. That kind of courage is really undervalued in our culture. Mary Pipher
courage courageous habit
You become courageous by doing courageous acts...Courage is a habit. Mary Daly
courage children lovely
Courage: The lovely virtue-the rib of Himself that God sent down to His children. James M. Barrie
courage freedom mean
The bigger the information media, the less courage and freedom they follow. Bigness means weakness. Eric Sevareid
courage despair cowardice
Between cowardice and despair, valour is gendred. John Donne
courage revenge hate
All is not lost, the unconquerable will, and study of revenge, immortal hate, and the courage never to submit or yield. John Milton
courage classroom immersion
A total immersion in life offers the best classroom for learning to love. Leo Buscaglia
courage risk suffering
The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, is nothing, and becomes nothing. He may avoid suffering and sorrow, but he simply cannot learn, feel, change, grow or love. Chained by his certitude, he is a slave; he has forfeited his freedom. Only the person who risks is truly free.
courage bullying thinking
In fact, my courage and my bravery at a young age was the thing I was bullied for, a kind of 'Who do you think you are?' Lady Gaga
courage voice brave
I'm very brave generally,' he went on in a low voice: 'only today I happen to have a headache.' (Tweedledum) Lewis Carroll