“The courage we desire and prize is not the courage to die decently, but to live manfully.”
“Courage is rightly considered the foremost of the virtues, for upon it, all others depend.”
“More firm and sure the hand of courage strikes, when it obeys the watchful eye of caution.”
“To love someone deeply gives you strength. Being loved by someone deeply gives you courage.”
“I'm very brave generally, he went on in a low voice: only today I happen to have a headache.”
“Courage consists not in hazarding without fear; but being resolutely minded in a just cause.”
“A lot of people do not muster the courage to live their dreams because they are afraid to die.”
“Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees all others.”
“The bravest thing you can do when you are not brave is to profess courage and act accordingly.”
“He that would be superior to external influences must first become superior to his own passions.”
“Conscience is the root of all true courage; if a man would be brave let him obey his conscience.”
“It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world, and moral courage so rare.”
“I am convinced that one of the biggest factors in success is the courage to undertake something.”
“Courage -- a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it.”
“The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances.”
“True courage is not the brutal force of vulgar heroes. Rather the firm resolve of virtue and reason.”
“Life only demands from you the strength that you possess. Only one feat is possible; not to run away.”
“I never thought much of the courage of a lion tamer. Inside the cage he is at least safe from people.”
“There is nothing in the world so much admired as a man who knows how to bear unhappiness with courage.”
“Perfect courage is to do without witnesses what one would be capable of doing with the world looking on.”
“Brave men are all vertebrates; they have their softness on the surface and their toughness in the middle.”
“He who loses wealth loses much; he who loses a friend loses more; but he that loses his courage loses all.”
“Keep courage. Whatever you do, do not feel sorry for yourself. You will win in a great age of opportunity.”
“The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair though fear alone.”
“Here is the answer which I will give to President Roosevelt. Give us the tools, and we will finish the job.”
“A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person afterwards.”
“The test of tolerance comes when we are in a majority; the test of courage comes when we are in a minority.”
“True bravery is shown by performing without witness what one might be capable of doing before all the world.”
“There is another side to chivalry. If it dispenses leniency, it may with equal justification invoke control.”
“All my life I knew that there was all the money you could want out there. All you have to do is go after it.”