Courage Quotes

The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart.

I became more courageous by doing the very things I needed to be courageous for Ð first, a little and badly. Then, bit by bit, more and better.

To him that waits all things reveal themselves, provided that he has the courage not to deny, in the darkness, what he has seen in the light.

I’d rather give my life than be afraid to give it.

Because a fellow has failed once or twice, or a dozen times, you don’t want to set him down as a failure till he’s dead or loses his courage – and that’s the same thing.

Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.

To excite opposition and inflame malevolence is the unhappy privilege of courage made arrogant by consciousness of strength.

It is an error to suppose that courage means courage in everything.

True courage is like a kite; a contrary wind raises it higher.

Courage is a quality so necessary for maintaining virtue that it is always respected, even when it is associated with vice.