Quotes about Courage
He who despairs is wrong.
— Victor Hugo
Curiosity is one of the forms of feminine bravery.
— Victor Hugo
I would rather be the head of a fly than the tail of a lion.
— Victor Hugo
Have courage for the great sorrows of life, and patience for the small ones. And when you have finished your daily task, go to sleep in peace. God is awake.
— Victor Hugo
To attempt, to brave, to persist, and persevere, to be faithful to one's self, to wrestle with destiny, to astound the catastrophe by the slight fear which is causes us, now to confront unjust power, again to insult intoxicated victory, to hold firm and withstand -- such is the example which nations need and the light which electrifies them.
— Victor Hugo
He had the confidence of a man who had never been wounded.
— Victor Hugo
What have we to fear, we who believe?
— Victor Hugo
Memories are our strength. When night attempts to return, we must light up the great dates, as we would light torches.
— Victor Hugo
A torch-flame resembles the wisdom of cowards: it gives a poor light because it trembles.
— Victor Hugo
To dare; that is the price of progress.
— Victor Hugo
And these things took place, and the kings resumed their thrones, and the master of Europe was put in a cage, and the old régime became the new régime, and all the shadows and all the light of the earth changed place, because, on the afternoon of a certain summer's day, a shepherd said to a Prussian in the forest, "Go this way, and not that!
— Victor Hugo
Supreme resources spring from extreme resolutions. To embark in death is sometimes the means of escaping a shipwreck; and the lid of the coffin becomes a plank of safety.
— Victor Hugo