Courage

"We fail! But screw your courage to the sticking-place, And we'll not fail."

"I dare do all that may become a man; Who dares do more is none."

"By how much unexpected, by so much We must awake endeavour for defence; For courage mounteth with occasion."

"Muster your wits: stand in your own defence; Or hide your heads like cowards, and fly hence."

"He hath borne himself beyond the promise of his age, doing, in the figure of a lamb, the feats of a lion."

"The thing of courage As rous'd with rage doth sympathise, And, with an accent tun'd in self-same key, Retorts to chiding fortune."

"Courage is never born with a person; time and circumstances inject it into a person and bring it forth from within."

"Whether you want to break free or connect, it's your choice. But with great courage, I locked my eyes with yours."

"Every great work, every big accomplishment, has been brought into manifestation through holding to the vision, and often just before the big achievement, comes apparent failure and discouragement."

"True courage scorns To vent her prowess in a storm of words; And, to the valiant, actions speak alone."

"Some paths aren't lost—they’re just waiting for someone brave enough to walk them."

"Mental clarity is the child of courage, not the other way around."

"Who stemm'd the torrent of a downward age."

"Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear—not absence of fear. Except a creature be part coward it is not a compliment to say it is brave; it is merely a loose application of the word. Consider the flea! — incomparably the bravest of all the creatures of God, if ignorance of fear were courage."

"Real courage, however, is shown by those who don’t merely follow the trend or status quo, but who stand up for that which is right and truly just — and don’t kneel."

"Courage is a moral quality; it is not a chance gift of nature like an aptitude for games. It is a cold choice between two alternatives, the fixed resolve not to quit; an act of renunciation which must be made not once but many times by the power of the will."

"Such is the essence of valor: an unthinking moment, a spark along the spinal nerves, predetermined by the sum total of everything you have ever done, wished to do or not to do, and wish you had done, or hadn't, and then comes the pain."

"The schoolboy, with his satchel in his hand, Whistling aloud to bear his courage up."

"One who never turned his back but marched breast forward, Never doubted clouds would break, Never dreamed, though right were worsted, wrong would triumph, Held we fall to rise, are baffled to flight better, Sleep to wake."

"We are not downhearted, but we cannot understand what is happening to our neighbours."

"A man of courage is also full of faith."

"The charm of the best courages is that they are inventions, inspirations, flashes of genius."

"Courage, the highest gift, that scorns to bend To mean devices for a sordid end. Courage—an independent spark from Heaven's bright throne, By which the soul stands raised, triumphant high, alone. Great in itself, not praises of the crowd, Above all vice, it stoops not to be proud. Courage, the mighty attribute of powers above, By which those great in war, are great in love. The spring of all brave acts is seated here, As falsehoods draw their sordid birth from fear."

"Stop shallow water still running, it will rage; tread on a worm and it will turn."

"Few persons have courage enough to appear as good as they really are."

"Tender handed stroke a nettle, And it stings you for your pains; Grasp it like a man of mettle, And it soft as silks remains."

"O friends, be men, and let your hearts be strong, And let no warrior in the heat of fight Do what may bring him shame in others' eyes; For more of those who shrink from shame are safe Than fall in battle, while with those who flee Is neither glory nor reprieve from death."

"Justum et tenacem propositi virum Non civium ardor prava jubentium, Non vultus instantis tyranni, Mente quatit solida."

""Be bold!" first gate; "Be bold, be bold, and evermore be bold," second gate; "Be not too bold!" third gate."

"On ne peut répondre de son courage quand on n'a jamais été dans le péril."

"Write on your doors the saying wise and old, "Be bold! be bold!" and everywhere—"Be bold; Be not too bold!" Yet better the excess Than the defect; better the more than less; Better like Hector in the field to die, Than like a perfumed Paris turn and fly."

"What! shall one monk, scarce known beyond his cell, Front Rome's far-reaching bolts, and scorn her frown? Brave Luther answered, "Yes"; that thunder's swell Rocked Europe, and discharmed the triple crown."

"Be of good cheer: it is I; be not afraid."

"I argue not Against Heaven's hand or will, nor bate a jot Of heart or hope; but still bear up and steer Right onward."

"Animus tamen omnia vincit. Ille etiam vires corpus habere facit."

"Pluma haud interest, patronus an cliens probior sit Homini, cui nulla in pectore est audacia."

"Bonus animus in mala re, dimidium est mali."

"Non solum taurus ferit uncis cornibus hostem, Verum etiam instanti læsa repugnat ovis."

"Cowards may fear to die; but courage stout, Rather than live in snuff, will be put out."

"C'est dans les grands dangers qu'on voit les grands courages."

"Be of good courage, and if you are discouraged be encouraged in the presence of the different forms of nature."

"Christianity offers reasons for not fearing death or the universe, and in so doing it fails to teach adequately the virtue of courage. The craving for religious faith being largely an outcome of fear, the advocates of faith tend to think that certain kinds of fear are not to be deprecated. In this, to my mind, they are gravely mistaken. To allow oneself to entertain pleasant beliefs as a means of avoiding fear is not to live in the best way. In so far as religion makes its appeal to fear, it is lowering to human dignity."

"Virtus in astra tendit, in mortem timor."

"Fortuna opes auferre, non animum potest."

"Ei di virilità grave e maturo, Mostra in fresco vigor chiome canute."

"Quod sors feret feremus æquo animo."

"Be courageous. Be independent. Only remember where the true courage and independence come from."

"This is the way to cultivate courage: First, by standing firm on some conscientious principle, some law of duty. Next, by being faithful to truth and right on small occasions and common events. Third, by trusting in God for help and power."

"Conscience in the soul is the root of all true courage. If a man would be brave, let him learn to obey his conscience."

"A Christian builds his fortitude on a better foundation than stoicism; he is pleased with every thing that happens, because he knows it could not happen unless it first pleased God, and that which pleases Him must be best."