Courage
733 quotes: 11 by Keith Craft, 722 from other voices.
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- Men of sterling character have the courage to speak the truth, even when it is unpopular.
- Mental clarity is the child of courage, not the other way around.Nassim Nicholas TalebSourced
- Moral courage arises from a sense of duty, and from a fear of offending Him who made us. It always acts in a uniform manner, and according to the dictates of right reason.
- Moral courage has rewards that timidity can never imagine.
- Moral courage: the courage of one's convictions; the courage to see a thing through.
- Most of us have far more courage than we ever dreamed we possessed.
- Most people tiptoe their way through life, hoping they make it safely to death.
- Most terrors are but spectral illusions. Only have the courage of the man who could walk up to his spectre seated in the chair before him, and sit down upon it; the horrid thing will not partake the chair with you.
- Move towards what scares you.
- Neutral men are the devil's allies.
- Never be shaken, no matter what happens or what others may say. Never be flustered; never lose confidence. This is the way we should strive to live our lives. Being able to do so is a sign of genuine character.
- Never bend your head. Hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.
- Never give in--never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.
- Never ignore an important truth merely because of the amount of work it would take to accept it.
- Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game.
- Never mind the odds against you. If you doubled your effort, what would the odds against you do — send for reinforcements?
- Next to trying and winning, the best thing is trying and failing.
- No amount of honesty will avail if he is not also brave and wise.
- 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.
- No Man may hope Return from all he sows. Forbear not Planting Corn for Fear of Crows.
- No man that lives can satisfy everybody. The recipe for perfect peace is, do nothing, say nothing, be nothing.
- No noble thing can be done without risks.
- No one ever did anything worth while in this world, that he was not criticised by somebody.John WanamakerSourced
- No one should be discouraged, Theaetetus, who can make constant progress, even though it be slow.PlatoSourced
- No passion so effectually robs the mind of all its powers of acting and reasoning as fear.
- No scar is dishonorable which is a mark of our courage.
- No worse wrong can be done by a man to his children than to teach them to go through life endeavoring to shirk difficulties instead of meeting them and overcoming them.
- Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could only do a little.
- Not caring about what others think of you is the ultimate form of freedom. No amount of money or status can get you that freedom. It costs $0 and lots of courage.
- Not everyone will understand your journey. That’s okay. You’re here to live your life, not to make everyone understand.
- Not trying is failure.
- Nothing happens to any man which he is not formed by nature to bear.
- Nothing is so much to be feared as fear.
- Nothing is too high for a man to reach, but he must climb with care and confidence.
- Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must be first overcome.
- Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside themselves was superior to circumstance.
- Of course to adhere to standards, to idealism, to vision in the face of immediate dangers takes great courage and takes self-confidence. But we also know that only those who dare to fail greatly, can ever achieve greatly.
- One and God make a majority.
- One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.
- One man with courage makes a majority.