Courage Quotes - page 18

My generation of radicals and breakers-down never found anything to take the place of the old virtues of work and courage and the old graces of courtesy and politeness. (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
Inuring children gently to suffer some degrees of pain without shrinking, is a way to gain firmness to their minds, and lay a foundation for courage and resolution in the future part of their lives. View quote
John Locke
You could attach prices to thoughts. Some cost a lot, some a little. And how does one pay for thoughts? The answer, I think, is: with courage. View quote
Ludwig Wittgenstein
Courage, not cleverness; not even inspiration, is the grain of mustard that grows up to be a great tree. View quote
Ludwig Wittgenstein
One might say: Genius is talent exercised with courage. View quote
Ludwig Wittgenstein
Genius is talent set on fire by courage. View quote
Henry van Dyke
Optimism is true moral courage. View quote
Ernest Shackleton
I sit there thinking about how much courage it takes to live an ordinary life. View quote
Colum McCann
The green beret' is again becoming a symbol of excellence, a badge of courage, a mark of distinction in the fight for freedom. I know the United States Army will live up to its reputation for imagination, resourcefulness, and spirit as we meet this challenge. View quote
John F. Kennedy
The true democracy, living and growing and inspiring, puts its faith in the people - faith that the people will not simply elect men who will represent their views ably and faithfully, but will also elect men who will exercise their conscientious judgment - faith that the people will not condemn those whose devotion to principle leads them to unpopular courses, but will reward courage, respect honor, and ultimately recognize right. View quote
John F. Kennedy
...what really counts is not the immediate act of courage or of valor, but those who bear the struggle day in and day out - not the sunshine patriots but those who are willing to stand for a long period of time. (John F. Kennedy)
Now remember courage, go to the door,Open it and see whether coiled on the bedOr cringing by the wall, a savage beastMaybe with golden hair, with deep eyesLike a bearded spider on a sunlit floorWill snarl-and man can never be alone. View quote
Allen Tate
No arsenal or no weapon in the arsenals of the world is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women. View quote
Ronald Reagan
Courage is not the absence of fear but rather the judgement that something is more important than fear; The brave may not live forever but the cautious do not live at all. View quote
Meg Cabot
What I do know is that writing is the thing I am best at, and I don't have the stomach, the ability, the strength or the courage to enter the political arena. And I think writing can be a political act, if only to let those people accountable know they are being watched. Literature can be a conscience. View quote
Miguel Syjuco
The terrorists didn't think that Yazidi girls would have the courage to tell the world every detail of what they did to us. We defy them by not letting their crimes go unanswered. View quote
Nadia Murad
As a young man, I felt a need to communicate with somebody or something, but it seemed in my own particular environment that that wasn't an option. On the other hand, I probably lacked the courage to do so, even if it was an option. View quote
Nick Tosches
I didn't care...about heroes who could read minds or walk through walls or do magic. The heroes I liked had courage and knew more real stuff than those who opposed them. View quote
Homer Hickam
There can be no failure to a man who has not lost his courage, his character, his self respect, or his self-confidence. He is still a King. View quote
Orison Swett Marden
There can be no great courage where there is no confidence or assurance, and half the battle is in the conviction that we can do what we undertake. View quote
Orison Swett Marden
It takes strength and courage to admit the truth. (Rick Riordan)
I love Joan Collins. She's a wonderful lady. She has such courage. She's such a good actress. View quote
Robert Wagner
Just thinking of your laughter gives me courage. . . View quote
Rosamund Lupton
I adore themes of hope and courage and the ways we find meaning through suffering. View quote
Ruta Sepetys
Of course we also live in a world of great beauty, sacrificial and passionate love, tenderness, prosperity, courage and joy. But quite a lot of all that seems to happen regardless of the paradigm and the high thoughts of philosophy. It has always happened. It is precisely because it has always happened that we go on wrestling with these issues in the hope that it can happen more often and for more people. View quote
Sara Maitland