“Courage is a peculiar kind of fear.”
Courage is not the absence of fear — that line shows up here more than once, and for good reason. These quotes explore bravery in all its forms: physical, moral, emotional, and the quiet kind that shows up when you simply refuse to quit.
“There are no greater treasures than the highest human qualities such as compassion, courage and hope. Not even tragic accident or disaster can destroy such treasures of the heart.”
“Courage is a peculiar kind of fear.”
“What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?”
“And I think most people in this country want to see a president that's got the courage to say we're going to cut the tax burden, and reduce the regulatory climate, and we're going to get Americans working.”
“Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.”
“Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities... because it is the quality which guarantees all others.”
“I think there's a difference between ditzy and dumb. Dumb is just not knowing. Ditzy is having the courage to ask!”
“At the bottom of not a little of the bravery that appears in the world, there lurks a miserable cowardice. Men will face powder and steel because they have not the courage to face public opinion.”
“Our film examines the heroism, courage and prowess of the Soviet submarine force in ways never seen before.”
“I have reached the conclusion that those who have physical courage also have moral courage. Physical courage is a great test.”
“The most important thing for me was to never, ever, ever deny it. But I didn't really have the courage to talk about it. I was thinking, The people who need to know I'm gay know.”
“The amount of eccentricity in a society has generally been proportional to the amount of genius, mental vigor, and moral courage it contained. That so few now dare to be eccentric marks the chief danger of the time.”
“One man scorned and covered with scars still strove with his last ounce of courage to reach the unreachable stars and the world will be better for this.”
“I'm a writer of faith who worries about the intolerance of religion. I look at the past and fear we haven't learned from it. I believe that humanity is capable of evil as well as great acts of courage and goodness. I have hope. Deep down, I believe in the human spirit, although sometimes that belief is shaken.”
“One man with courage is a majority.”
“Cowardice and courage are never without a measure of affectation. Nor is love. Feelings are never true. They play with their mirrors.”