Quotes about Courage

Hearts were made for being broken. There's really no way around it if you want to be a human being.

It's the hardest thing in the world - to do what we want. And it takes the greatest kinds of courage.

Once we have a war there is only one thing to do. It must be won. For defeat brings worse things than any that can ever happen in war.

From Syria even to Rome I fight with wild beasts, by land and sea, by night and by day, being bound amidst ten leopards, even a company of soldiers, who only grow worse when they are kindly treated.

The British nation is unique in this respect. They are the only people who like to be told how bad things are, who like to be told the worst.

The Bible tells us that there are some things worth fighting for. In fact, the Bible says there's some things worth dying for.

Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, but only empties today of its strength.

I was born a cripple, with two club feet, and mild polio in the left leg. I was in orthopaedic boots right through to my teenage years and, unfortunately, the fashion then was for light shoes. I discovered very quickly that I had a sharp mind and an exceedingly sharp tongue.

It is better to be high-spirited even though one makes more mistakes, than to be narrow-minded and all too prudent.

If I feel like if there's a few too many people on that path with me, then I want to jump off and find another one.

As a reward for their efforts, however, those early Christians were beaten, stoned to death, thrown to the lions, tortured and crucified. Every conceivable method was used to stop them from talking.

He who is brave is free.