Quotes about courage
191 quotes from 139 people
Eleanor Roosevelt1884–1962My Day (1935–1962)Blessings on your young courage, boy; that’s the way to the stars.
Virgil70–19 BCAeneid (29–19 BC), Book IX, Line 641Yield not to misfortunes, but advance all the more boldly against them.
Virgil70–19 BCAeneid (29–19 BC), Book VI, Line 95Cowards fear to die; but courage stout,
Rather than live in snuff, will be put out.
Walter Raleigh1552–1618On the snuff of a candle the night before he died; Raleigh’s Remains, p. 258, ed. 1661Now always be the best, my boy, the bravest,
and hold your head up high above the others.
Homer900–800 BCIliad, VI. 208 (tr. Robert Fagles); Glaucus recalling his father’s charge
Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury1671–1713Characteristicks of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times (1711), Vol. 1, p. 11; “A Letter Concerning Enthusiasm”.
Upton Sinclair1878–1968Letter to the Louis D. Oaks, Los Angeles Chief of Police (17 May 1923)
Winston Churchill1874–1965Speech in the House of Commons, June 18, 1940 “War Situation”.
Carl Friedrich Gauss1777–1855Letter to Sophie Germain (30 April 1807)Mental clarity is the child of courage, not the other way around.
Nassim Nicholas Talebborn 1960The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms (2010), p. 57
Johannes Kepler1571–1630Translated by Edward Rosen, Kepler’s Conversation with Galileo’s Sidereal Messenger (1965), p. 39.- Winston Churchill1874–1965Speech to the Cabinet (28 May 1940), quoted in Martin Gilbert, Finest Hour: Winston S. Churchill, 1939–1941 (1983), p. 420
Swami Vivekananda1863–1902Pearls of Wisdom
Pope John Paul II1920–2005Homily of His Holiness John Paul II for the Inauguration of his Pontificate, St. Peter’s Square, Vatican City, on Sunday, 22 October 1978
