Quotes about Courage
There is nothing as strong as tenderness, And nothing as tender as true strength.
— Francis de Sales
The Roman world is falling, yet we hold our heads erect instead of bowing our necks.
— Saint Jerome
Those who risk all for God will find that they have both lost all and gained all
— Teresa of Avila
Of what good is it, in the ultimate sense, to shower someone with affection in the absence of a robust confidence in Jesus and the courage to proclaim him as the sinner's only hope?
— Sam Storms
Courage is the greatest of all virtues, because if you haven't courage, you may not have an opportunity to use any of the others.
— Samuel Johnson
He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage.
— Samuel Johnson
Hope is necessary in every condition.
— Samuel Johnson
Whenever I find myself in the cellar of affliction, I always look about for the wine.
— Samuel Rutherford
Whenever I find myself in the cellar of affliction, I always looks around for the wine.
— Samuel Rutherford
whether God come to his children with a rod or a crown, if he come himself with it, it is well. Welcome, welcome Jesus, what way soever thou come, if we can get a sight of thee. And sure I am, it is better to be sick, providing Christ come to the bed-side, and draw aside the curtains, and say 'Courage, I am thy salvation,' than to enjoy health, being lusty and strong, and never to be visited of God.
— Samuel Rutherford
Not one ounce, not one grain-weight more is laid on me than He hath enabled me to bear . . . Faith hath cause to take courage from our very afflictions; the devil is but a whetstone to sharpen the faith and patience of the saints. I know He but heweth and polisheth stones for the new Jerusalem.
— Samuel Rutherford
God hath called you to Christ's side, and the wind is now in Christ's face in this land; and seeing ye are with Him, ye cannot expect the lee-side or the sunny side of the brae.
— Samuel Rutherford