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Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear. ~Ambrose Redmoon
Every man has his own courage, and is betrayed because he seeks in himself the courage of other persons. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen. ~Winston Churchill
It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare. ~Mark Twain
People are made of flesh and blood and a miracle fibre called courage. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic's Notebook, 1960
Sometimes even to live is an act of courage. ~Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Letters to Lucilius
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear. Except a creature be part coward it is not a compliment to say it is brave. ~Mark Twain, Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar, 1894
Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point. ~C.S. Lewis
The courage of life is often a less dramatic spectacle than the courage of a final moment; but it is no less a magnificent mixture of triumph and tragedy. ~John F. Kennedy
One man with courage makes a majority. ~Andrew Jackson
Courage is the power to let go of the familiar. ~Raymond Lindquist
Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul. ~Michel de Montaigne
When we are afraid we ought not to occupy ourselves with endeavoring to prove that there is no danger, but in strengthening ourselves to go on in spite of the danger. ~Mark Rutherford
Courage is tiny pieces of fear all glued together. ~Irisa Hail
True courage is not the brutal force of vulgar heroes, but the firm resolve of virtue and reason. ~Alfred North Whitehead
For without belittling the courage with which men have died, we should not forget those acts of courage with which men have lived. ~John F. Kennedy
Courage is fear that has said its prayers. ~Dorothy Bernard
Courage is fear holding on a minute longer. ~George Smith Patton
Courage is... the knowledge of how to fear what ought to be feared and how not to fear what ought not to be feared. ~David Ben-Gurion
Courage is knowing what not to fear. ~Plato
Optimism is the foundation of courage. ~Nicholas Murray Butler
Courage is as often the outcome of despair as of hope; in the one case we have nothing to lose, in the other everything to gain. ~Diane de Poitiers
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. ~Coventry Patmore
Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to die. ~G.K. Chesterton
Courage is the fear of being thought a coward. ~Horace Smith
Courage is to feel the daily daggers of relentless steel and keep on living. ~Douglas Malloch
Courage is never to let your actions be influenced by your fears. ~Arthur Koestler
Courage is a kind of salvation. ~Plato
Valor is a gift. Those having it never know for sure if they have it till the test comes. And those having it in one test never know for sure if they will have it when the next test comes. ~Carl Sandburg
Our thought cures courage. ~Jareb Teague
Courage ought to have eyes as well as arms. ~H.G. Bohn
You can't test courage cautiously. ~Anne Dillard
The only courage that matters is the kind that gets you from one moment to the next. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Second Neurotic's Notebook, 1966
In the beginning of a change, the patriot is a scarce man, and brave, and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot. ~Mark Twain, Notebook, 1935
A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person afterward. ~Jean Paul Richter
Have the courage to live. Anyone can die. ~Robert Cody
Every man has his own courage, and is betrayed because he seeks in himself the courage of other persons. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen. ~Winston Churchill
It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare. ~Mark Twain
People are made of flesh and blood and a miracle fibre called courage. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic's Notebook, 1960
Sometimes even to live is an act of courage. ~Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Letters to Lucilius
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear. Except a creature be part coward it is not a compliment to say it is brave. ~Mark Twain, Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar, 1894
Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point. ~C.S. Lewis
The courage of life is often a less dramatic spectacle than the courage of a final moment; but it is no less a magnificent mixture of triumph and tragedy. ~John F. Kennedy
One man with courage makes a majority. ~Andrew Jackson
Courage is the power to let go of the familiar. ~Raymond Lindquist
Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul. ~Michel de Montaigne
When we are afraid we ought not to occupy ourselves with endeavoring to prove that there is no danger, but in strengthening ourselves to go on in spite of the danger. ~Mark Rutherford
Courage is tiny pieces of fear all glued together. ~Irisa Hail
True courage is not the brutal force of vulgar heroes, but the firm resolve of virtue and reason. ~Alfred North Whitehead
For without belittling the courage with which men have died, we should not forget those acts of courage with which men have lived. ~John F. Kennedy
Courage is fear that has said its prayers. ~Dorothy Bernard
Courage is fear holding on a minute longer. ~George Smith Patton
Courage is... the knowledge of how to fear what ought to be feared and how not to fear what ought not to be feared. ~David Ben-Gurion
Courage is knowing what not to fear. ~Plato
Optimism is the foundation of courage. ~Nicholas Murray Butler
Courage is as often the outcome of despair as of hope; in the one case we have nothing to lose, in the other everything to gain. ~Diane de Poitiers
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. ~Coventry Patmore
Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to die. ~G.K. Chesterton
Courage is the fear of being thought a coward. ~Horace Smith
Courage is to feel the daily daggers of relentless steel and keep on living. ~Douglas Malloch
Courage is never to let your actions be influenced by your fears. ~Arthur Koestler
Courage is a kind of salvation. ~Plato
Valor is a gift. Those having it never know for sure if they have it till the test comes. And those having it in one test never know for sure if they will have it when the next test comes. ~Carl Sandburg
Our thought cures courage. ~Jareb Teague
Courage ought to have eyes as well as arms. ~H.G. Bohn
You can't test courage cautiously. ~Anne Dillard
The only courage that matters is the kind that gets you from one moment to the next. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Second Neurotic's Notebook, 1966
In the beginning of a change, the patriot is a scarce man, and brave, and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot. ~Mark Twain, Notebook, 1935
A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person afterward. ~Jean Paul Richter
Have the courage to live. Anyone can die. ~Robert Cody