“It is better by noble boldness to run the risk of being subject to half the evils we anticipate than to remain in cowardly listlessness for fear of what may happen.”
Herodotus
BoldnessRisk
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.
“It is not numbers or strength that wins battles; but whichever of the two sides march more stoutly to the fight, against them their enemies will not stand.”
Xenophon
SpiritBattle
“Toil summons the best men.”
Seneca
Hard WorkCharacter
“Behold a spectacle worthy of the regard of God: a brave man matched with ill fortune.”
Seneca
AdversityBravery
“Nothing happens to any man which he is not formed by nature to bear.”
Marcus Aurelius
EnduranceStrength
“You will fetter my leg, but my will not even Zeus himself can overpower.”
Epictetus
WillpowerFreedom
“Courage consists not in hazarding without fear, but being resolutely minded in a just cause.”
Plutarch
JusticeResolve
“In great straits and when hope is small, the boldest counsels are the safest.”
Livy
BoldnessCrisis
“Endure, and preserve yourselves for better things.”
Virgil
EnduranceHope
“This is a woman's resolve; as for men, they may live and be slaves.”
Boudicca
WomenResolve
“Men of principle are sure to be bold, but those who are bold may not always be men of principle.”
Confucius
PrincipleBoldness
“I would not have him to act with me, who will unarmed attack a tiger, or cross a river without a boat, dying without any regret.”
Confucius
RecklessnessWisdom
“When Heaven is about to confer a great office on any man, it first exercises his mind with suffering.”
Mencius
AdversityPurpose
“I will bury him; well for me to die in doing that.”
Sophocles
ConvictionSacrifice
“The thing I fear most is fear.”
Michel de Montaigne
FearWisdom
“In civil business; what first? boldness; what second and third? boldness.”
Francis Bacon
BoldnessBusiness
“Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day.”
The Bible (Psalm 91:5)
ProtectionFearlessness
“He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.”
The Bible (Isaiah 40:29)
StrengthFaith
“Be strong and of good courage, and do it: fear not, nor be dismayed.”
The Bible (1 Chronicles 28:20)
ActionFaith
“Be not afraid of sudden fear. For the Lord shall be thy confidence.”
The Bible (Proverbs 3:25-26)
ConfidenceFaith
“I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, that have set themselves against me round about.”
The Bible (Psalm 3:6)
FearlessnessFaith
“Should such a man as I flee?”
The Bible (Nehemiah 6:11)
Standing FirmResolve
“Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward.”
The Bible (Hebrews 10:35)
ConfidencePerseverance
“But none of these things move me.”
The Bible (Acts 20:24)
SteadfastnessResolve
“Fear not: for they that be with us are more than they that be with them.”
The Bible (2 Kings 6:16)
FaithFearlessness