Quotes about Courage
You should read history and look at ostracism, persecution, martyrdom, and that kind of thing. They always happen to the best men, you know.
— George Eliot
He who loves is not ashamed before men of what he does for God, neither does he hide it through shame though the whole world should condemn it.
— John of the Cross
If one fears men much he will never do anything great for God: all that one does for God arouses persecution.
— Ignatius of Loyola
Be as bold as the first man or [woman] to eat an oyster.
— Shirley Chisholm
To be able to lead others, a man must be willing to go forward alone.
— Harry S. Truman
No man [or woman] is free until he learns to do his own thinking and gains the courage to act on his own personal initiative.
— Napoleon Hill
The poet's voice need not merely be the record of man, it can be one of the props, the pillars to help him endure and prevail.
— William Faulkner
Every man is a warrior inside. But the choice to fight is his own.
— John Eldredge
Dishonor waits on perfidy. A man should blush to think a falsehood; it is the crime of cowards.
— Samuel Johnson
As such, I also bear witness to the unexpected extent to which man is capable of defying and braving even the worst conditions conceivable.
— Viktor E. Frankl
Oh my brethren, Bold hearted men are always called mean-spirited by cowards!
— Charles Spurgeon
He who kneels before God, can stand before any man.
— Ezra Taft Benson