Quotes on Courage
The credit belongs to those who are actually in the arena, who strive valiantly; who know the great enthusiasm, the great devotions, and spend themselves in a worthy cause; who at the best, know the triumph of high achievement; and who, at the worst, if they fail, fail while daring greatly, so that their place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.
Theodore Roosevelt
A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.
John Quincy Adams
I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. ‘Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death.
Thomas Paine
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The hottest fires in hell are reserved for those who, in a time of great moral crisis, maintain their neutrality.
Dante Alighieri
You cannot build character and courage by taking away man's initiative and independence.
Abraham Lincoln
Courage is rightly considered the foremost of the virtues, for upon it all others depend.
Sir Winston Churchill
Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.
Sir Winston Churchill
Courage is a virtue only so far as it is directed to produce.
François Fénelon
The strongest, most generous and proudest of all virtues is courage.
Michel de Montaigne
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