To persevere, trusting in what hopes he has, is courage in a man. The coward despairs.
Courage Quotes
Tell a man he is brave, and you help him to become so.
Moral courage is more difficult than physical courage… I have been amazed that men who bravely faced death on the battlefield are later as senior officers cowed and unwilling to stand up for what is right or to point out what is wrong. There are times when you disagree and you have to speak out, […]
Courage is the capacity to conduct oneself with restraint in times of prosperity and with courage and tenacity when things do not go well.
The beauty of the soul shines out when a man bears with composure one heavy mischance after another, not because he does not feel them, but because he is a man of high and heroic temper.
The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances.
There is a certain blend of courage, integrity, character and principle, which has no satisfactory dictionary name but has been called different things at different times in different countries. Our American name for it is “guts.”
The brave man is not he who feels no fear, for that were stupid and irrational; But he, whose noble soul its fears subdues, and bravely dares the danger nature shrinks from.
Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.
I don’t know how I would have behaved in Germany under the Nazis if I had been a German. I don’t know – I can’t make guarantees there. I don’t think any of us can, as to our courage and so on. I don’t pretend to know. But there are situations in our own society […]
