Quotes about courage
191 quotes from 139 people
Theodore Roosevelt1858–1919Nobel lecture (1910)
Edmond Rostand1868–1918Cyrano de Bergerac (1897), Act V: Cyrano’s Gazette, Scene VI, spoken by CyranoIn context- Edmond Rostand1868–1918Cyrano de Bergerac (1897), Act V: Cyrano’s Gazette, Scene VI, spoken by CyranoIn context
The lion who breaks the enemy’s ranks is a minor hero compared to the lion who overcomes himself.
Rumi1207–1273I, 1389
Bertrand Russell1872–1970The Prospects of Industrial Civilization (1923)- Bertrand Russell1872–1970Education and the Social Order (1932), p. 107
Carl Sagan1934–1996Cosmos (1980), p. 193
Arthur Schopenhauer1788–1860Letter to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (November 1815)
Robert Falcon Scott1868–1912“Message to the Public” (March 1912), in Scott’s Last Expedition (1913), vol. 1Come one, come all! this rock shall fly
From its firm base as soon as I.
Walter Scott1771–1832The Lady of the Lake (1810), Canto V, stanza 10.
Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury1671–1713Characteristicks of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times (1711), Vol. 1, p. 11; “A Letter Concerning Enthusiasm”.Cowards die many times before their deaths. The valiant never taste of death but once.
The better part of valour is discretion; in the which better part I have saved my life.
I dare do all that may become a man;
Who dares do more is none.
