Quotes about Courage
Weak people want to marry strong people who do not frighten them too much; and this often leads them to make the mistake we describe metaphorically as "biting off more than they can chew.
— George Bernard Shaw
Do not think you can frighten me by telling me I am alone. France is alone, and God is alone; and what is my loneliness before the loneliness of my country and my God? -Joan
— George Bernard Shaw
Do not think you can frighten me by telling me I am alone. France is alone, and God is alone; and what is my loneliness before the loneliness of my country and my God? -Joan
— George Bernard Shaw
Tapferkeit wird dadurch nicht schlechter, dass sie ein wenig schwerfällt.
— George Bernard Shaw
People glorify all sorts of bravery except the bravery they might show on behalf of their nearest neighbors.
— George Eliot
A man falling into dark waters seeks a momentary footing even on sliding stones.
— George Eliot
While the heart beats, bruise it--it is your only opportunity
— George Eliot
I thought it was all over with me, and there was nothing to try for—only things to endure.
— George Eliot
It is a mere cowardice to seek safety in negations. No character becomes strong in that way. You will be thrown into the world some day and then every rational satisfaction your nature that you deny now will assault like a savage appetite.
— George Eliot
But if she can marry blood, beauty, and bravery—the sooner the better.
— George Eliot
Every man of courage is a man of his word.
— Pierre Corneille
If I were dying, my last words would be: Have faith and pursue the unknown end.
— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.