“Courage is the virtue that disposes men to do noble deeds in situations of danger.”
Aristotle
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Courage Quotes
200 FAMOUS QUOTES · COURAGE
Courage Quotes
Read 200 of the best courage quotes about bravery, facing fear, standing up for what's right and never giving up, from Shakespeare, Emerson, the Bible and more.
“Wherever a man's place is, there he ought to remain in the hour of danger; he should not think of death or of anything but of disgrace.”
Plato
DutyHonour
“The difficulty, my friends, is not to avoid death, but to avoid unrighteousness; for that runs faster than death.”
Socrates
IntegrityMoral Courage
“If it is not right, do not do it; if it is not true, do not say it.”
Marcus Aurelius
IntegrityHonesty
“We must sail; we need not live.”
Plutarch
DutyDetermination
“It is sweet and fitting to die for one's country.”
Horace
PatriotismSacrifice
“Yield not to evils, but go more boldly against them.”
Virgil
BoldnessAdversity
“The commander of the forces of a large state may be carried off, but the will of even a common man cannot be taken from him.”
Confucius
WillpowerStrength
“I like life, and I also like righteousness. If I cannot keep the two together, I will let life go, and choose righteousness.”
Mencius
IntegritySacrifice
“Slain, thou wilt obtain heaven; victorious, thou wilt enjoy the earth; therefore stand up, resolute to fight.”
Bhagavad Gita
DutyResolve
“Let me not then die ingloriously and without a struggle, but let me first do some great thing that shall be told among men hereafter.”
Homer
GloryLegacy
“Bear it, my heart; you have had worse than this to bear.”
Homer
EnduranceResilience
“The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.”
Tacitus
RiskGreatness
“It is tragic for the soul to be apprehensive of the future and wretched in anticipation of wretchedness.”
Seneca
WorryFear
“He who fears he shall suffer, already suffers what he fears.”
Michel de Montaigne
FearWorry
“No passion so effectually robs the mind of all its powers of acting and reasoning as fear.”
Edmund Burke
FearReason
“What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.”
The Bible (Psalm 56:3)
TrustFear
“The Lord is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto me?”
The Bible (Psalm 118:6)
FearlessnessFaith
“Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine.”
The Bible (Isaiah 43:1)
FaithComfort
“Take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.”
The Bible (Ephesians 6:13)
Standing FirmFaith
“Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it.”
The Bible (Numbers 13:30)
BoldnessConfidence
“The Lord is with thee, thou mighty man of valour.”
The Bible (Judges 6:12)
ValourFaith
“Be of good courage, and let us play the men.”
The Bible (2 Samuel 10:12)
BraveryTeamwork
“Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, they marvelled.”
The Bible (Acts 4:13)
BoldnessFaith
“If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small.”
The Bible (Proverbs 24:10)
AdversityStrength