quotations about courage
Courage is the price life exacts for granting peace.
AMELIA EARHART
attributed, Another Country
That man is not truly brave who is afraid either to seem or to be, when it suits him, a coward.
EDGAR ALLAN POE
"Marginalia"
It is easier to die bravely than to live so.
CHRISTIAN NESTELL BOVEE
Intuitions and Summaries of Thought
The secret of happiness is freedom, the secret of freedom is courage.
CARRIE JONES
Need
He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.
MUHAMMAD ALI
Woman's Day, Apr. 1, 2009
Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.
ANAÏS NIN
The Diary of Anaïs Nin
Courage is the only asset
That will conquer in the fight
If you have the will to mass it
On the lines of truth and right.
JACK CRAWFORD
"The Harvest"
The shortest route to courage is absolute ignorance.
DAN SIMMONS
Endymion
Courage is a terribly important value. It means you don't run away when things are tough. It means you don't turn away from a friend when he or she is in trouble. It means standing up against the majority opinion.... There's a lot of people who won't wear it on their sleeve, or display it through some heroic act. But courage is having the strength to do what's honorable and decent.
GEORGE H. W. BUSH
Academy of Achievement interview, Jun. 2, 1995
The more keenly we are awake to the perils of life, the higher and grander is the possibility of being truly brave.
HENRY VAN DYKE
"Courage,", Counsels by the Way
There is no living thing that is not afraid when it faces danger. The true courage is in facing danger when you are afraid.
L. FRANK BAUM
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Our hearts must have the courage
To keep on marching on and on
THE ALARM
"Declaration"
Once you have explored a fear, it becomes less terrifying. Part of courage comes from extending our knowledge.
BRIAN HERBERT & KEVEN J. ANDERSON
Dune: House Corrino
The courage with which we have met past dangers is often our best security in the present.
MADAME SWETCHINE
"Airelles,", The Writings of Madame Swetchine
Courage, like cowardice, is undoubtedly contagious, but some persons are not liable to catch it.
ARCHIBALD PRENTICE
Prenticeana
The difference between a mongrel and a thoroughbred, whether brute or man, is not in swiftness, beauty, or endurance, but in courage.
AUSTIN O'MALLEY
Keystones of Thought
It is easy to be brave at a safe distance.
AESOP
"The Wolf and the Kid,", Aesop's Fables
Courage is the ladder on which all other virtues mount.
CLARE BOOTHE LUCE
attributed, Women Know Everything!
The only kind of courage that matters is the kind that gets you from one moment to the next.
MIGNON MCLAUGHLIN
The Second Neurotic's Notebook
Courage is in the air in bracing whiffs
Better than all the stalemate an's and ifs.
ROBERT FROST
"For John F. Kennedy His Inauguration"