Courage Quotes - page 14

True courage scorns To vent her prowess in a storm of words; And, to the valiant, actions speak alone. (Tobias Smollett)
Those who want to burn books are either afraid of the ideas contained within the covers or they haven't the courage to stand up for the views which they themselves profess to hold. View quote
Tommy Douglas
There is only one art, whose sole criterion is the power, the authenticity, the revelatory insight, the courage and suggestiveness with which it seeks its truth. . . . View quote
Václav Havel
There is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others. My courage always rises at every attempt to intimidate me. View quote
Jane Austen
The wages of courage is death, lad, but it's the wages of everything else, too. View quote
Tim Powers
Oh courage...oh yes! If only one had that...Then life might be livable, in spite of everything. View quote
Henrik Ibsen
Once you have courage to look upon evil, seeing it for what it is and naming it by its true name, it is powerless against you, and you can destroy it. View quote
Lloyd Alexander
Fearlessness may be a gift but perhaps more precious is the courage acquired through endeavour, courage that comes from cultivating the habit of refusing to let fear dictate one's actions, courage that could be described as "grace under pressure" - grace which is renewed repeatedly in the face of harsh, unremitting pressure. View quote
Aung San Suu Kyi
He who whets his steel, whets his courage. View quote
Steven Pressfield
The memory came faint and cold of the story I might have told, a story in the likeness of my life, I mean without the courage to end or the strength to go on. View quote
Samuel Beckett
Spend the years of learning squandering Courage for the years of wandering Through a world politely turning From the loutishness of learning. (Samuel Beckett)
Nature loves courage. You make the commitment and nature will respond to that commitment by removing impossible obstacles. Dream the impossible dream and the world will not grind you under, it will lift you up. This is the trick. This is what all these teachers and philosophers who really counted, who really touched the alchemical gold, this is what they understood. This is the shamanic dance in the waterfall. This is how magic is done. By hurling yourself into the abyss and discovering its a feather bed. View quote
Terence McKenna
One is happy as a result of one's own efforts once one knows the necessary ingredients of happiness simple tastes, a certain degree of courage, self denial to a point, love of work, and above all, a clear conscience. View quote
George Sand
We differ, blind and seeing, one from another, not in our senses, but in the use we make of them, in the imagination and courage with which we seek wisdom beyond all senses. View quote
Helen Keller
Like a fellow running from or toward a gun ain't got time to worry whether the word for what he is doing is courage or cowardice. View quote
William Faulkner
The writer is delegated to declare and to celebrate man's proven capacity for greatness of heart and spirit-for gallantry in defeat, for courage, compassion and love. In the endless war against weakness and despair, these are the bright rally flags of hope and of emulation. I hold that a writer who does not believe in the perfectibility of man has no dedication nor any membership in literature. View quote
John Steinbeck
Why should I blame her that she filled my days With misery, or that she would of late Have taught to ignorant men most violent ways, Or hurled the little streets upon the great, Had they but courage equal to desire? What could have made her peaceful with a mind That nobleness made simple as a fire, With beauty like a tightened bow, a kind That is not natural in an age like this, Being high and solitary and most stern? Why, what could she have done, being what she is? Was there another Troy for her to burn? View quote
William Butler Yeats
Courage is the highest quality for a soldier, but technology is a fine substitute. View quote
David Mitchell (author)
I sit beside my lonely fire And pray for wisdom yet: For calmness to remember Or courage to forget. View quote
Charles Hamilton Aide
Those afraid of the universe as it really is, those who pretend to nonexistent knowledge and envision a Cosmos centered on human beings will prefer the fleeting comforts of superstition. They avoid rather than confront the world. But those with the courage to explore the weave and structure of the Cosmos, even where it differs profoundly from their wishes and prejudices, will penetrate its deepest mysteries. View quote
Carl Sagan
If we long for our planet to be important, there is something we can do about it. We make our world significant by the courage of our questions and by the depth of our answers. (Carl Sagan)
Fear and love do not go together. Fear is constricting, self-centered and self-conscious, whereas love is expansive, selfless and directed towards service. To become effective spiritual warriors, we must learn to cultivate genuine love, courage, and compassion and come to depend on our inner faculties rather than externals. This allows us to understand our own true nature more deeply, and to behave more like the children and servants of God that we are. Then, firmly established in a higher state of consciousness, we can serve others-and the world-from the deepest, most aware and loving aspect of ourselves during these challenging times. View quote
Bhakti Tirtha Swami
It is the part of cowardice, not of courage, to go and crouch in a hole under a massive tomb, to avoid the blows of fortune. View quote
Michel de Montaigne
But the prize for courage will surely be awarded most justly to those who best know the difference between hardship and pleasure and yet are never tempted to shrink from danger. View quote
Thucydides
You don't develop courage by being happy in your relationships everyday. You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity. View quote
Epicurus