Quotes on Courage

Never, never be afraid to do what's right, especially if the well-being of a person or animal is at stake. Society's punishments are small compared to the wounds we inflict on our soul when we look the other way.

Somehow, I can't believe that there are any heights that can't be scaled by a man by a man who knows the secret of making dreams come true. The special secret it seems to me is summarized in four C's. They are Curiosity, Courage, Confidence and Constancy. And the greatest of all is Confidence. When you believe in a thing, believe in it all the way, implicitly and unquestionably.

Life is a compromise of what your ego wants to do, what experience tells you to do, and what your nerves let you do.

Bravery is the capacity to perform properly even when scared half to death.

Living at risk is jumping off the cliff and building your wings on the way down.

Life only demands from you the strength that you possess. Only one feat is possible; not to run away.

Do you really think it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that there are terrible temptations which it requires strength, strength and courage to yield to.

Just as courage imperils life, fear protects it.

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.

It is easy to be brave from a safe distance.

Courage is found in unlikely places.

Never look back unless you are planning to go that way.

What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us.

We've begun to raise daughters more like sons... but few have the courage to raise our sons more like our daughters.

A great deal of talent is lost to the world for the want of a little courage. Every day sends to their graves a number of obscure men who have only remained obscure because their timidity has prevented them from making a first effort; and who, if they could only have been induced to begin, would in all probability have gone great lengths in the career of fame.

History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats.

A moral coward is one who is afraid to do what he thinks is right because others will disapprove or laugh. Remember that all men have their fears, but those who face their fears with dignity have courage as well.

A man of great common sense and good taste - meaning thereby a man without originality or moral courage.

Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once.

Coward: One who, in a perilous emergency, thinks with his legs.

Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right.