Inspirational Quotes on Courage

“She did not cry long, however, for she was as brave as could be expected of a princess her age.”

“Letty's first false step was here: she said to herself _I can not_, and did not. She lacked courage--a want in her case not much to be wondered at, but much to be deplored, for courage of the true sort is just as needful to the character of a woman as of a man.”

“Goswell Street was at his feet, Goswell Street was on his right hand — as far as the eye could reach, Goswell Street extended on his left; and the opposite side of Goswell Street was over the way. ‘Such,’ thought Mr. Pickwick, ‘are the narrow views of those philosophers who, content with examining the things that lie before them, look not to the truths which are hidden beyond. As well might I be content to gaze on Goswell Street for ever, without one effort to penetrate to the hidden countries which on every side surround it.”

“Where courage is not, no other virtue can survive except by accident.”

“When men sought to make Him a king He fled; now that they seek to put Him to death He goes out to meet them.”

“Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live, taking the form of a readiness to die.”

“The principal act of courage is to endure and withstand dangers doggedly rather than to attack them.”

“The word 'heresy' not only means no longer being wrong; it practically means being clear-headed and courageous. The word 'orthodoxy' not only no longer means being right; it practically means being wrong. All this can mean one thing, and one thing only. It means that people care less for whether they are philosophically right. For obviously a man ought to confess himself crazy before he confesses himself heretical.”

“The paradox of courage is that a man must be a little careless of his life even in order to keep it.”

“Despair gives courage to a coward.”

“Courage he acquires by learning to fear the still more dreadful.”

“Throw the troops into a position from which there is no escape and even when faced with death they will not flee. For if prepared to die, what can they not achieve? Then officers and men together put forth their utmost efforts. In a desperate situation they fear nothing; when there is no way out they stand firm. Deep in a hostile land they are bound together, and there, where there is no alternative, they will engage the enemy in hand to hand combat. Thus, such troops need no encouragement to be vigilant. Without extorting their support the general obtains it; without inviting their affection he gains it; without demanding their trust he wins it.”

“There is plenty of courage among us for the abstract, but not for the concrete.”

“The more wit the less courage.”

“Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.”

“Honest and courageous people have very little to say about either their courage or their honesty.”

“We could be cowards, if we had courage enough.”

“Courage we shall need, and for the exercise of it we have as much reason as necessary, if we are soldiers of King Jesus.”

“Then let these useless streams be stayed; wear native courage in your face.”

“O take heed of this squint eye to our profit, pleasure, honour, or anything beneath Christ and heaven; for they will take away your heart - that is, our love, and if our love be taken away, there will be little courage left for Christ.”