Courage Quotes
Dans ce pays - Ci il est bon de tuer de temps en temps un amiral pour encourager les autres. In this country England it is thought well to kill an admiral from time to time to encourage the others. from Candide.Francois Marie Arouet Voltaire
It is easy enough to praise men for the courage of their convictions. I wish I could teach the sad young men of this mealy generation the courage of their confusion.John Anthony Ciardi
Suffering. We owe to it all that is good in us, all that gives value to life we owe to it pity, we owe to it courage, we owe to it all the virtues.Anatole France
All of our dreams can come true - - If we have the courage to pursue them.Walt Disney
Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence.Albert Einstein
Men make history, and not the other way around. In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still. Progress occurs when courageous, skillful leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better.Harry S Truman
Never discourage anyone... who continually makes progress, no matter how slow.Plato
Conscience is the root of all true courage; if a man would be brave let him obey his conscience.James F. Clarke
Every great work, every great accomplishment, has been brought into manifestation through holding to the vision, and often just before the big achievement, comes apparent failure and discouragement.Florence Scovel Shinn
Courage, it would seem, is nothing less than the power to overcome danger, misfortune, fear, injustice, while continuing to affirm inwardly that life with all its sorrows is good that everything is meaningful even if in a sense beyond our understanding and that there is always tomorrow.Dorothy Thompson
An intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius - - And a lot of courage - - To move in the opposite direction.Hoshang N. Akhta
Democracy encourages the majority to decide things about which the majority is ignorant.John Simon
To encourage literature and the arts is a duty which every good citizen owes to his country.George Washington
The secret of Happiness is Freedom, and the secret of Freedom, Courage.Thucydides
No one has yet computed how many imaginary triumphs are silently celebrated by people each year to keep up their courage.Athenus
The man who has strong opinions and always says what he thinks is courageous - And friendless.Author Unknown
To see what is right and not to do it, is want of courage.Confucius Analects
The last thing a woman will consent to discover in a man whom she loves, or on whom she simply depends, is want of courage.Joseph Conrad
We live by encouragement and die without it - - Slowly, sadly, angrily.Celeste Holm
Courage is the price that life extracts for granting peace. The soul that knows it not. knows no release from little things.Amelia Earhart Putnam
The future does not belong to those who are content with today, apathetic toward common problems and their fellow man alike, timid and fearful in the face of bold projects and new ideas. Rather, it will belong to those who can blend passion, reason and courage in a personal commitment to the ideals of American society.Robert Francis Kennedy
Courage may be taught as a child is taught to speak.Euripides
Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace. God is awake.Victor Hugo
The most essential factor is persistence - The determination never to allow your energy or enthusiasm to be dampened by the discouragement that must inevitably come.James Whitcomb Riley
Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear.Ambrose Redmoon
Those who are lifting the world upward and onward are those who encourage more than criticize.Elizabeth Harrison
Courage does not always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, I will try again tomorrow.Mary Anne Radmache
By courage I repel adversity.Anonymous
A man can be as great as he wants to be. If you believe in yourself and have the courage, the determination, the dedication, the competitive drive and if you are willing to sacrifice the little things in life and pay the price for the things that are worthwhile, it can be done.Vince Lombardi
The courage of life is often a less dramatic spectacle than the courage of a final moment but it is no less than a magnificent mixture of triumph and tragedy.John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Courage is a special kind of knowledge; the knowledge of how to fear what ought to be feared and how not to fear what ought not to be feared.David Ben - Gurion
Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. As a peacemaker the lawyer has superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough.Abraham Lincoln
The bravest thing you can do when you are not brave is to profess courage and act accordingly.Corra Harris
Seeds of faith are always within us; sometimes it takes a crisis to nourish and encourage their growth.Susan Taylo
When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth. It is stupidity rather than courage to refuse to recognize danger when it is close upon you.Conan Doyle
A man of courage flees forward in the midst of new things.Jacques Maritain
Courage is the price that Life exacts for granting peace.Amelia Earhart, Courage, 1927
