Courage Quotes

Never be discouraged. If I were sunk in the lowest pits of Nova Scotia, with the Rocky Mountains piled on me, I would hang on, exercise faith, and keep up good courage, and I would come out on top.

Joseph Smith, Jr.

But courage which goes against military expediency is stupidity, or, if it is insisted upon by a commander, irresponsibility.

Erwin Rommel

There are two types of courage involved with what I did. When it comes to picking up a rifle, millions of people are capable of doing that, as we see in Iraq or Vietnam. But when it comes to risking their careers, or risking being invited to lunch by the establishment, it turns out that's remarkably rare.

Daniel Ellsberg

Courage can't see around corners but goes around them anyway.

Mignon McLaughlin

A man of courage never needs weapons, but he may need bail.

Lewis Mumford

Religion in its humility restores man to his only dignity, the courage to live by grace.

George Santayana

These rules may seem simple enough, but it will require great morale and physical courage to adhere to them. But if carried out in the strict sense of the word it will surely lead to a greater success than could otherwise be attained.

Major Taylor

On sensitive issues, talk isn't cheap - it takes real courage to pry open topics nailed shut.

Marvin Olasky

If you could get up the courage to begin, you have the courage to succeed.

David Viscott

I went through a long period where I was afraid of doing things I wanted to do, and you get your courage back, which is what's important.

George Michael

Today we affirm a new commitment to live out our nation's promise through civility, courage, compassion and character.

George W. Bush

We simply do not understand our place in the universe and have not the courage to admit it.

Barry Lopez

I think that the romantic impulse is in all of us and that sometimes we live it for a short time, but it's not part of a sensible way of living. It's a heroic path and it generally ends dangerously. I treasure it in the sense that I believe it's a path of great courage. It can also be the path of the foolhardy and the compulsive.

Jane Campion

The opposite for courage is not cowardice, it is conformity. Even a dead fish can go with the flow.

Jim Hightower

Being gifted needs courage.

Georg Brandes

The strangest, most generous, and proudest of all virtues is true courage.

Michel de Montaigne

Those who lack the courage will always find a philosophy to justify it.

Albert Camus

Well, number one I like dancing. Number two I knew it would be challenging because I had never done this type of dance before. I always wanted to and I happened to have the courage to go out there and give it my best shot.

Evander Holyfield

There is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others. My courage always rises at every attempt to intimidate me.

Jane Austen

The test of courage comes when we are in the minority. The test of tolerance comes when we are in the majority.

Ralph W. Sockman