Quotes about Courage
The unknown is what it is. And to be frightened of it is what sends everybody scurrying around chasing dreams, illusions, wars, peace, love, hate, all that.... Accept that it's unknown, and it's plain sailing.
— John Lennon
He who forecasts all perils will never sail the sea.
— Anonymous
Not once or twice in our rough island story, The path of duty was the way to glory.
— Alfred Lord Tennyson
The English nation is never so great as in adversity.
— Benjamin Disraeli
All that is necessary is to accept the impossible, do without the indispensable, and bear the intolerable.
— Kathleen Norris
To a brave man, good and bad luck are like his right and left hand. He uses both.
— Catherine of Siena
To have courage for whatever comes in life - everything lies in that.
— Teresa of Avila
It is defeat that turns bone to flint; it is defeat that turns gristle to muscle; it is defeat that makes men invincible. Do not then be afraid of defeat. You are never so near to victory as when defeated in a good cause.
— Henry Ward Beecher
Faith is necessary to victory.
— William Hazlitt
Here I stand. I can do no otherwise. God help me. Amen.
— Martin Luther
We are very near to greatness: one step and we are safe; can we not take the leap?
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
I myself must mix with action, lest I wither by despair.
— Alfred Lord Tennyson