Quotes about Courage

Together they would brave satan and all his legions.

For it is not death or pain that is to be feared, but the fear of pain or death.

What would Heracles have been if he had said, How am I to prevent a big lion from appearing, or a big boar, or brutal men? What care you, I say? If a big boar appears, you will have a greater struggle to engage in; if evil men appear, you will free the world from evil men.

Apropos of which, Diogenes says somewhere that one way to guarantee freedom is to be ready to die.

No, I cannot escape death, but at least I can escape the fear of it — or do I have to die moaning and groaning too?

He didn't care; it was not his skin he wanted to save, but the man of honour and integrity. These things are not open to compromise or negotiation.

The trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.

There is always light. If only we're brave enough to see it. If only we're brave enough to be it."

Adventure is worthwhile in itself.

Courage is the price that Life exacts for granting peace, The soul that knows it not, knows no release, From little things; Knows not the livid loneliness of fear Nor mountain heights where bitter joy can hear The sound of wings.

Courage is the price that Life exacts for granting peace, The soul that knows it not, knows no release From little things; Knows not the livid loneliness of fear, Nor mountain heights where bitter joy can hear The sound of wings. How can Life grant us boon of living, compensate For dull grey ugliness and pregnant hate Unless we dare The soul's dominion? Each time we make a choice, we pay With courage to behold the restless day, And count it fair.

Women, like men, should try to do the impossible. And when they fail, their failure should be a challenge to others.