The man who says he would give his last drop of blood for a lofty cause really means the first drop – no one but a fool would risk a hemorrhage.
Courage Quotes
But screw your courage to the sticking-place, And we’ll not fail. (Macbeth)
It is curious – curious that physical courage should be so common in the world, and moral courage so rare.
Courage atrophies from lack of use.
‘Tis not so deep as a well, nor so wide as a church-door; but ’tis enough,’twill serve. (Romeo and Juliet)
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear – not absence of fear.
There’s a fine line between courage and foolishness. Too bad it’s not a fence.
Cowards die many times before their deaths; The valiant never taste of death but once. (Julius Caesar)
Keeping your fears to yourself is a form of courage.
Screw up your courage! You’ve screwed up everything else.